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Brown card
Light blue card
Pink card
Black marker pen
Scissors
Double-sided tape
Hairband (you can get cheap plastic ones from most supermarkets)
Downloadable ears and horns templates
The GruffaloDRESS UP AS...
TO MAKE THE EARS AND HORNS HAIRBAND
1. Print out the ears and horns template. Cut out the pieces.
2. Draw round the outer ears on to brown card, inner ears on to pink card and horns on to light blue card. Cut them all out.
Use felt tip pens or paints on white
card if you don’t have coloured card.
If you want to be more adventurous try
using flexi foam for the ears and horns!
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3. Use a black pen to outline all the pieces. Add a bit of hair in the pink ears and the horns for extra drama!
OUTFITTIPS
5. Attach the horns to the hairband using double-sided tape.
4. Wrap the brown ears around either side of a hairband. Use double-sided tape to fix them in place. Then attach the pink inner ears to the brown ears with double-sided tape.
THE GRUFFALO’S CLOTHES• Wear a dark-coloured long-sleeved top and trousers or leggings and wrap a scarf or snood around you.
• Make some paws with some old gloves and glue on paper fingernails.
Remember your copy of The Gruffalo or The Gruffalo’s Child to read on the day!
Face-paints: brown, orange, white, pink, green
Sponge
Thin paintbrush
Hairband (to keep hair off the face)
THE GRUFFALO FACE-PAINTING
1. Apply brown face-paint to the face with a sponge. Leave some big circles around the eyes.
2. Use a brush to paint orange
circles around the eyes.
Find other fantastic book-inspired fancy dress ideas at bookaid.org/worldbookday© Book Aid International, Registered Charity no. 313869, Company no. 880754, 39-41 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NR
The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999, Macmillan Children’s Books
3. Add a pink nose using a light pink face-paint. Then add some green at the tip for The Gruffalo’s wart! Lastly, with a paintbrush, draw on some white teeth. Grrrrrrrr!
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THE GRUFFALOEars and Horns TemplateCutFold
Crafts & Costumes Editor: Natalie Abadzis, Art Direction & Design: Nikki Dupin, Photography: Laura Ashman, MakeUp: Sarah Gilbert
pink earshorns
(you will need to print two copies)
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