Scratch Week

How to Participate

Imagine

With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Whether you are new to Scratch or a long-time user, we invite you to imagine what you would like to create. We hope Scratch Week brings a playful spirit to those Scratching around the world!

Create

During the week of May 17–23, the Scratch Team will share a new theme every weekday. People of all ages are invited to create projects based on any of the themes that inspire them. Visit the “Featured Studios” section of the Scratch online community from Monday to Friday to find the daily themes and create your own project.

Here are this year’s Scratch Week themes:

• May 17: Ridiculous Inventions
  Show us your silly, creative, or fun solution to any problem.
• May 18: Cooking with Scratch
  Cook up your tastiest food-related Scratch project — recipes, favorite snacks, food-maker projects, or anything else you can imagine!
• May 19: Magical Arcade
  Put on your wizard hats and grab your wands, in this studio we’ll be creating games of myth, magic, and fantasy.
• May 20: Invent an Instrument
  Make a musical instrument from anything: a starfish? a soccer ball? a snack?
• May 21: Make Someone’s Day
  Make a project to cheer someone up or remind them that they are loved!

Share

The Scratch website will feature studios for each of the daily themes. A studio is like an online gallery: it’s a collection of projects based on a certain theme. Add Scratch Week projects to the studios to share with the larger online community — as well as see what others around the world have created. Scratch Week studios will be launched every weekday from Monday, May 17 to Friday, May 21.

Want to learn how to share a Scratch project to a studio? Here’s a step-by-step guide!

Share Your Event

Is your organization hosting a Scratch Week event? If so, we’d love to learn more and help you promote it!

Submit Your Event

Tips for Getting Started

Just starting out? The Scratch Ideas page is a great place to find tips for getting started, tutorials, Scratch Coding Cards, and more, before jumping into Scratch Week themes.

Have limited or no internet access? The downloadable Scratch app allows users to create and save projects with or without an internet connection.

For Younger Children: ScratchJr is a free creative coding app for children (ages 5-7) to program their own interactive stories and games. The ScratchJr Teach page offers educational activities and resources to engage children in a variety of ScratchJr activities. ScratchJr works on an iPad or Android tablet. It’s a great way for younger siblings to engage in Scratch Week!

News and Updates

	Scratch Week themes will be shared every day of the week from May 17-21 in the “Featured Studios” section of the Scratch homepage.
	The Scratch Team will be sharing daily updates on the Scratch Twitter account. Share your Scratch Week experience on Twitter using the hashtag #ScratchWeek.
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