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Start from a picture Spot the difference

Spot the difference from one picture

You bring one picture; the second is made from it, and the differences are measured for you.

When to use it

A Friday afternoon or an observation warm-up, from a picture of your own classroom or school trip. A picture round at a quiz night or a party. A settling activity at the start of a lesson that needs everyone looking closely before you begin.

What makes it this

Built on the Spot the difference generator with these changed. Everything else is the default.

  1. Hints a player may use

    How many times a player may ask to be shown a difference they have not found. None to start with.

    In the builder: How it plays › General

Preview

View only — copy it to play.

Toy shop window: find every change

Two pictures of the same toy shop window. A few things are not the same in the second one — click each change on either picture and it is ringed on both.

6 differences

Why the example is built this way

  1. A busy scene with space between things.

    A single object on a plain background has room for about two changes. Whether you upload it or make it with the AI assistant, pick a picture with a dozen separate things, well spaced, and no people or lettering.

  2. Three hints for strangers, none for a class.

    Hints a player may use starts at none, which suits a lesson. For visitors with nobody to ask, three hints let someone who is stuck still reach the end.

  3. Check every box before you share it.

    The activity only finishes when every box is found, so a box on something that didn't really change leaves it unfinishable. Drag, resize or delete that box in the builder first.

Build it yourself

  1. 1 Open the Spot the difference builder and fill in the Pictures & differences tab.
  2. 2 Change the settings under What makes it this. Each one says where it is in the builder.
  3. 3 Share the link with your players, or embed the activity in your own site.

Or skip the building: copy this example and swap in your own content.

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