HOLIDAY ACTIVITY KIT
With puppets, mazes, matching, and more!
THE NOT VERY MERRY POUT–POUT FISH by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Dan Hanna • For ages 2–6 • 9780374355494 Farrar Straus Giroux • An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group • poutpoutfish.com
THE NOT VERY MERRY POUT–POUT FISH by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Dan Hanna • For ages 2–6 • 9780374355494 Farrar Straus Giroux • An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group • poutpoutfish.com
MazeMazeMr. Fish is late to the party! Guide him through the maze
to meet his friends!
THE NOT VERY MERRY POUT–POUT FISH by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Dan Hanna • For ages 2–6 • 9780374355494 Farrar Straus Giroux • An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group • poutpoutfish.com
Directions:Add some color to the Pout–Pout Fish characters below.
With a grown-up’s help, cut out each puppet following the outline.
Wrap the strip around your finger and secure it with a piece of tape.
Tell your own story!
Finger Puppet FriendsFinger Puppet Friends
THE NOT VERY MERRY POUT–POUT FISH by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Dan Hanna • For ages 2–6 • 9780374355494 Farrar Straus Giroux • An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group • poutpoutfish.com
Mr. Fish MatchMr. Fish MatchDirections:
With a grown-up’s help, cut out the cards below and mix them up.
Lay the cards spread out face down.
On each turn a player flips over two cards.
If the cards match, remove the cards from the game and that player gets another turn. If they don’t match, turn the cards back over and the next player gets a turn.
The first player to match three pairs of cards is the winner!
THE NOT VERY MERRY POUT–POUT FISH by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Dan Hanna • For ages 2–6 • 9780374355494 Farrar Straus Giroux • An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group • poutpoutfish.com
Gift TagsCut out these holiday gift tags with a grown-up’s help
and label your presents to loved ones!
Gift Tags
To: ____________________________
From: ____________________________
To: ____________________________
From: __________________________
To: __________________________
From: ________________________
THE NOT VERY MERRY POUT–POUT FISH by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Dan Hanna • For ages 2–6 • 9780374355494 Farrar Straus Giroux • An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group • poutpoutfish.com
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THE NOT VERY MERRY POUT–POUT FISH by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Dan Hanna • For ages 2–6 • 9780374355494 Farrar Straus Giroux • An imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group • poutpoutfish.com
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