The Shape Your Story box with a boy painting at an easel in a street, marked ages 5-99, a family game and players 1-8 — Chalk and Chuckles' Shape Your Story (item CCPPL009), the box our link goes toPhoto: Chalk and Chuckles

Drawn shape cards, the sand timer, the dice and a marker, with three ways to play: by yourself, timed storytelling and cooperative storytelling — Cards, dice, a timer and a markerPhoto: Chalk and Chuckles

How to play: roll the number and shape dice, take 4 cards, draw on your cards and tell a story — Roll, draw, then tell the storyPhoto: Chalk and Chuckles

Shape cards turned into drawings of a robot, a girl and a face, with a wipe-clean marker — Shapes become picturesPhoto: Chalk and Chuckles

Two children sitting on a rug with drawn cards between them, seen from a distance — Tell each other your storiesPhoto: Chalk and Chuckles

A top view of two children drawing on cards on a rug, with the dice and box beside them — Draw at the same timePhoto: Chalk and Chuckles

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Family game

Shape Your Story

Turn circles, squares and triangles into drawings, then tell their story

1–8players · best with 2-4

10–20 minplaying time

5+recommended age

Learning curve

Very easy1 / 5

EasyDemanding

Luck & skill

Luck and skill

LuckSkill

Interaction: Medium
Set-up: Under a minute
Reading: None

The quick verdict

Full verdict ↓

Great for Children of about 5 to 10 who love to doodle and make up stories

Think twice if You want a game with clear rules, points and a winner every time

How we rate it

Learning curve. Roll, draw and tell: a five-year-old can follow it straight away, so it sits with UNO at 1 on our scale. The challenge is imagination, not rules.

Luck & skill. The dice decide how many cards and which shapes you get; what you draw and the story you tell are up to you. Most games have no winner, so there is little to plan for.

Interaction. Everyone listens to each other's stories, and in the cooperative game you build one story together; playing alone has no interaction at all.

Set-up. Lay out the cards, uncap the markers and roll the dice; keep a tissue or soft cloth handy for wiping the cards clean.

Reading. The cards are shapes and the stories are spoken; only the instructions need reading.

Learning curve: 1 = UNO or Connect 4; 3 = Catan; 5 = a heavy strategy game. These describe the experience, not an overall score.

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Is Shape Your Story right for you?

Great if

Children of about 5 to 10 who love to doodle and make up stories
Families who mix languages, since the stories are told out loud in any language
Parents and teachers who want a screen-free way to build speaking and imagination
Quiet afternoons and school holidays: one child can play alone

Skip it if

You want a game with clear rules, points and a winner every time
Your child dislikes drawing or gets upset when a picture doesn't come out right
You need a loud party game for a big group; it works best with a few people round a table

How Shape Your Story plays

The box holds 36 wipe-clean cards printed with circles, squares and triangles, a shape die, two number dice, two wipe-erasable markers and a sand timer. To start, roll the dice: they decide how many cards you take and which shapes you will be drawing on.

Time to teach: about 5 minutes.
Reading and language: Nothing on the cards needs reading: you draw on simple shapes and tell your story out loud, so you can play in Hindi, Tamil, English or whatever mix of languages your family speaks. Only the instructions are in English.

Chalk and Chuckles Shape your Story-Unboxing · Chalk and Chuckles · Official

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A turn, step by step

1
Roll
Roll the shape die and the number dice to find out how many cards you take and which shapes you draw on.
2
Draw
Turn each circle, square or triangle into something, a sun, a face, a rocket, with the wipe-clean marker.
3
Tell
Tell a story that links all your drawings: alone, against the sand timer, or together as one shared story.
4
Finish
Playing alone or together there is no score; the story is the point. Wipe the cards and play again.

Read the official rulesShape Your Story: how to play (Chalk and Chuckles product page) · English

The full explanation: how a game of Shape Your Story goes

Now draw. Each shape becomes part of something: a circle can turn into the sun, a face or a cycle wheel, a triangle into a roof, a kite or a slice of watermelon. You don't need to be good at drawing; a few lines are enough. Then tell a story that uses every picture you drew, as funny, sweet, spooky or silly as you like.

Chalk and Chuckles gives three ways to play. Play by yourself and draw and tell your own stories; challenge a friend in Timed Tales, where the sand timer adds pressure; or play cooperatively, with everyone adding drawings and lines to one shared story. Playing alone and playing together have no winner or score. The maker's pages don't say how Timed Tales picks a winner, so read the printed instructions or agree a rule before you start.

When a story is done, wipe the cards clean and play again; take a photo first if your child wants to keep a favourite. For parents running it with children of different ages: give a five-year-old one or two cards and accept any story, even a short one, and let older children take more cards or race the timer. In a mixed group, such as cousins over the Diwali holidays, the cooperative game works best because nobody's drawing is judged: each person draws one card and adds the next part of the story.

If your child would rather not draw, Rolling Tales from the same maker is the no-drawing version of the same idea: you roll nine picture dice, three of them showing feelings, and tell or write a story from what lands face up.

What's in the box

36Shape cards
wipe-clean, printed with circles, squares and triangles
1Shape die
2Number dice
2Wipe-erasable markers
1Sand timer
for the Timed Tales challenge
1Instructions

Box: 16.5 × 23 × 4.5 cm, 0.51 kg. Handy to know for gifting and travel.

Contents are from Chalk and Chuckles' product page for the box we link (item code CCPPL009); an Indian store's listing since 2019 and the maker's video description give the same list, and the video calls the dice wooden. The sand timer's length isn't stated. A few shops outside India list 18 cards and two dice; the maker says 36 cards and three dice.

Where to buy

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How to make sure you get a genuine copyEditions and the details worth checking.

About the editions

Shape Your Story is designed and sold by Chalk and Chuckles, an Indian company with its own factory in Kundli, Haryana, so there is no imported version to look for. Buy the maker's own box, sold in its brand store; our Amazon.in link goes to it.

Before you choose

The box and listing should name Chalk and Chuckles (sometimes written Chalk & Chuckles)
Contents: 36 wipe-clean shape cards, one shape die, two number dice, two wipe-erasable markers, a sand timer and instructions
The maker's item code is CCPPL009
The box is about 16.5 x 23 x 4.5 cm and weighs about half a kilo

What reviewers and players say

We found no independent reviews, parenting blogs, forum threads or award pages for Shape Your Story, although Indian stores have listed it since at least 2019. Listings in India and abroad repeat the maker's description, so this page rests on Chalk and Chuckles' own pages, pictures and short unboxing video. On paper it is a gentle, open-ended drawing and storytelling activity with a light challenge mode, more about imagination and talking than about winning.

What people love

No reading needed, so young children can play with grandparents in any language
Wipe-clean cards, so every round brings new drawings
Works alone, against a friend, or as one shared family story
You don't need to draw well: a circle and a few lines can make a whole character

Common complaints

The maker's pages don't explain how the Timed Tales challenge is won, so keep the printed instructions
With two markers, only two people can draw at the same time
There is no how-to-play video, only a short unboxing clip, and no independent feedback yet

4 research sources

Reference Shape your Story (Chalk and Chuckles product page, October 2026) · Chalk and Chuckles
Reference Chalk and Chuckles Shape your Story-Unboxing (maker's video, about 2022) · YouTube (Chalk and Chuckles)
Reference Chalk & Chuckles Shape your Story (Indian store listing, since June 2019) · Toycra
Reference Shape Your Story - Draw To Tell (Irish educational supplier listing) · Learning Space

Summarised in our own words from the sources above. We don't use Amazon reviews or ratings.

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Questions people ask about Shape Your Story

What age is Shape Your Story for?

Chalk and Chuckles says 5 to 99 years, and adds that preschoolers who like to draw can join in. Children of about 5 to 10 get the most from it, and adults can play as equals, because the fun is in the story rather than the drawing skill.

Does Shape Your Story have a winner?

Mostly not. Playing alone and the cooperative game have no score at all. The Timed Tales mode is a challenge against the sand timer, but the maker's pages don't explain how a winner is chosen, so check the printed instructions or agree your own rule.

Can one child play Shape Your Story alone?

Yes. Drawing and telling stories by yourself is one of the maker's three ways to play, so it works as a quiet activity at home or on a long journey.

What is the difference between Shape Your Story and Rolling Tales?

Both are Chalk and Chuckles storytelling sets for ages 5 and up that need no reading. In Shape Your Story you first draw your own pictures on shape cards, then tell the story. In Rolling Tales you roll nine picture dice, including feelings dice, and tell or write a story from what lands face up, with no drawing at all.

Can Shape Your Story be played in Hindi?

Yes. The cards show shapes, not words, and the stories are spoken, so any language works. Only the instructions are in English.

Game facts

Publisher: Chalk and Chuckles (Chalk and Chuckles Products Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India)
In India: Chalk and Chuckles, an Indian company (registered office in New Delhi, factory in Kundli, Haryana) that designs and sells the game in India
Players: The current box says 1 to 8 players and the maker's page 1 or more. One child can play alone; there are two markers, so two people can draw at the same time, and a bigger group takes turns or builds one story together.
Barcode: 8906045560092
Language: Little reading – Nothing on the cards needs reading: you draw on simple shapes and tell your story out loud, so you can play in Hindi, Tamil, English or whatever mix of languages your family speaks. Only the instructions are in English.
Box size and weight: 16.5 × 23 × 4.5 cm, 0.51 kg

Sources & photo creditsThe references behind this guide.

Facts on this page come from the publisher, the Indian maker or distributor, and the sources below. Photos are credited under each one.

Shape Your Story

The quick verdict