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Frame for your own comic

Build a flat frame, trace three panels, and draw your own short story.

Age
10+ years
Length
approx. 65 min
Level
Easy
Where you teach
Home
Purpose
Creative
Worksheet Guide (colour) Guide (ink-saving)

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How to run this session

Stages and timing
  1. Make a closed perimeter
  2. Add the first crossbar
  3. Add the second crossbar
  4. Trace three panels
  5. Draw your story

What gets built

Build a tool for telling a short story with pictures.

What it practises
  • Joining supported PLA strands.
  • Planning the three stages of your own story.

Success criteria
  • The finished model is one flat, connected frame with the approved 180 × 70 mm external outline, two crossbars, and three equal openings.
  • The entire frame fits on A4 and remains stable while tracing.
  • The pencil reaches all 12 inside corners; the frame can be used to make three complete, closed outlines.
  • The crossbars are joined to the perimeter at both ends; cooling and removal do not require bending rigid PLA.
  • Your own picture story is created in three panels; the frame is kept for the next use.

What you need
Filament
PLA
Colours
colour shown in the illustration
Also
3D pen for PLA and its instructions, 1.75 mm PLA compatible with the device, Transparent, flexible mat for the 3D pen and PLA, at least 200 × 100 mm, A4 template printout at 100% scale, Clean sheet of A4 paper, Sharpened pencil, Ruler

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