Grinch Activities

This was a little maze Daddy made for the upcoming book for this new series at KidPak.  There are only three messages, so it was a little short for a book, so the basic idea was to come up with some extra pages here and there, where you could write Christmas lists, or even do a mad lib.  Here's "The Grinch" themed mad lib below:

Whoville Mad Lib

Fill in the blanks below with the kind of words needed for our Mad Lib!  You can use the examples, or come up with your own words.  The sillier the better!

1.    Color (examples:green, neon yellow, mauve)
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2.    Adjective (examples: beautiful, ridonculous, gigantic).
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3.    Adjective (examples:  smelly, pretty, fishy)  
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4.    Animal (examples:  dog, clownfish, hippopotamus)
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5.    Place (examples: Braselton, Waffle House, Canada)
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6.    Verb that you do to something (examples: hug, punch,  cook)
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7.    Plural Noun (examples: giant squids, taquitos, garbage trucks)
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8.    Plural Noun (examples:  earthworms, cheese puffs, toilet bowl cleansers)
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9.    Vehicle (examples:  cruise ship, sled, zamboni)
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10.  Plural Noun (examples:  banana slugs, wrenches, pistachio nuts)
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11.  Plural Noun (examples:  school janitors, noodles, car mufflers)
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12.  Adjective (examples:  crabby, delicious, exploding)
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13.  Adjective (examples:  joyous, sticky, unsettling)
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14.  Adjective (examples:  goofy, super duper, depressing)
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15.  Feeling (examples:  nervous, excited, confused)
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Next, match up your words with the blanks on the next page to complete the story!

The Story of the Grinch

     High on Mt. Crumpet lived a nasty, wasty skunk we call the Grinch!  He is a (1)___________ and (2)___________ fellow who did not like Christmas at all.  In fact, when he sees people celebrating Christmas, it makes him very (3)___________. 

     He and his (4)___________ Max decided to do something big.  He looked down at the ones that lived in (5)___________, each one filled with Christmas cheer.  They were going to(6)___________  Christmas!

     On Christmas Eve, he came down and took all their (7)___________!  He even stole their (8)___________!  He loaded all their stuff and put it in his (9)___________, and went back up the mountain!

      But when he got their and looked down at the town, he saw something amazing!  Outside their homes, he saw (10)___________!  And they were singing!  

      It turns out he didn’t steal Christmas, because you can’t. It’s not about (11)___________, (12)___________ Christmas lights,  (13)___________ gifts, and really (14)___________ songs that get everyone feeling (15)___________.

     No, Christmas is not about any of that.  It’s about God’s love for all of us.  The Grinch realized that Christmas means a little bit more. And this Christmas, we hope you know that too!

Merry Christmas!

    I'm especially fond of using the adjectives "unsettling" and "exploding."  Anyway, the work on the book continues, and it should be done relatively soon.

     Meanwhile, Madison was back at school on another cold and blustery day.  Wind has been whirling the leaves all about, and through the last two evenings you can hear the roar of wind outside.  It's not an evening to be out, unless you like really cold and windy temperatures in the dark.  We personally don't, and are quite grateful for a nice warm house.

     Tonight we watched "A Year Without a Santa Claus," which was Madison's choice for the evening.  The Snow Miser must be in town, because with the wind chill tonight, it's supposed to feel like something in the teens.  Which here in Georgia is quite a shock to the system!

     We started a new book tonight, one we got for free from Disney Rewards.  It's a nice looking book, a novelization of the Nutcracker movie we just saw a few weeks ago.  So far, chapter one is pretty much identical to the movie.  The cover and illustrations inside are really nice though, and there are twenty-five chapters to go with each day of December, leading up to the big day.  Of course, we started it a little early, but that's because sometimes we have nights where Daddy has to work or perhaps it's just a later night.

      Speaking of which, we got some tickets for a kids' play in a few weeks, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," which will feature one of our neighbors and church friends.  It's always been one of our favorite Christas stories, so it'll be great to see a version of it on stage.  That might be a slightly later night, but it'll be fun.

     The wind is still roaring outside, and our blankets are nice and toasty!  Time to turn in for the night!