Simple Animation Ideas

There are so many ways of using animations in your homeschooling projects. Here are some of the animation ideas I came up with.

An animation is really just a moving story. So you need to have a story idea before you can begin. Than can be the hard part! Here are some ideas that I hope will inspire a story you can use.

• Make a drawing come to life. Do you have a drawing you are proud of? Why not make it come to life?


• Use a book or story you are enjoying and make a movie of it. Is there a particular chapter that inspires you? It would be fun to see if you could fit the whole book into a one minute film.


• A day in your life. What do you do each day? Do you have a hobby that you could make a film about? Or what about making up a story about your pet.


• Make an animation showing something in nature - a plant growing or an animal hunting. Or try animating the life cycle of a frog or butterfly. This type of thing is also good for time lapse photography

  Here is an short animation about Owls.



• Show an historical event. Who do you admire? Is there a part of history that interests you? Could you bring dinosaurs back to life?


• What about animating a natural event? Try animating a volcano erupting or an avalanche.


• If you are making models for a homeschooling project (eg. Egyptian pyramids), why not use them to act out the day in the life of an Egyptian?


• Write a movie script and use that for your animation.


• Pick a song or piece of music that you like and make up an animation to go with it.

I hope that gives you some ideas to get you started. Check out how to make your own animation for more information about making animations.