Imagine watching a movie or playing a video game where the background is all white. It would be pretty boring. You would not know where the characters were, everything would just seem the same.
Why
You will want your projects to have color, to have backgrounds, so when you and your friends play them, they tell a story, they tell players something about what is happening.
What
In this lesson you will learn how to change the background in Scratch Jr
How
Start by opening up Scratch Jr on your device. Next, open up the move the cat project we made in the last lesson. Simply click on that project to open it.
The Lesson
To change a background in Scratch Jr, click on the background button at the top of the screen. You will be taken to a menu of backgrounds. Simply pick one then click the check mark button to confirm.
If you like drawing and painting, you can also draw your own background or even just add something to one of the backgrounds that comes with Scratch Jr.
Challenge
The challenge is to change the background on your move the cat project.
Hint: to change the background, look for a button at the top of the screen that reminds you of a painting.
Review
Congratulations if you completed the challenge.
In this lesson you learned how to change the background in your projects.
Next lesson
In the next lesson, you will learn how to add more characters to your projects.