🧟 Fold-and-Draw Monsters

What you need

Equipment: Paper and pens. Give each player a sheet of paper and something to draw with. Fold each sheet into three equal strips across. Seat everyone around a table.

How to play Fold-and-Draw Monsters

1. The host explains: we draw a creature in 3 parts: head, body and legs.
2. On the top strip, everyone draws a head only: a person, an animal or a monster.
3. The rule: lines must reach just past the fold, so the next player knows where to continue.
4. Fold the top strip back so only the line ends show, and pass the paper to your neighbor.
5. The neighbor draws a body, without seeing the head.
6. Fold again and pass. The third player draws the legs.
7. When all the sheets are finished, unfold them all at once.
8. Each player shows the creature they ended up with and gives it a name.

Scoring and wrapping up

Scoring: The group votes: funniest creature = 3 points, most monstrous = 2, best fit between the parts = 2.

To finish: Hang all the drawings in a row as Capy's Monster Gallery and pick one to be the class mascot.

By age

• Ages 5-6: fold into two parts (top and bottom) and let an adult help with folding.
• Ages 9+: fold into four parts (head, body, legs and feet) and add a written name on the back.

Variations

• Big group: pass the sheets in a circle so every creature has three different artists.
• Story version: after the reveal, each player writes one sentence about their creature and the group links them into a story.
• Capy twist: every creature must include something from Capy, like yellow fur or a blue parrot.

Tips for the adult in charge

• Give a theme: 'draw an animal', 'draw a robot' or 'draw a superhero'.
• Remind players to keep their drawings hidden. The surprise is the whole point.