KidPix Studio

This lesson was adapted from Brøderbund's Kid Pix Studio Teacher's Guide

Moopie Invitations:

Step-by-step instructions for a special effects Halloween Festival invitation created using the Moopie project in Kid Pix Studio.

  1. Open the Moopies project.
  2. Choose Pick a Background from the Goodies menu.
  3. Select Pumpkin for the background for your invitation to the Halloween Festival. Use the Paint Can tool to pour black around the pumpkin. Use the Rectangle tool to place a white box on the pumpkin for text.
  4. Use the Text from Keyboard tool to create the text of the invitation. To change fonts, click on the next line in the white box.
  5. To complete the invitation, use animated stamps from Toonies2: the ghosts, the candles, the witch on a broom, the flashing stars, the dancing star, the flame, and the spider webs; and Teeny Toons: the devil cat, the rabbit in a hat. One spider web was enlarged by holding down the Control key (Windows, hold down the Ctrl key).
  6. [Tips and Tricks: Macintosh users will discover that in Moopies, the Control and Command keys allow one to enlarge stamps; Windows users can enlarge stamps using the Ctrl and the Shift keys.]
  7. Now that your invitation or announcement is wiggling and bouncing, add a little music. Under the Goodies menu, select Pick a Sound. You can choose from many songs and sounds already recorded for you. Spooky is a good choice for the Halloween Festival invitation.
  8. From the File menu, choose Save a Moopie.
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