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Make a Mix-and-Match Creature.
What's fun about these three paper creatures is that after you color and cut out their pieces, you can mix and match their parts -- every piece fits into the same size slot.
I'd recommend printing them on card stock, though, if you've got it.
The exercise for the imagination here is children can make up stories about the creatures while they have fun mixing and matching up the pieces. Play with your children, and suggest they come up with whole worlds for the creatures. Where did they come from? Where are they going?
Children can draw vehicles for these creatures, or houses that they might live in. What do they eat? What else can your children tell you about them? What are their names? The only limits are your children's imaginations.
Even better -- have your children trace the creatures and come up with their own completely original versions! Send them to me if you like and I'll post them on InklessTales.
Creature #1 |
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Print creature #1 in PDF. |
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Or you can print it in GIF format. |
Creature #2 |
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Print Creature #2 in PDF |
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Print Creature #2 as a GIF |
Creature #3 |
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Print Creature #3 in PDF |
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Print Creature #3 as a GIF |
-Elizabeth Bushey | ebushey@inklesstales.com