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ZATHURA :
A Space Adventure Event Kit

This kit is filled with fun

activities and everything you
need to host an event! Included
in the kit are materials and
activities for children ages four
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and up.

Event ideas
★ Reproducible invitations to a
Zathura event
★ Reproducible nametags
★ Reproducible games, activity
sheets, and coloring sheets
★ 3 sheets of silver star stickers
for “Galaxy mobile” activity
★ 25 “Galaxy mobile” activity
sheets on card stock
★ 25 bookmarks
★ Ad slicks

We hope you enjoy this kit and

have a fantastic adventure!
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What to do:

★ When children arrive, pass out the enclosed Zathura nametags

★ Read the exciting space adventure Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg!
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★ Get the event going with a game of “Robot Says”—it’s like Simon Says,
but with a robot.
★ For your space “craft,” give each child a galaxy mobile to cut out and decorate
with star stickers to make a wild solar system.
★ Hang up map of the solar system and identify the planets.
★ End your in-store Zathura event with a raffle drawing for the deluxe Zathura
movie poster. Collect all of the name tags in a bag or bowl and then announce
the winner!

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 Invitation to out-of-this-world Invitation to out-of-this-world
adventure! adventure!

Come to our Zathura event. We’ll have lots of fun Come to our Zathura event. We’ll have lots of fun
activities and a reading of Zathura! activities and a reading of Zathura!

Date: ____________________________ Date: ____________________________

Time: ____________________________ Time: ____________________________
Place: ____________________________ Place: ____________________________
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For more information: For more information:

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 ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE EVENT! ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE EVENT!
HELLO, MY NAME IS
HELLO, MY NAME IS

ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE EVENT! ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE EVENT!

HELLO, MY NAME IS
HELLO, MY NAME IS
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ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE EVENT! ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE EVENT!

HELLO, MY NAME IS HELLO, MY NAME IS

ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE EVENT! ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE EVENT!

HELLO, MY NAME IS HELLO, MY NAME IS

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 Make an out-of-this-world galaxy mobile!
For this activity you will need the star stickers and string.

Cut along the dotted line in concentric circles to make a spiral. Place on flat surface and decorate
with silver star stickers and silver marker. Poke a hole in the center. Thread the string through the
hole, knot the end, and hang.
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 ROBOT
SAYS!

Put a Zathura spin on the

classic game “Simon Says”
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and have the children

follow your commands.

Robot says . . .

Walk like a robot

Talk like a robot

Dance like a robot

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 The Galaxy Maze
Attention all space adventurers! Pilot your ship
back to the surface of the moon. Beware of the
black holes!
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Start

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Color the robot.

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 CONNECT THE STARS: A ZATHURA GAME
This is a game for two or more players. The goal is to make the most four-sided boxes.
Each player takes turns drawing lines from one star to another either horizontally or vertically.
When a square is complete the player who finishes it puts his/her initial inside.
The player with the most boxes wins.

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 A Space Adventure Word Search
Find the following words in the puzzle below:

Zathura star meteors

Zorgon spaceship game
astronaut adventure gravity
aliens brothers black hole

M I A P S X Z B E S O S
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N F S Z R T L A U T S P
Z E T R O G Z C A A R A

A C R V E R B K L R E C

T V O Q T A G H I M H E

H N N O E V L O E T T S

U S A B M I W L N R O H

R R U F V T B E S M R I

A W T V T Y E M A G B P

S A D V E N T U R E U T
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