Finally found a site for Animating Photos

I stumbled onto a website, gickr.com, where you can animate your photos. I'd been searching for something like this weeks ago for Yap. He's gotten really into photography and has tried to make movies on his little digital camera but we weren't having any luck transferring them to the computer in order to view. This might be a great alternative for Yap, for a while at least. I'm considering buying him his own inexpensive video recorder for Christmas. Does anyone have any suggestions for something small, inexpensive and good for a 9 year old? 

These shots of Yahoo was my first attempt at animating photos. Don't you just LOVE that dress? Her Aunt gave that to her. Now my house is slowly being taken over by rogue red sequins! 

Marker Monday - Animation and Tricking Your Eye

Here's a fun and easy activity to introduce the concept of animation and how it tricks your eye by making drawings move very fast.

First, cut a piece of sturdy paper or cardstock in a rectangle. This measures 5" x 3 3/4".

Fold the paper in half and draw a picture on each side. Something like this.

Now fold the paper in half and glue together with a barbeque skewer between the two sides. (You should have plenty leftover from making flowers!)

 

So one side will have the face on it and the other will have the hat mustache and bow tie.

Now use your hands to spin the skewer very fast. What you will see is the two drawings superimposed on one another....so the face will look as though it has a hat, mustache and bowtie!

  

   

Some other ideas would be to put a flower in a pot or fish in a bowl! Be creative and have fun!