Rib-tickling Creative Doodling Game! (Free Bilingual Printables)

I came across this activity before but have never tried it. This time, I knew it was the perfect game for my teaching.

I got this idea from here.

My kids were so excited as they helped create those words for me and enjoyed this hilarious game that produced comical relief while challenging their drawings!

This also encouraged illustrative creativity and humour.

Since it was such a hit, I used this opportunity to create Chinese phrases for learning as well! 打铁趁热.

Basically there are 3 stacks of word cards.

1. Adjective or Descriptive words (A)
2. Nouns (N)
3. Verbs/actions (V)

The sequence goes like this A | N | V

I also included a set of Creative Play of Nouns (CPN) before the set of Nouns (N) for a higher level of creative challenge for the older kids.

This set can be used to replace the Adjectives set. So it goes like (CPN) | N | V

Let the doodles do the talking!

A | N | V

漏水 | 礼物 | 喊着

Water Leaking | Gift | Shouting

My girl drew a leaking gift shouting with a dialogue box ‘Help!’ One can decide what the gift wants to ‘shout’.

A | N | V

Massive | Zebra| Teaching

A | N | V

飞天 | 机器人 | 推 推车

Flying | Robot | Pushing Pushcart

I also included a set of Creative Play of Nouns (CPN) before the set of Nouns (N) for a higher level of creative challenge for the older kids. This forces the child to be thinking out-of-the-box as 2 nouns are combined together to form a new entity.

This set can be used to replace the Adjectives set. So it goes like (CPN) | N | V

(CPN) | N | V

过山车 | 盘子 | 踢球

Roller Coaster| Plate| Kicking ball

This Chinese set was created for my kids.

I have made changes to include the English words below the chinese characters. I did not include Han Yu Pin Yin. You can write the HYPY below the space of the English word if you wish.

Click here to Download:

Creative Bilingual Doodle Cards Black & White

Creative Bilingual Doodle Cards Colours

You can also print these words on coloured cards for differentiation of the word sets.

I hope this would trigger much excitement and fun in learning chinese with Art!

HAPPY DOODLING!

For more ideas on how to stimulate CREATIVITY click here.

Disclaimer: I used a translator app for some of the words. If there are any words not translated accurately, please feel free to inform me and I will correct it to the best of my ability. I am not a chinese teacher. This is a personal sharing of what I have done for my own kids.

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