On the Corn Flakes Box

Put your own art or photo on the Corn Flakes Box

As I was walking down the cereal aisle at Target I stopped and noticed the limited addition Avengers corn flakes box. I probably took notice because of the Wheaties box next to it since I had made a template for students to create their own Wheaties box cover in this previous post. It made me think of my old Superhero Cereal project from years and years ago. I decided to revamp the project for iPads and explore different ways of designing the box cover. I found boxes featuring  athletes, celebrities, and even Norman Rockwell's portraits of children. So, I designed a template on a white background. It requires an image with a transparent or erased background to layer over the template. Here are a couple ways to approach this.

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Photos of celebrities on corn flakes boxes

Norman Rockwell's art on box

blank Corn Flakes Box template

You'll want to start by downloading my Blank Corn Flakes Template and my optional Limited Edition Box stripe. The easiest way to layer a photo into the template is to have the student pose first in front of green screen. Then, import all these images into the Green Screen App by DoInk. Set up your layers like this: bottom=template middle=photo (resize by pinching) top=(optional) stripe (resize and try to stay to keep it straight). Use the "image" mode to save in a snap to your camera roll. You'll need to go back and crop the photo to remove the black edges with the built in editing tools.

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Green Screen App: Layer 1=template Layer 2=photo Layer 3=(optional) stripe

Other ideas:

You can have students create a piece of art, erase the background and layer using the Superimpose App. I like to use the drop shadow effect as I save the image to give it more depth. I have a simple tutorial for this process on my Wheaties post.

Art created in Adobe Ideas app on iPad

layered w/shadow in Superimpose App

Here is a box cover idea: Animated Bobblehead Corn Flakes! 

Now that the Green Screen App by DoInk and the DoInk Animation app communicate with each other (I export DoInk animations to the "shared folder" option and import the animation in the Green Screen app via the "shared folder" option), you can create an animation in one and import it into other for SO many super cool effects. 
Learn about how to create animated bobbleheads in this previous post.

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Have you tried UniCorn Flakes? They are fortified with hope and horns (so be careful).