The Evil Surreal/Good Surreal Diagram

Key episodes:

• Kipper - The Magic Lamp
• Brum - Brum Goes Shopping
• Teletubbies - Tabla (India)
• In The Night Garden - Pinky Ponk Adventure
• Oswald - The Leaky Tap
• Abney & Teal - The Camera
• Lavender Castle - Galactic Park

Exquisite Gratitude

As far as I'm concerned, Adult Swim really likes to play exquisite corpse. They've done it horribly to Toonami, they've done it with Rick & Morty, and they've even dedicated a special to it, which resulted in Meowmalade being treated poorly. There was even a Creative Galaxy episode dedicated to making an exquisite corpse game for waiting for the birthday dinner for Arty's dad and his family.

So, what if we were to repurpose this game into something about gratitude we can play with family and friends? Yeah, sure, it's absolutely a great idea!

You will need:

• A team of three family members or friends (yourself included)
• A sheet of A5 paper to pass around
• A blue, green and red trio of felt tips
• Placecards for each member of the group
• Permanent coloured markets

1.First, write down names for each of the people who will be playing your game using the markers on your placecards. For example, if I were playing and a support worker and a family member would be playing along too, I'd write on their placecards: 'Meowmalade', 'Twilight Sparkle' and 'Mr Happy'. You get the idea?

2.Everyone sits around the table and the leader starts off by writing three things they're grateful for with the red pen, and then folding it.

3.The paper gets passed onto the other two members of the group, which proceeds in the process of writing down three things they're grateful for with either the blue or green pens and then folding them up.

4.It is then handed back to the leader, who unfolds the piece of paper and reads out what each member of the group is thankful for.

So forget that Adult Swim's exquisite corpse games get surreal and sickly, yours is full of happiness and gratitude. Go for it!

@jackieterrier - No Boredom On My Trip

When Lulu and I are out with our babysitter Ripple, you can understand that our days out are certainly NOT boring! That's because we fill our trips with games and excitement to keep ourselves entertained. Here are a few things we do with her that you can do on your support outings as well.

Pretend your support worker has switched the radio onto the news. I pretend it's J-LU News and Lulu is the news anchor, while I'm a reporter interviewing Ripple about what she has done since our last trip out with her.

Sing loud to '60s beach and surf songs. Ripple always knows when we need some songs, so she turns up the radio and we sing loudly as her bright red convertible drives across the road.

We always play a version of I Spy named Army Lookout, where we pretend to radio control each other to report what we see as we look around the shops for our three-of-each purchases. It's thanks to Rusty that I learned some Army phrases and skills from our games at school, or else the enemy would be advancing on us! By enemy I meant another kid in search of it.

When it rains and we are having a picnic in the shelter of the 'Magic Windows' of her convertible (the roof), we always play 'The Elephant'. I fold up a piece of paper into three parts, and we each take turns at drawing without peeking into what each one of us is crafting. The result? The most hilarious creations ever! We take turns at naming them in the style of the nonsensical names in Teletubbies or In The Night Garden. You never saw Adult Swim's The Elephant now have you?

And finally, when we go for a walk in the creek, Ripple always leads us on a 'Photo Scavenger Hunt', which means using the Polaroid Camera to snap piccies of anything we find that is interesting, depending on what she's describing be it small, yellow, sharp, round, etc.. Support is great fun!