Word Wednesday/Tip Tuesday - Creating Fantasy Creatures

Ever had troubles coming up with fantasy creatures? My brothers helped me find an entertaining way to fix the problem.

Step 1: Gather a small group of friends or siblings. (I think it works best with three or four people)

Step 2: Quietly, and without telling anyone, each person thinks of a totally random animal.

Step 3: When everyone has thought of one, take turns telling them out loud.

Step 4: Throw ideas around about how you could combine different aspects the animals all into one. It may be helpful to have a sketch book handy.

Step 5: Take the names of the animals and combine them in different ways too. Vote on the best name.

And there you have it! Your original and totally unique fantasy creature. But wait...

Step 6: Google your new creature just in case he might not be as original as you think (or if it has some meaning you didn't intend it to).

Here are a couple of our crazy ones: Dung Doggle (Turtle/Dog/Dung Beetle) and T-Floodle (T-rex/Flamingo/Poodle)

Well anyways, that probably wasn't of any value to you all, but I hope you at least found it entertaining....