Having worked with both Void and the students of The Playtrail previously for the ‘This is Me!’ project in 2019, we knew that we wanted this project to showcase these young people’s incredible imagination, sense of humour and creativity, and to share it with the wider world.
At Kippie, we love games, and we think playing games with your family and friends has to be one of the best ways to spend your time. We also love stories and storytelling! The best computer games we have played all had great stories, even if it is just Mario rescuing the princess AGAIN. But sometimes our imaginations need a little help to get going - and this is where Make it up! comes in. The students at The Playtrail can lend you some of their imagination to get you started.
All the cards come straight from the minds of the students, who have hand drawn each one. These unique works of art are overflowing with charm, fun and personality, and we hope you like them!
'Before the summer, our group of talented young people worked with Kippie to create an exciting new game called 'Make it up'. Creating this game has helped the group as a whole to think way outside the box! Being creative is so important for this group as it allows them to explore more of their own potential through their imagination. The cards make the impossible, possible in the world of creative storytelling and have enabled our young people to utilise their teamwork skills and become fantastic story-tellers in their own right.'
- Erica Curran, The Playtrail leader
‘Having worked in collaboration with Kippie and The Playtrail pre-pandemic, we were delighted to be collaborating with them once again over the last couple of months. The purpose of these workshops were to further enable the participants to feel more confident in their ability to create, to challenge them to express and discover their amazing imaginations and to further showcase these to the public. We are amazed by the outcome of these workshops and the talent of the participants! We hope to continue this relationship between Void, Kippie and the young people of The Playtrail and look forward to working together again in 2023.’
- Void Gallery
“’I enjoyed sharing my ideas and seeing them come to life’, ‘I liked designing the cards and making them colourful’, ‘The game is unpredictable..that’s why I loved it’, ‘I loved making crazy wacky stories’ and ‘It’s great for your imagination’ ”
