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Instructions for the Pixie Paint! winter snowman colouring in page

To start off, click on the green "GO" button. This will then take you into the gallery screen, where you can see the latest snowman pictures sent in to the Puzzle Pixies. The picture changes every 45 seconds, so wait to see what other kids have done!

In the gallery screen, you can also search for a picture that you sent before. Just type in your name, age, town/city and country details in the boxes at the left hand side of the screen (leave any that you can't remember blank) and then press the search button. If there are any pictures found, then a list of them will be shown and you just need to click on the one you want to see.

When you want to start painting, then click on the green "Start Painting" button at the bottom right of the gallery screen. This will bring you into the painting screen where a winter snowman scene will be shown that you can colour in.

You can select a tool from the left-hand "Tools" panel and instructions and hints are displayed at the bottom of the Pixie Paint! painting screen to tell you how to use it. You can also pick a colour for the tool from the colour blobs near the bottom of the painting screen.

When you have finished your painting, click on the "Save" button (the one with the picture of an envelope) in the "Tools" menu. This will bring up another window where you should enter your name, age, town/city, country where you live and title for your painting. You can move between the different text entry boxes by using the TAB key on your keyboard. When you have entered in the details, click on the green tick to send your snowman picture to the Pixies. By sending it, you are giving Puzzle Pixies permission to show your picture to the world!!

New! There is now also an Export button. After you send your picture, you can then click on this button and it will open a new web browser page containing your picture as an image. You can then use your web-browser to print it out or else save it to your disk so that you can, for example, email it to friends and family or use it as a desktop background! This feature is still under development so expect a few problems now and again. To print out the un-colored picture just go straight to the painting screen and then click on the export button.

Your pictures will be added to our gallery as soon as they are reviewed (usually within a day). The newest pictures (after review) are displayed first in the gallery.