Operation Manual

A beginner’s guide to Scratch
12
Changing the way the sprite looks
1
Click on your sprite to select it.
In the Scripts area, click on the
Costumes tab.
2
We are going to make a third
costume for the cat, so click
on Copy. A new cat costume
should appear.
3
Select “costume3” and click on
Edit. This will open the Paint
Editor. Experiment with all the
buttons and tools to find out
what they do.
4
Once you feel at home, draw
some clothes on the costume
and click on OK. I gave my
sprite a toga to make it look
like a Roman Emperor.
5
Next, select the Scripts tab,
click on the Looks button
and select the “switch to
costume [ ]” block.
6
Drag it under the Scripts tab and
use the drop-down menu to
select “costume3”. Double-click
on this block and the cat will
change his costume.
Now you have two blocks under the Scripts tab, one to say “Hello, World” and one
for switching the costume. You can put them together by moving one so that it is
just above or below the other. If a white line appears, the two blocks will snap
together. Two or more blocks stuck together make a “script”.
Notes:
That cat’s right: he
looks like he’s lost
in a snow storm.
We need to give
him a stage on
which to perform.
Over to you
QUESTION: Now that we have a script with two blocks, what happens when you
double-click it?
TASK: See if you can arrange three blocks to make the cat change to his toga
costume, say “Hello, World”, then change back to its normal costume.