For 2011, National Doodle Day has teamed up with two very talented young designers to offer something a little different to every keen doodler. On top of the usual Doodle Day activities, you can make a small range of paper toys – designed especially for National Doodle day!
To make a paper toy, all you need to do is download a PDF file and print it off at home. Then simply cut it out, fold it into shape and glue it together. Hey presto – your very own paper playmate!
Young designer Alexander Gwynne has created two paper toys for National Doodle Day. The first is a stackable skeleton – Stacketen. Print him off as many times as you like – and see how high you can stack him! The second of Alexander's toys is called Globehead – a little dude with a whole planet for a head. Meanwhile, skilled illustrator Jenni Bryan has created a fluffy toy monster called Yu-Kii. He has a big grin, a furry mane and tiny wings.
Both Yu-Kii and Stacketen come as blank templates – so you can colour them in before you assemble them. That means every toy will be different! Once you've made your toys, you can even take a photograph and email it to [email protected]. These photographs will be uploaded to the toybox gallery. Let's see who can make the most colourful creation!
To get your toy, first choose which one you'd like to download. Then, text DOODLE 7777 (for Stacketen), DOODLE 8888 (for Yu-Kii) or DOODLE 9999 (for Globehead) to 80039. Each text costs £1.50 and is only available to people in the UK.
You will receive a text reply that contain a link to a web address where you can download your toy.
Stacketen – text DOODLE 7777 to 80039
YuKii – text DOODLE 8888 to 80039
Globehead – text DOODLE 9999 to 80039
Download all three toys to complete your colourful gang of creations – play with them, swap them or proudly display them in your home.
Jenni Bryan says: "Making a paper toy is as easy as pie – not to mention as fun as eating one!"
Texting can only be done from phones on UK mobile networks. Texts cost £1.50 in addition to your normal rate. Depending on your network, between 64p and 95p from each text will come to National Doodle Day. If you are under 16 please ask the bill payer's permission before texting. You may text as many times as you wish during the promotion period, which ends on 27 February 2011.
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