Making a simple cartoon in Scratch

A cartoon is a film made with drawings or computer graphics. It combines pictures, movement, sound, music and a scenario (the plan of events); the order of events in a scenario is like the order of commands in a program. In Scratch a cartoon is made like this: first write the scenario (characters, backdrop, what happens); then choose the backdrop and sprites; build a script for each character (movement, costumes, repeat, sound); watch the result and fix it. If you need a second character that moves the same way, right-click the sprite and choose “duplicate” – the script is copied too – and then change its colour, size (for example 70%) and position. A sprite moves smoothly from place to place with the “glide” block. Save the project. If you want to share it online, agree with your teacher or parents first, do not put your name, school or address in the description, and credit the author for any part taken from someone else’s project.