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Magical Mix-Ups: Pets and Parties Activity StorybookPublished in the UK in 2013 by Nosy Crow Ltd
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ISBN: 978 0 85763 161 9
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Magica l Mix Ups
Birthdays and Bridesmaids
Magica l Mix Ups
Friends and Fashion
Look outfor other
Magical Mix-Ups!
Marnie Edwards V Leigh Hodgkinson
Princess Sapphire
Emerald’s
merald the Witch
toad
Boris
Sapphire’s dad the King the Acrobatic Guinea
Pigs
Sapphire’s mum the Queen
Toffee, Tilly and Tumble
Princess Sapphire
Agatha the Ringmaste
r Dinky the Amazing
the Acrobatic Guinea
Pigs
the Dancing Dog
Fluffy theRabbit
Sapphire’s mum the Queen
Juggling Cat
Toffee, Tilly and Tumble
Darren
Chapter 1
Add some patterns
to the turrets
Design a ‘Welcome
to Mixtopia’ sign
Mixtopia is a magical land where all sorts of amazing things happen. It’s also home to a lovely princess called Sapphire, who lives in the castle, and a scruffy little witch called Emerald, who lives in the cottage next door. They are the best of friends!
Lots more colourful flowers, please
Draw more Mixtopian
birds
Add some patterns
to the turrets
Add more castle
windows
Draw more sweets in the sky
One day, Sapphire is sitting on Emerald’s comfy old sofa, watching Emerald play a game of Snakes and Ladders with her trusty toad, Boris. She sighs wistfully. “I wish I had a pet,” she says.
Design
a pa
ttern
on the
sofa
Oh dear, Boris is losing –
draw his grumpy
face
Add more snakes and ladders to
the board
Draw a spiky cactus in the flowerpot
What other board games are in the cupboard?
Design the Snakes and Ladders box
Draw the dots on the dice that Emerald is
holding
“Could you have one for your birthday?” says Emerald. “Mum won’t let me,” replies her friend, glumly. “She said I’d play with it for five minutes and then guess who’d be left looking after it?” “Who?” asks Emerald. “I’ve no idea!” Sapphire sighs again, and Emerald pats her sympathetically on the shoulder.
Boris?
Great- Uncle Twinkletoes?
Tula the fairy who lives at the
bottom of the garden?
Who would end up looking after
Sapphire’s pet?
Who else might look after Sapphire’s pet?
Design a pattern
on the sofa
Emerald and Boris go off to make some cheering nettle tea while Sapphire daydreams about owning a pet.
A would be nice,
or a . . .
Sapphire imagines being on the back of a beautiful little pony, the ribbons braided into its mane matching those in her hair. “I would look after a pet, I would!” she mutters fiercely, making Boris jump and drop the spider biscuits all over the floor.
. . . or a
Add a big curly groomed
tail
Draw curly ribbons in the pony’s mane
Draw spider biscuits all over
the floor
. . .
Sapphire shows Emerald her scrapbook, where she’s been sticking pictures of her favourite animals. She’s given them all excellent names!
Add names to the animals
Col
our
Sapp
hire
’s na
ils
Stick in pictures and drawings
to fill the scrapbook
Stick in your favourite animal here
Sapphire’s birthday is in two days’ time – maybe her mum will have changed her mind by then?
What other fun stuff
is Sapphire up to?
Decorate the calendar with
doodles
