How to make a superhero

What your kid makes

Your kid ends with a hero card: a drawn superhero with a name, a power, a limit, a weakness, and an origin. The hero is ready to star in a comic in Comic Studio, or in a movie or a game later.

The 4 lessons

1. 

   Lesson 1. One power, one limit

   One exact power, and a limit that makes your hero think.

   1. Write one power
   2. Make it exact: what exactly can your hero do?
   3. Add one limit

   Where: Paper

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2. Lesson 2. The weakness

   One thing that stops the power. The opposite of the power works best.

   1. Write one weakness
   2. Make it the opposite of the power
   3. Think of the uh-oh moment it makes

   Where: Paper

   In the app

3. Lesson 3. The origin

   How your hero got the power, told in one sentence.

   1. Who were they?
   2. What happened?
   3. What changed? Write it in one sentence

   Where: Paper

   In the app

4. Lesson 4. The hero card

   Two colors and a symbol show who it is, and the hero card holds everything.

   1. Pick two colors that feel like the power
   2. Draw a symbol you can draw in three seconds, big on the chest
   3. Put the drawing, name, power, limit, weakness, and origin on one card

   Where: Paper

   In the app

Lesson 1 transcript: One power, one limit

1. 0:00

   Today you invent a superhero nobody has ever seen!

2. 0:05

   Every hero starts with a power. Not ten powers. One!

3. 0:10

   Make it exact. Not "can do anything." What exactly can your hero do?

4. 0:17

   Meet Boing! Boing can bounce as high as a house.

5. 0:22

   Now add a limit. Boing gets three big bounces. Then she has to rest.

6. 0:29

   A limit makes your hero think. Three bounces. Where should she land?

7. 0:35

   Your turn. Write one power. Make it exact. Add one limit. Then press Next.