Draw a digital Dragon City dragon using a simple tablet app, then add DIY paper star tech decorations to animate and personalize your cityscape.



Step-by-step guide to draw a Digital Dragon City dragon with DIY Star Techonia
Step 1
Open your drawing app and create a new blank canvas.
Step 2
Pick a sky color and fill the top two-thirds of the canvas to make the city sky.
Step 3
Draw a simple city skyline across the bottom of the canvas using blocky building shapes.
Step 4
Add windows and rooftop details on the buildings with a small brush or pen tool.
Step 5
Draw a Dragon City dragon shape flying above or perched on a building.
Step 6
Color the dragon using bright shades and add scales or patterns for personality.
Step 7
Add fun tech details like glowing lights or circuit lines to the dragon and buildings.
Step 8
Save or export your digital dragon city image to your device gallery.
Step 9
On a sheet of paper draw two to four star shapes for your DIY Star Techonia.
Step 10
Cut out each star carefully with scissors.
Step 11
Decorate each paper star with colouring materials and metallic accents or stickers.
Step 12
Fold a small tab at the bottom of each star to create a mounting flap.
Step 13
Tape a craft stick or straw to each star tab so the stars can stand or hover in front of the screen.
Step 14
Place your paper stars in front of your saved digital dragon city image so they look like glowing tech stars, then share your finished creation on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!


Help!?
What can we use if we don't have a drawing app or metallic stickers?
If you don't have a drawing app, use a sheet of paper and markers to fill the top two-thirds for the sky and draw the skyline, and swap metallic stickers for aluminum foil, metallic gel pens, or shiny tape to decorate the paper stars.
My paper stars keep flopping over or falling when taped to a craft stick โ how can we fix that?
Make the folded tab at the bottom of each star wider, reinforce it with a small scrap of cardboard, and use stronger tape or a dab of glue where you tape the craft stick or straw so the stars stand in front of the screen.
How can we adapt this activity for younger or older kids?
For younger kids, pre-draw the skyline and pre-cut the stars so they can color and stick the craft stick tabs, while older kids can use layers and finer brushes in the drawing app to add glowing circuit lines, detailed scales, and export high-resolution images for sharing.
What are some ways to extend or personalize our Digital Dragon City and Star Techonia?
Extend the project by saving several dragon poses in the app for a simple animation, adding LED fairy lights behind the paper stars, or customizing each star with names and metallic accents before positioning them in front of your exported image to share on DIY.org.
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Facts about digital art and papercrafts for kids
โจ The popular 3D "lucky star" papercraft can be made from a single folded paper strip and used as a shiny city decoration.
๐น๏ธ Dragon City (the mobile game) features hundreds of unique dragon designs, which can spark ideas for color combos and patterns.
๐ Dragons appear in myths and stories across many cultures worldwide โ from Chinese river guardians to European fire-breathers.
๐จ Many tablet drawing apps include layers, so you can draw your dragon on one layer and your city on another to edit them separately.
๐๏ธ Using one-point perspective helps make city streets and skyline buildings look like they recede realistically into the distance.


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