Inventive Moments - Ninja Brainstorm

Hmmmmm....it's a bit like Power Rangers Ninja Storm, but it's actually a brainstorming session with your friends and family members to collaborate on new ideas for stories, films, plans, what have you.

First of all, we need to make place cards for your meeting members, themed around the characters of Batman Ninja. You will need:

• Some card paper
• Some pens or markers

Fold each piece of paper in half, then write down on each folded piece of paper in big letters what you want each member of your meeting group to represent:

• The Bat (The meeting leader)
• The Butler (The wise one)
• The Sparrow (The comical one)
• The Cat (The sassy one)
• The Joker (The crazy one)
• The Quinn (The enthusiastic one)

Once everyone's gathered, place six notebooks and six potfuls of pens, markers and pencils on the table, and begin your brainstorming session. It can be about any kind of thing you want - it can be a film you want to work on (or a TV series), it can be a book you want to write, or just any kind of random idea or thought that inspires you. Whatever you like, don't be afraid to let your ideas show.

Only a true Bat can think up great ideas, like a Batman Ninja.

Inventive Moments: Kitchen Oopsy Jar

Join B1 and B2 and take advantage of your own kitchen mistakes with this simple Kitchen Oopsy Jar craft. Have you knocked over a pile of cardboard yet to be thrown out, then the dog took it, and then you blamed it on another family member? Have you stepped in something hard or slippery and found it not fair? Then this is the craft for you!

You will need:

• A glass jar
• Some paper
• Some safety scissors
• A marker or colouring pen
• Stickers of your choice
• A sticky label

1. Write 'Kitchen Oopsy Jar' on a sticky label and place it on the front of the jar.
2. Cover the jar with stickers - it can be any kind you like: Bluey, Disney, flowers, Stitch, the like.
3. The next time you felt like you had a clumsy mix up in the kitchen, write down a positive affirmation on a piece of paper based on your experience.
4. Place it into the jar, and once it's full up, you can claim a reward for filling up the jar from any shopping site you want - except Tesco, because it costs an awful amount of money.

Remember, Lulu says: "It's very wise to spend your money on only three things at a time. And when it comes to buying online, always check your bank account first!"

And I always say, it's okay to make mistakes, but if you make a mess, it's very important to clean it up first, or else there'll be a terrible mess - remember Brum and Horrid Henry? Yeah, them. Don't be like them.

Inventive Moments - Shadow Paint

In Jim Henson's The Storyteller, our titular spellbinder uses his shadow paints to bring stories to life around him as he has never done before. If you think that amazes his dog, wait until you amaze your friends with what you can do with your own Shadow Paint!

You will need:

• Black and brown paint
• A shovelful of dry mud
• Some water
• A wooden spoon
• A large bowl

1. First, squeeze an amount of black paint, then an amount of brown paint into the bowl.
2. Sprinkle some dry soil into a separate bowl.
3. Fill the bowl with water, and mix said water and soil together.
4. Pour the wet, sticky soil into the paint bowl, and stir altogether.
5. Add a little more black paint, then stir once more.

Voila! Now you are ready to work a little magic on anything you touch...unfortunately, expensive paintings don't count as much, so large rocks work wonders next time you go to the beach.