CREATIVITY:

Old Stuff into

New Stuff
Write a list of  It can be movies, books, games, sports, food,
things that buildings… anything! (Just make sure you
YOU think ACTUALLY think it is creative!)

are creative.
Feel free to
share your  What is it you think is creative? Why?

answers!
There are probably a lot
of similarities in our lists,
but I am looking for
something specific for
this project…
 They all take something that is
familiar and then change
something to make it new!
(Sometimes people do come up with brand new ideas, but even those are
usually inspired by something else! That is basically Flexibility!)
 EXAMPLES OF
CREATIVE THINGS
  A guy saving a princess from evil.

Which is
more
 An Italian plumber who saves a princess from a
creative? turtle army.
 By changing
some of the
details, Nintendo
made one of the
most
recognizable
characters in the
world!

Photo from Nintendo of

America’s Twitter page
  Someone gets a power and they decide to do
good.

Which one is
more
 A high schooler gets the ability to climb walls,
creative? have super strength, and shoot webs.
 Again, just
changing the
details made a
world wide
phenomenon!

This movie, Into the

Spiderverse, was very creative Image from Vox media

in its use of animation!

Here’s something
a little different…
Photo from freebiesupply.com
  When it was invented in 1891, it was made to be a
How is safer, indoor version of football to play during the
winter!
Basketball  Similarities?
creative???  Differences?
  Base your new idea off of something that already exists, or
just come up with something entirely new!
 It can be artwork, a character, a story, a game, a food, a
sport… anything!
 REQUIREMENTS:
 Sketches showing IN DETAIL how the final product will look
(design the board and pieces for your game, draw your main
Assignment: character or setting for your story, draw the layout of the field

Create for your sport).

 One final drawing required and 3 rough sketches.
something NEW  The final drawing will be graded on craftsmanship and Fluency,

and CREATIVE! Flexibility, Originality, Elaboration, Risk Taking, Curiosity, Complexity,

and Imagination!

 Written description of your idea. Write-

 What your inspiration was
 How and why you changed it.
 Any additional info needed to make it understandable
 Rules to the game, setting a basic plot of story, purpose and function
behind invention, etc.
 Spelling and Grammar is graded! You can hand write it or type it up and
submit it in the google classroom!