Using clear decal paper (obtainable from your local office supply store or one of their online sites), your members can attach Packetville images to objects made of plastic, wood, ceramic, metal, and other surfaces. They might, for example, create a design to copy onto a plastic or glass cup or a small wooden box.

Have your students select an image or several images from the Character area of Packetville. In the Character section, they'll find both small and large images.

By copying their selection(s) into a photo-editing program such as Adobe's PhotoShop Elements®, they can create designs they like. They might want to use one character or perhaps create a collage of the characters. Some may want to simply use the name of their club on their design.

If you don't have a photo-editing program, the images can be inserted into a paint program such as Kid Pix® or a word processing program such as Microsoft Word® or AppleWorks®. They won't have as much flexibility in design with word processing programs, but these programs will work well if all you are doing is using the graphics from Packetville and resizing them slightly.

Instruct club members to pay attention to the size of their design, making sure it will fit on the object they have in mind. When they think their design is complete, they should print it on regular paper and then examine the printout closely to see if it is what they want. If not, they'll need to try again on regular paper, for you won't want them to waste the more expensive decal paper.

If there are words in their design, make sure they check the spelling with you before printing.

Once their designs are ready, show them how to insert decal paper into a printer and let them print their designs.

Be sure they follow the printing directions on the decal package both for printing and transferring to their object.

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