Small ideas. Wild possibilities.
Small ideas. Wild possibilities.
Idea Jar
Written by Adam Lehrhaupt
Illustrated by Deb Pilutti
A classroom jar holds the beginnings of stories: a Viking, a space robot, a dragon, and more. There’s no such thing as a bad story idea—but these ideas don’t like waiting around. When they tumble out of the jar, the classroom turns wonderfully chaotic. Can a story bring them together? Adam Lehrhaupt and Deb Pilutti celebrate imagination, playful collaboration, and the many ways to tell a tale: writing, drawing, or simply speaking it aloud.
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Inside This Story
Start with a scrap of an idea. Add another. Watch the possibilities spill out—and imagine what you might make next.
Start with anything 
Tell it your way 
Ideas get restless 
Let them loose 
Run with it 
What’s in your jar? Stories teach. Stories connect. Stories change the way we see the world… and ourselves.
From the page to the room
Let your ideas loose.
Gather ideas, mix unexpected characters, and build a story together.