UP, UP and AWAY!

Create your own Adventure

Helicopter in just a few
simple steps!

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To make your own SRC

helicopter you will need:
scissors
1 x paperclip
☺ 1 x adult helper
DIRECTIONS:
1. Cut along the bold BLACK
lines

Ask an adult helper for help

if you need it.
2. Fold along the ORANGE
dashes
FOLD

• Fold 1 and 2 into the

middle of the T. Use the
paperclip to secure.
1 2
• Fold 3 forward
• Fold 4 backward
(so the picture faces out)
3. Hold your helicopter high To make more helicopters download this
in the air (or ask your adult template from the preschool activity
helper to) and then let go to booklet page on the Summer Reading Club
watch your helicopter fly. website: www.summerreadingclub.org.au

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!
Draw the location of your next big adventure
OR a picture of yourself having an adventure!
Scan your finished picture and UPLOAD it
to the Summer Reading Club online gallery.
Go to www.summerreadingclub.org.au

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COLOUR BY NUMBERS
This puppy is always ready for an adventure.
Colour him in to bring his adventures to life!

1 1 3 2

2 Use these colours or

choose your own instead!

1 = brown
2 = yellow
3 = red
4 = black
5 = green

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AMAZING ADVENTURES
Can you get the dynamite through the maze before time runs out?

START

FINISH

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I KNOW AN OLD COBRA WHO SWALLOWED A…
Can you guess what item this jungle snake ate?
Draw a line from the snake’s mouth to the item he ate!

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ADVENTURE WORD SEARCH
The SRC Adventurers love to explore. Can find these adventure words?
Colour in the words as you find them.
KIDS LOST JUNGLE WORLD
LOOK FIND GOLD

J L W X T
U G O L D
N S R O A
G E L S K
L Q D T I
E F I N D
Z R A P S
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A SAFARI IN MY HAND!
Create your very own safari animals using your fingers, hands and feet!
YOU WILL NEED:
• Water based paints (black, white, • Markers
blue, yellow, brown, red) • Sheets of paper
• Paint brushes (optional) • An adult helper
• Plate/lid to hold paint

1. MAKE YOUR PAINTS

Mix the following colours together on your paint plate or lid to create the
Safari Shades you might need:

(Put a sample of your colour mixes in the circles above!)

Try adding white paint or black paint to make your colours darker.
2. MAKE YOUR ANIMAL PRINTS
Using the pictures on the opposite page as a guide, follow the steps to create
your own Handprint Jungle Safari animals.
• Cover your hand in paint (paint it on OR put your hand in the paint)
• Press your hand onto the paper (painted side down)
i. Try a print with your fingers closed
ii. Try a print with your fingers open
iii. Use your thumb to make heads
iv. Use your fingers to add tails
• Let handprints dry
3. BRING YOUR PRINTS TO LIFE
Use markers or paint to add details.
4. USE YOUR IMAGINATION
What other parts of your body (feet, fingers) can you use to make animals?

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Scan and send your finished safari animals to the Summer Reading Club gallery.
Go to: www.summerreadingclub.org.au to upload your pictures!

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ADVENTURE TOOLS MATCH-UP
Trace the path of the items below to put them into the SRC Explorer’s backpack!

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JUNGLE DOT TO DOT
Join the dots to make this picture complete!

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
Looking for clues is the basis
of many great adventure
stories. Can you spot the
5 differences between these
two book-stealing pirates?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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TRUE ADVENTURERS NEVER RUN OUT OF TALES
Can you match the following tails with their jungle creature?

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SOLUTIONS
AMAZING ADVENTURES ADVENTURE WORD SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
p5 SEARCH p12
p7
J L W X T
U G O L D
N S R O A
START
G E L S K
L Q D T I
FINISH
E F I N D
Z R A P S
1. Pirate’s eye has changed
2. Pirate’s shirt is red
3. Pirate is smiling
4. Middle book in stack is
orange
5. There is one extra book

I KNOW AN OLD COBRA JUNGLE DOT TO DOT TRUE ADVENTURERS

WHO SWALLOWED A… p11 NEVER RUN OUT OF
p6 TALES
p13

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