“…this brave little offspring of the Gruffalo captures the young audience and keeps it entranced… plenty of audience involvement to keep the kids active and engaged….” – Stage Whispers “can’t fail to please”– Brisbane Courier Mail “winningly played” – Sydney Morning Herald

The team behind The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and The 13-, 26-, 52-, 78- & 91-Storey Treehouses return with The Gruffalo’s Child, bringing together physical theatre, music and puppetry to deliver songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up, and their adults… After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn’t really exist… does he? One wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Child ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and tiptoes out into the deep dark wood. Join the Gruffalo’s Child on her adventurous mission in this magical musical adaptation of the much-loved picture book. If you loved The Gruffalo, don’t miss the sequel, which returns following previous sell-out Australian tours – now in a new West End production! The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should Ever set foot in the deep dark wood… Some children decided to use different masks and material to create their own Gruffalo costumes where they role played the story.Tall Stories’ magical musical adaptation of THE GRUFFALO’S CHILDĪdapted from the award-winning picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler The children chose different characters from the book so that they can act out the story with their peers in the playground. They cut out the Gruffalo eyes and decorated the paper with collage to create a mask.

The children practised their cutting skills and learnt safety scissor rules, such as the right way to hold scissors when we are walking from the art table and how to pass the scissors to our friends and to move the paper not the scissors when cutting. Then they added purple match sticks for his 'Prickles upon his back'. The children added different coloured poster paints but made sure they corresponded with the correct colours of the story especially for his orange eyes and black tongue. The children walked the characters through scene and spoke for the characters as they said their lines of the story.Īt the art table we used black markers to first draw the characters of the book, the Gruffalo was a particular favourite character. We used artificial grass as the 'deep dark woods' and trees from our aquarium display, with rocks and laminated characters. The Gruffalo scene was recreated in construction corner. Stage 3 - Research and investigation Then they added purple match sticks for his 'Prickles upon his back'.

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