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Outlaw Yearbook Page and At-Home Activities
Like the end of any great school year, Diary of a 5th Grade Outlaw is going out in style with its very own yearbook page! Join up with all the Merry Misfits throughout the series—including special guest appearances from author Gina Loveless and illustrator Andrea Bell—with the yearbook page activity, with a space to draw in your own portrait. Then on the back, check out special activities and games that you can do using items found around the house!
Soul Riders: Jorvik Calling — Book Club Discussion Guide
Saddle up for an easy and fun book club kit all about Soul Riders: Jorvik Calling, the first novel based on the adventure game Star Stable! Tween readers will gallop through this fantasy novel, following four very different friends who share one thing in common: a mysterious and powerful bond with their horses. Don’t rein in the excitement after finishing the book, though. With this free downloadable discussion guide, gather a group of fellow riders for a turnkey book club. This discussion guide includes questions from every chapter of the book, giving you and your StarFam plenty to talk about, including characters, themes, and fun prompts to imagine yourself visiting the enchanting island of Jorvik.
Perfect for after-school programs, tween clubs, Language Arts classrooms, or just a few friends!
Cat Ninja: Boredom Busters!
Go on a Cat Ninja–themed adventure with crafts, games, and activities based on your favorite feline superhero! These three free printable activities from Epic empower kids to build, explore, and learn at home. With fun crafts, STEM learning opportunities, and hilarious gags from the Cat Ninja crew, you’ll be busting boredom in style! For the full activity book, check out Epic, the world’s leading digital library for kids.
Wallace the Brave: Printable Paper Craft Houses
Escape into the wondrous world of Wallace the Brave with these paper-crafted houses! Designed and demonstrated by Eisner-nominated cartoonist Will Henry, these foldable, adorable models will make you feel like you’re right at home in Snug Harbor. Print out each paper house template here, and then follow along with Will Henry through each easy and energetic video, found here.
“Llama, Llama, Saw Ya, Llama” — At-Home Seek-and-Find Game
How to play: Find an object to hide such as a little stuffed animal—even a toy llama! Select one person to hide the object. They must make sure that part of the object can still be seen and isn’t completely out of sight.
The other players hide their eyes until the hider hollers, “Where’s the Llama?” Then the search begins! When a player spies the llama in its hiding place, they do NOT shout, “Found it!” Instead—and this is the fun part—they pretend to keep looking, walking around for at least another ten steps away from the hiding spot. Then they shout, “Llama, Llama, Saw Ya, Llama!” and sit down in a designated spot like the couch or porch steps.
Where’s the Llama? — High-Res Seek-and-Find Samples
This intrigued and intrepid herd of llamas has decided to ‘alpaca’ their bags and embark on an incredible around-the-world trip in this seek-and-find adventure! Can you find these elusive llamas as they travel the globe? Check out these free high-res samples of Where’s the Llama? and journey to exciting places like a Día de Muertos parade, Miami beach, a modern art gallery, and more, learning lots about each location along the way! Note that files are quite large for optimal finding, so please be patient while the fun loads!
How to Draw Nessie and a Turtle — Printable Guides
This drawing with simple shapes activity is the perfect antidote for a rainy day. Lulu Mayo’s How to Draw a Mermaid and Other Cute Creatures takes doodlers step-by-step through the creation of adorable characters. Perfect for any age, the easy-to-follow instructions will ignite curiosity and creativity in every budding artist.
You can personalize these quirky creatures to your heart’s content––doing each drawing with simple shapes makes it easy. Whether you want to draw a super-sneaky ninja-sloth, bring a cat-cus to life, or create a hula-hooping avocado, being an artist has never been so accessible (and so cute)! See for yourself just how fun these doodles are by downloading two free How to Draw guides here: a dapper Nessie and an adorable turtle.
Dream It! — “Drawing with Numbers” and “Superpowers” Print-Out Activities
Dream It! Draw It! Think It! Do It! delivers wonderfully unexpected and entertaining creative adventures that flex kids’ mind muscles and propel them into action. In this free printable activity, you’ll find two sheets of imagination-engaging fun. On one side, learn how to draw a chef with only one type of ingredient: numbers! Then flip the page to keep creativity going with a superhero activity!
Author and Thinker Upper Courtney Watkins empowers kids to see their world in new and different ways.
Ages 7–12.
Dream It! — “Create a Critter” and “Rippling” Printable Activities
Dream It! Draw It! Think It! Do It! delivers wonderfully unexpected and entertaining creative adventures that flex kids’ mind muscles and propel them into action. In this free printable activity, you’ll find two sheets of imagination-engaging fun. On one side, a “create a critter” drawing challenge perfect for pepping up an afternoon at home! Just go into the kitchen, choose your favorite gadget, trace around its shape, and turn it into a friendly critter. Then flip the page to keep creativity “rippling” by extending a design to the very edges of the page. Color it in and share with a friend to keep the “ripples” going!
Other activities from the book include a “boomerang” feature that encourages acts of kindness (because “what goes around comes around”), scavenger hunts for various settings, and poetry slams. Nods to German, French, and Spanish phrases are just a few ways this book aims to stretch readers’ vocabularies and intellects, even as it stays committed to off-kilter creative fun.
Author and Thinker Upper Courtney Watkins empowers kids to see their world in new and different ways.
Ages 7–12.
Soul Riders: Creative Writing Workshop with Helena Dahlgren
Welcome to a whole new world of creativity! Author of the Soul Riders trilogy, Helena Dahlgren, invites you to join her on a journey through creative writing in this free series of lessons hosted by Star Stable.
If you’ve written stories before, or even if you’re just starting out, Helena will help you unlock a range of secrets, tricks and tips so that you can level up your creative writing skills and create your own adventures! Helena will introduce you to a new concept in each lesson, as well as a range of tasks she’s designed to help you think and feel more clearly and confidently when it comes to putting pen to paper. Find all the lessons for free on Star Stable’s website!
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