🐱 Scratch for Kids · Lesson 4 of 7
Costumes, backdrops and sounds
Simple animation, a stage backdrop and a sound for each action.
Costumes
Each sprite can have several costumes (the “Costumes” tab). Switching costumes quickly makes animation. You can also paint your own costume in the paint editor.
A backdrop
Click the stage (bottom right) > “Choose a Backdrop” and pick an orchard, a park or a farm. A backdrop sets the mood of the game.
Sounds
- Click the “Sounds” tab and choose a sound from the library (try “Pop” or “Coin”)
- In the code: “start sound Pop” — the game keeps running
- “play sound until done” waits for the sound to finish
- You can record your own voice too
The apple
Add the “Apple” sprite. We’ll make it fall in the next lesson. For now, put it at the top: “go to x: 0 y: 170”.
Tip
💡 Background music: “when green flag clicked” → “forever” → “play sound Dance Around until done”.
✏️ Practice: your turn
- Choose a backdrop for your game
- Add the Apple sprite at the top of the stage
- Add a background music loop
- Paint a small change on the basket costume
🧠 Quick quiz
Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.
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All lessons in Scratch for Kids
- 🚩 1. Getting started: sprite, stage and green flagOpen a project and make the cat move and talk
- 🔁 2. Loops: doing things again“repeat” and “forever” — the cat bounces between the walls
- ⌨️ 3. Keyboard controlsMove a sprite with the arrow keys
- 🎵 4. Costumes, backdrops and soundsSimple animation, a stage backdrop and a sound for each action
- 🍎 5. Conditions: “if… then”The apple falls, and if it touches the basket, something happens
- 🔢 6. Variables: score and timeCount apples, and a 30-second timer
- 🏆 7. A complete game, and sharing itFinish up, add a level and share with friends