Monster Manual
Written by: Karla Moeller
Illustrated by: Sabine Deviche

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Build a monster

Monster Matt

 

Here is the place where you can build your own monster. It is not that much different than what happens with every living thing. Monsters, plants, and even humans have an instruction manual for building and making their bodies work. These instructions use a special code. For living things it is a genetic code.

Monster Game Button to play the game

Click on this button to play the game.

With Monster Maker you use a unique monster code, called a monster genome, to build your own monster. As you decode the pattern of color dots you will be able to add parts to your monster. When the monster is complete it's time to give it a name and print it out. There are three different ways a monster can be printed - with its genome, by itself, or as coloring page. Happy monster building!

Read the stories behind our monsters

A Monster Story

A bedtime story about monsters.

 Monster Blueprint

Monster Blueprint

You can read about our monsters in either the bedtime tale called A Monster Story, or you can learn about them in our How to Build a Monster story.

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