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© Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 2004
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Gruffalo activities, games and FUN!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS !
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The deep dark wood is covered in snow.
“It’s Christmas time!” says the Gruffalo.
The Gruffalo’s Child lets out a cheer.
Have a great Christmas, and fun all next year.
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The Gruffalo and the Gruffalo’s Child have been working very, very hard to
make the Gruffalo cave look really festive. They are most pleased with
their Gruffalo Christmas tree decorations. Maybe you would like some for
your Christmas tree? Follow these simple instructions and make your
Christmas tree the best-dressed tree in town!
DIRECTIONS:
1. Colour in or paint the picture of the Gruffalo and Gruffalo’s Child.
2. Stick it on some thin card.
3. Carefully cut around the dotted lines.
4. Using a kitchen skewer or a nail
(ask an adult to help!), carefully pierce
a hole in the top of the picture through
the little circle.
5. Cut a 20cm length of sparkly thread
or string, thread it through the hole
and then tie it into a large hoop.
6. To make your Gruffalo tree
decoration look really
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it in glitter!
7. Hang your decoration from
one of the branches on your
Christmas tree.
Repeat as many times as you like,
so your tree is FULL of Gruffalos!
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Directions:
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Colour in or paint the bits of the Gruffalo’s Child.
Stick it on some card.
Carefully cut around the dotted lines.
Using a kitchen skewer or a nail (ask an adult to
help!), carefully pierce holes through the circles at
the top of the legs and the arms, and through the
four circles on the body. (Don’t forget the extra
holes at the top of the arms and legs, and at the
top of the head!).
Figure A
5. Attach the legs and arms to the body using brass
paper fasteners (see figure A), spreading the
fasteners in the back to hold the parts together.
6. Attach a short piece of string to the shoulder
holes and hip holes (figure B) with the arms and
legs slightly out to the side. Connect the shoulder
and hip strings at the centre and leave about 8
inches of string hanging from the bottom.
7. Attach a piece of string to the hole in the
Gruffalo’s Child’s head.
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To operate:
Hold the head string in one hand and pull the
bottom string to make the arms and legs wave
and jump!
© Axel Scheffler 2004
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