Art, music, circus, and stories.
FUN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
Free downloads and ideas
ZANY PUPPETS
Zany Circus Characer Puppets- FREE DOWNLOAD
Colour in Zandee, Tobelia, Kadin, Gabby, Diogenes, and the Goblin. Cut them out, and sticky-tape a pop stick to the back of each one to make your puppets.
If you want to, you can draw a circusy background, and make your own puppet show.
If you're feeling particularly arty, you could even create your own original character (or make a puppet of yourself) to include in your zany puppet show.
Click on the image to download the PDF. For best results, print onto A3 paper.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR 'ZANY CIRCUS: PARADOX'
Free to download and print!
Free resources for teachers, homeschoolers, curious children, and little green goblins.
You don't need to have read 'Zany Circus: Paradox' in order to enjoy these activities, but you will enjoy them even more if you have.
Includes fun ideas, information, and activities for art, music, drama, circus, science, history, literacy, philosophy, and... well, pretty much everything except maths.
Perfect for unit studies, groups activities, and general boredom busting.
'JUST MIGHT BE ZANY'
Musical mini-play/lyric sheet
This is a free download for the lyrics to 'Just Might Be Zany', written in script format, with roles for the characters of Zandee, Tobelia, Kadin, Diogenes, Nikola Tesla, Gabby, and a chorus.
The song, 'Just Might Be Zany' is also available as a free download from this website. It can be used for free (with permission) as a group activity, assembly item, or for other non-profit educational purposes.
For a instrumental-only version of the song, please contact us.
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Xanthe Turner loves drawing so much, she has developed callouses on her drawing hand, and is rarely seen without a sketchbook. Her natural habitat is a novel-filled bedroom.
In addition to illustrating (and publishing) books, Xanthe enjoys creating comics, fan art, sculptures, cosplay, and paintings. Xanthe plays guitar and piano (not at the same time) and her life goal is to befriend a sentient robot.
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