Including fantastically

fun activity sheets,

a book quiz and
dress-up ideas!

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 BOOK QUIZ

1 WHAT DO CHARLIE’S GRANDPARENTS DO ALL DAY

IN CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY? 6 IN BILLY AND THE MINPINS, WHAT IS THE
LEADER OF THE MINPINS CALLED?

a) They eat sweets a) Don Mini

b) They stay in bed b) Don Mono
c) They play cards c) Don Mani

2 7
IN GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE, WHAT IN MATILDA, WHAT FIRST AMAZES
COLOUR IS THE MEDICINE AFTER GEORGE BOILS IT? MISS HONEY ABOUT MATILDA?

a) Gorgeous gruesome green a) Her mathematical ability

b) Fearsome fiery red b) Her musical ability
c) Deep and brilliant blue c) Her reading ability

3 IN MATILDA, WHICH PUNISHMENT DOES MISS

TRUNCHBULL GIVE BRUCE BOGTROTTER? 8 WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE THREE FARMERS
IN FANTASTIC MR FOX?

a) Puts him in The Chokey a) Doggis, Dunce and Lean

b) Forces him to eat an enormous cake b) Moggis, Munce and Mean
c) Makes him touch a newt c) Boggis, Bunce and Bean

4 9
IN CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, IN GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE,
WHERE CAN YOU FIND WHANGDOODLES, WHAT HAPPENS TO GRANDMA WHEN SHE
HORNSWOGGLERS AND SNOZZWANGERS? DRINKS MARVELLOUS MEDICINE NUMBER
FOUR?
a) In Caterpillar Country
b) In Loompaland a) She disappears
c) In Eucalyptus Land b) She blows up
c) She bursts her boiler

5 WHAT DOES GRANDMA TELL GEORGE TO EAT

THREE TIMES A DAY IN GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS
10 IN THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME,
WHAT DOES THE WORD ‘GRUBBER’ MEAN?
MEDICINE?

a) Cauliflower a) It is an old word for a sweet shop

b) Cabbage b) It is a name for someone who is very dirty
c) Curly kale c) It is a name for someone who eats too quickly

ANSWERS
AT THE END
OF THE PACK

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 INVENTING ROOM

“This is the most important room in the entire factory!” he said. “All my most secret new
inventions are cooking and simmering in here!”

Imagine if you were an extraordinary inventor like Mr Willy Wonka! What would you invent; hot ice-cream
for cold days, Hair Toffee or even an Everlasting Gobstopper? Draw a picture and describe your new
creation!

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 INVENT YOUR OWN SWEET

Time to present your sweet to Mr Wonka! Write a short presentation about your sweet to persuade Willy
Wonka to hire you as his new inventor. Use the table below to make some notes first.

NAME OF MY SWEET

MY SWEET’S PARTICULAR
FUNCTION

REASON PEOPLE WILL BUY

MY SWEET

SOME POWERFUL VERBS

AND ADJECTIVES TO
DESCRIBE MY SWEET

A BOLD STATEMENT OR
CLAIM ABOUT MY SWEET TO
FINISH

Now write your presentation. Remember, Willy Wonka is very busy so he won’t listen for long! Keep your
presentation to five sentences or less.

FIND MORE LEARNING RESOURCES AT

WWW.ROALDDAHL.COM/TEACH

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 GOLDEN TICKET MAZE

Charlie’s lost his Golden Ticket! He needs to get into Willy

Wonka’s factory so he can feast on scrumdiddlyumptious
treats. Help him find his ticket in the maze below.

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 WILLY WONKA’S PICK ‘N’ MIX

Which of Willy Wonka’s wonderful ingredients isn’t in the wordsearch because greedy Augustus Gloop
has eaten it all?

CACAO CARAMEL CREAM

CHOCOLATE CANDY SUGAR
NUT TOFFEE BUTTERSCOTCH

AUGUSTUS GLOOP HAS EATEN ALL THE

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 HOW TO DRESS UP AS
WILLY WONKA

“Mr Wonka was standing all alone just inside the open gates of the factory. And what an
extraordinary little man he was! He had a black top hat on his head. He wore a tail coat
made of a beautiful plum-coloured velvet. His trousers were bottle green. His gloves were
pearly grey. And in one hand he carried a fine gold-topped walking cane.”

YOU WILL NEED: 30

MINUTE
ACTIVITY
Black A2 card (or a cereal box you can paint)
A white or silver pen
Purple glitter
Glue
Pencil
Scissors
Strong tape or a stapler
Downloadable hat template
Bright colourful clothes - you could wear:
A bow tie (you could make one out of card)
A purple jacket or waistcoat
Green trousers
A cane

1 Trace round the hat template onto card and cut it

out. Outline with a white or silver pen.

2 Add glue to the ‘band’ of the hat, just above the

brim, and shake on the purple glitter.

3 Cut out a long strip of black cardboard. Wrap it

round your head to get the right size for you and
then staple or tape the ends together, to keep them
in place (cover the staples with tape for safety).
Stick the cardboard band to the back of the hat
with staples or strong tape.

4 Put on your Wonka hat and your brightest, most

colourful trousers and shirt, and add a bow tie.

5 Take along your copy of Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory and your costume is complete!

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WILLY WONKA’S
TOPTOP HAT
HAT TEMPLATE Cut
Fold

Template

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 HOW TO DRESS UP AS
CHARLIE BUCKET

“Only once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie Bucket ever get to taste a bit of chocolate. The
whole family saved up their money for that special occasion, and when the great day arrived,
Charlie was always presented with one small chocolate bar to eat all by himself.”

5
MINUTE
ACTIVITY

1 Cut out the Golden Ticket from the template provided

(or you could make your own with some gold paper
YOU WILL NEED:
and a black pen).
Golden Ticket template
Scissors 2 Wear a jumper or checked shirt and a pair of
A chocolate bar trousers.
A jumper or checked shirt
3 Carry a small bar of chocolate in your pocket.

4 Take along your copy of Charlie and the Chocolate

Factory and your costume is complete!

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GOLDEN TICKET TEMPLATE

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 HOW TO DRESS UP AS
VERUCA SALT

“‘The one I want to see is Veruca Salt!’ shouted another voice in the crowd. ‘She’s the girl
whose father bought up half a million chocolate bars and then made the workers in his peanut
factory unwrap every one of them until they found a Golden Ticket! He gives her anything she
wants! Absolutely anything! She only has to start screaming for it and she gets it!’”

1 Wear a party dress or skirt.

YOU WILL NEED:
2 Tie a big bow in your hair.
A party dress or skirt
A ribbon or giant bow for your hair 3 Carry a toy squirrel with you.

A toy squirrel
Take along your copy of Charlie and the
4 Chocolate Factory and your costume is complete!

2
MINUTE
ACTIVITY

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 HOW TO DRESS UP AS
MIKE TEAVEE

“The nine-year-old boy was seated before an enormous television set, with his eyes glued to the
screen… ‘Quiet!’ he shouted, when someone tried to ask him a question. ‘Didn’t I tell you not
to interrupt! This show’s an absolute whiz-banger! It’s terrific! I watch it every day. I watch all
of them every day, even the rotten ones…’”

5
MINUTE
ACTIVITY

1 Wear a pair of jeans and a shirt.

YOU WILL NEED:
2 Wear a cowboy hat on your head.
A shirt
Jeans 3 Carry a TV remote in your pocket.

A cowboy hat
Take along your copy of Charlie and the
A TV remote 4 Chocolate Factory and your costume is complete!

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 HOW TO DRESS UP AS
AUGUSTUS GLOOP

“The finder was a boy called Augustus Gloop, and Mr Bucket’s evening newspaper carried
a large picture of him on the front page. The picture showed a nine-year-old boy who was so
enormously fat he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump.”

Cut out the chocolate Bar template

1 provided (or you could bring
YOU WILL NEED: your own).

A bright or striped jumper

Wear a bright jumper and trousers.
Trousers 2
A pillow
Scissors
3 Stuff a pillow into your jumper.

Smear chocolate around your mouth (or

Downloadable chocolate bar template or
4 use brown face paint).
chocolate bar
Chocolate wrappers
Stuff lots of chocolate wrappers into your
Brown face paint or melted chocolate (optional) 5 pockets.

Take along your copy of Charlie and the

6
10 Chocolate Factory and your costume is
complete!
MINUTE
ACTIVITY

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CHOCOLATE BAR TEMPLATE

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 HOW TO DRESS UP AS
VIOLET BEAUREGARD

“Everybody was staring at Violet. And what a terrible, peculiar sight she was! Her face and
hands and legs and neck, in fact the skin all over her body, as well as her great big mop of
curly hair, had turned a brilliant, purplish-blue, the colour of blueberry juice!”

YOU WILL NEED: 3-4

DAY
ACTIVITY
A 36 inch giant balloon
Newspaper (lots of newspaper!)
Plain flour and water
Scissors
Tape
Make your papier mâché paste, using equal
Purple or blue paint 1 amounts of water and plain flour. The paste should
Two ribbons
be a thick glue-like texture. If it’s too thick, add a
A stapler bit more water. Tear the newspaper into long thin
Purple or blue face paint strips. Inflate the balloon and set it in a box to
A purple or blue top keep it from rolling around. Begin your first layer
Purple or blue trousers or tights of papier mâché: dip each strip of newspaper with
papier mâché, then place it on the balloon. Cover
the balloon in one layer of strips and let it dry
completely.

Repeat three more times so the ball is nice and

2 strong. Once the final layer is dry, deflate the
balloon.

Cut a hole at the top and bottom of the ball that is

3 big enough for you to fit through (ask a grown-up
to help!). Make sure the bottom hole is big enough
for you to move your legs when walking!

Paint the entire ball purple (or blue) using poster

4 paint and leave to dry. Add the ribbons to the top
hole to create shoulder straps.

Wear your purplest (or bluest) clothes and paint

5 your face to match. Very carefully, put on your
blueberry-ball costume.

Take along your copy of Charlie and the Chocolate

6 Factory and your costume is complete!

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 QUIZ ANSWERS

1 b) They stay in bed

2 c) Deep and brilliant blue

3 b) Forces him to eat an enormous cake

4 b) In Loompaland

5 b) Cabbage

6 a) Don Mini

7 a) Her mathematical ability

8 c) Boggis, Bunce and Bean

9 a) She disappears

10 a) It is an old word for a sweet shop

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