{"id":9180,"date":"2020-12-13T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T08:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2020\/?p=9180"},"modified":"2024-11-22T17:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T17:36:32","slug":"christmas-moves-and-costumes-with-scratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/christmas-moves-and-costumes-with-scratch\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Moves and Costumes with Scratch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eaeaea;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1289.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div 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With this activity you will learn how to make sprites (your characters) move.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Pc\/tablet<\/li>\n<li>Internet connection<\/li>\n<li>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scratch.mit.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .heading-link:hover .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box:hover .heading-link .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #e9a825 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #e9a825 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div 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{\n\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #e9a825 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-box icon-hover-animation-fade\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationOffset=\"100%\"><div class=\"heading icon-left\"><h2 class=\"content-box-heading\" style=\"font-size:23px;line-height:28px;\">Instructions<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"color:#707070;\">\n<h6><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>When you first land on scratch.mit.edu you can create an account if you\u2019d like to join the community or you can do it later.<\/p>\n<p>Click on \u201cCREATE\u201d and wait a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you are in the main coding environment you should see:<br \/>\n\u2013 on the left-hand side, a library with all the commands (color coded blocks)<br \/>\n\u2013 in the middle our coding area<br \/>\n\u2013 on the right-hand side, you will see the outcome of your coding<\/p>\n<p>To learn how to add a background and some characters (sprites) have a look at our activity:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/your-own-winter-scene-with-scratch\/\">https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/your-own-winter-scene-with-scratch\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that your scene is ready, you have two ways of making your sprite move.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Using blue blocks:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Click on the sprite you would like to program.<br \/>\nStart your algorithm with a yellow block (events), for example \u201cWhen green flag clicked\u201d.<br \/>\nThen add some movements using a blue block (motion category).<br \/>\nThere are several blocks, try them to choose the motion you need.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Using costumes:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Some sprites, not all of them, have different costumes. You can check how they look like by clicking the folder at the upper left corner \u201ccostumes\u201d. For this activity make sure to choose a Sprite with different costumes, for example the penguin in the picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.35.36.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.35.36-600x694.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.35.36-200x231.png 200w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.35.36-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.35.36-400x463.png 400w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.35.36-600x694.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.35.36.png 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To use them in your program, you can select purple blocks (Looks category) and pick \u201cNext costume\u201d. To create an animation, you can combine it with a loop. Loops are the \u201cRepeat..\u201d blocks under \u201cControl category\u201d and allow you to repeat a list of instructions as many times as you want.<br \/>\nTo slow down the animation you can add a \u201cwait \u2026 seconds\u201d block in your loop (you can find it under \u201cControl category\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Please, share your creations on twitter using the #adventSTEM<br \/>\nWe are looking forward to seeing what you\u2019ve created!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-2 .fusion-content-box-hover .heading-link:hover .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-2 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box:hover .heading-link .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-2 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-2 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #e9a825 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #e9a825 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.88%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.88%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-orange button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/00resources\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Back to Resources<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:60px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"border-color:#eaeaea;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"276\" title=\"Screenshot 2020-12-08 at 14.28.42\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.28.42-600x276.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-9182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.28.42-200x92.png 200w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.28.42-400x184.png 400w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.28.42-600x276.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.28.42-800x369.png 800w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-08-at-14.28.42.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:60px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"border-color:#eaeaea;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-flip-boxes flip-boxes row fusion-columns-1 flip-effect-classic\"><div class=\"fusion-flip-box-wrapper fusion-column col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"fusion-flip-box flip-right\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"flip-box-inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"flip-box-front\" style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-radius:4px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;color:#707070;transition-duration:0.4s;\"><div class=\"flip-box-front-inner\"><h2 class=\"flip-box-heading without-text\" style=\"color:#191919;\">What\u2019s behind? 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