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Fill-in-the-Blank Inventions

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HouseFiring up the imagination and thinking big enough isn’t always easy! Here’s a game to play with your kids or students to get the ball rolling.

Visualize everyday things in new ways. This game is something like a Cloze Paragraph or the “Mad Libs” game. http://www.madlibs.com Humor and outrageous results are used to help “think outside the box.”

  • Play this game with a partner.
  • Partner 1 reads the list of general information; e.g., “a number from 1 to 20.”
  • Partner 2 chooses a specific; e.g., “Nine.”
  • Partner 1 writes down Partner 2’s responses.
  • They plug the responses, in order, in the paragraph and then read the results out loud.
  • (Optional) Switch roles and do the paragraph again.
  • (Optional) The partners try to draw or construct the results, and then evaluate the results.

My House of the Future:

  1. a number from 1-20
  2. a color
  3. a type of building material
  4. a number from 1-20
  5. a number from 1-20
  6. a material for making things
  7. a kind of plant
  8. a kind of plant
  9. a body of water
  10. a kind of animal
  11. a number from 1-20
  12. a kind of furniture
  13. a type of energy
  14. a type of appliance
  15. a type of appliance
  16. something to walk on
  17. things that give off light

My house of the future will have _______1________ stories. It will be painted _______2________ and made from ______3_________. There will be _______4________ windows and ______5_________ doors. The roof will be made of _______6________ . In the front of the house will be ______7_________and ________8_______ . In the back of the house I will have a _____9__________. There will even be a special little house for my pet ______10_________. My home will have ______11_________ bedroom and each will have a special ______12_________ to sleep on. The kitchen will be very modern. Everything will be run by ______13_________ . The kitchen will have a ______14_________ and a ______15_________ . All the floors of the house will be ______16_________ and the ceilings will all have _______17________ . I will love my house of the future.

My Car of the Future

  1. a number from 1-20
  2. a number from 1-20
  3. a color
  4. a color
  5. parts of a vehicle
  6. parts of a vehicle
  7. a number
  8. a number
  9. a form of energy
  10. a number from 1-20
  11. a kind of material
  12. a favorite sound or song
  13. a form of electronics
  14. a form of electronics
  15. a way of moving—like running
  16. an emotion

My car of the future will be _______1________feet long and _______2________feet tall. It will be _______3________and _______4________. It will have chrome _______5________ and rubber _______6________. The car will go _______7________ miles an hour, have _______8________gears and run on _______9________. It will seat _______10________ people on its _______11________ seats. The horn will play _______12________ . My car will even have its own _______13________ and _______14________ in the back seat. Besides running in the normal way, it will also be able to _______15________ . People will feel _______16________ when they see me driving along in my car of the future.

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My Clothing of the Future

  1. a type of clothing
  2. a number
  3. something found on clothes
  4. a material
  5. one or more colors
  6. a design
  7. an activity
  8. an activity
  9. an activity
  10. something electric
  11. an electronic device
  12. an object you like
  13. a place to go

In the future I will wear a _______1________everyday. It will have _______2________ _______3________. It will be made from _______4________. The clothing will be _______5________ and have _______6________ all over it. In this outfit, I can do many things, including _______7________, _______8________, and _______9________. A _______10________ and _______11________ will be sewn into the clothing. I will be able to carry my favorite _______12________ in my pocket. When my friends see how cool I look wearing my clothing to _______13________, they will all want one, too!

My Food of the Future

  1. make up a funny name
  2. something with a special shape
  3. a meat, vegetable or fruit
  4. a meat, vegetable or fruit
  5. something people eat for their health
  6. something people eat for their health
  7. one or more colors
  8. a number
  9. a number
  10. a container
  11. a liquid
  12. something done in a group

In the future, my favorite food will be _______1________. It will be shaped like a _______2________ and be made from _______3________ and _______4________ . It will contain _______5________ and _______6________ and be _______7________ in color. It will have only _______8________ calories and weigh _______9________ ounces. I will eat it from a _______10________. It will taste delicious with a _______11________ . I will serve this food when people come over to _______12________.

After playing this game, try creating an invention for a real person in your life that will help him/her work, play, do chores, go places, study, relax, exercise, or eat.