Make Your Own Comic Strip with DIY Star Comicsoverthehill

What can we use if we don't have a ruler, black marker, or colouring materials?

Use a straight-edged book or a cereal-box strip as a ruler to draw the four panels with your pencil, substitute a fine-tip pen or permanent marker for the black marker when tracing, and use crayons, colored pencils, or washable markers in place of other colouring materials.

My star doesn't look like it's moving or the ink keeps smudging—what should I do?

Mark light guide dots across the panels before sketching so each star pose lines up over the hill to show movement, and wait for the black marker to dry and place scrap paper under your hand while tracing and colouring to prevent smudges.

How can I change this activity for younger or older kids?

For younger children, pre-draw the four panels and the hill and let them use stickers or chunky crayons for the star and speech bubbles, while older kids can add more panels, detailed backgrounds, complex captions, and even scan the inked strips to edit colors digitally before sharing on DIY.org.

How can we make the comic more creative or personal?

Follow the step to add a fun title and sign your name, then personalize the strip by adding torn-paper collage or glitter to the hill, bold sound-effect words when tracing with the black marker, or extend it into a flipbook so the star really appears to travel over the hill.