THE GRUFFALO-WORKSHEETS

The Gruffalo story related worksheets.

1. GRUFFALO FEATURES
My First Gruffalo
©
2011 Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
The Gruffalo has very famous features.
Can you match the words to the pictures?
Toes
Knees Prickles
Tongue
TusksClaws
Eyes
TeethWart

2. All these pictures show different parts of the Gruffalo. Can you circle the
words in the box below? (The words go up, down, across or diagonally.)
COLOURING IN

3. Copyright©AxelSchefflerandMacmillanChildren’sBooks
AGruffalo mask 
to colour and make 
DDiirreeccttiioonnss::
1.Colour in!
2.Stick on to some card
3.Cut out mask along dotted lines 
(ask an adult to help with the cutting out)
4.Cut around eye and mouth holes
5.Tape a pencil to the back of the mask, 
just under the mouth. Now hold the mask 
to your face and go 'Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!'
Now youcan be
The Gruffalo!
        

4. COLOURING IN

11. Can you help the Gruffalo find 8 differences between these pictures?
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
THE GRUFFALO
©
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Visit www.gruffalo.com to find out how you can help
the Gruffalo celebrate his 20th birthday!

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DRAW THE GRUFFALO
THE GRUFFALO
©
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Visit www.gruffalo.com to find out how you can help
the Gruffalo celebrate his 20th birthday!

13. It’s the Gruffalo’s birthday and he’s got a cake,
but he’s having trouble finding it. Can you help him find his way?
THE GREAT GRUFFALO
CAKE HUNT!
THE GRUFFALO
©
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Visit www.gruffalo.com to find out how you can help
the Gruffalo celebrate his 20th birthday!

14. The Gruffalo is having a birthday party and has hidden
a list of party words. Can you find them all?
GRUFFALO
WORDSEARCH
D O C Y Z N A B I W
U P R E S E N T S C
G W J Y P A R T Y A
R O D G A M E S S K
U C E L E B R A T E
F C B I R T H D A Y
F O T L Y H I B H E
A D A N C I N G J T
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O K D B S N A C K S
• Gruffalo
• Birthday
• Party
• Jelly
• Games
• Presents
• Dancing
• Snacks
• Celebrate
• Cake
THE GRUFFALO
©
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Visit www.gruffalo.com to find out how you can help
the Gruffalo celebrate his 20th birthday!

15. FOLD HERE FIRST
FOLDHERESECOND
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
Visit www.gruffalo.com for 
Gruffalo activities, games and FUN!
©JuliaDonaldson and Axel Scheffler 2004
To.................................
The deep dark wood is covered in snow.  
“It’s Christmas time!” says the Gruffalo.
The Gruffalo’s Child lets out a cheer. 
Have a great Christmas, and fun all next year.
From............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 

16. ©Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 2004
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The Gruffalo and the Gruffalo’s Child have been working very, very hard to
make the Gruffalo cave look really festive. They are most pleased with
their Gruffalo Christmas tree decorations. Maybe you would like some for
your Christmas tree? Follow these simple instructions and make your
Christmas tree the best-dressed tree in town!
DIRECTIONS: 
1. Colour in or paint the picture of the Gruffalo and Gruffalo’s Child. 
2. Stick it on some thin card.
3. Carefully cut around the dotted lines.
4.Using a kitchen skewer or a nail
(ask an adult to help!), carefully pierce
ahole in the top of the picturethrough
the little circle. 
5.Cut a 20cm length of sparkly thread
or string, thread it through the hole
and then tie it into a large hoop. 
6. To make your Gruffalo tree
decoration look really
Christmassy,you can cover
it in glitter!
7. Hang your decoration from
one of the branches on your
Christmas tree. 
Repeat as many times as you like,
so your tree is FULL of Gruffalos!
 

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Directions:
1.Colour in or paint the bits of the Gruffalo’s Child.
2.Stick it on some card.
3.Carefully cut around the dotted lines.
4.Using a kitchen skewer or a nail (ask an adult to 
help!), carefully pierce holes through the circles at 
the top of the legs and the arms, and through the 
four circles on the body. (Don’t forget the extra 
holes at the top of the arms and legs, and at the 
top of the head!).
5.Attach the legs and arms to the body using brass 
paper fasteners (see figure A),spreading the 
fasteners in the back to hold the parts together.
6.Attach a short piece of string to the shoulder 
holes and hip holes (figure B) with the arms and 
legs slightly out to the side. Connect the shoulder 
and hip strings at the centre and leave about 8 
inches of string hanging from the bottom.
7.Attach a piece ofstring to the hole in the 
Gruffalo’s Child’s head.
Figure A
Figure B
HOLD       HERE
PULL       HERE
To operate:
Hold the head string in one hand and pull the 
bottom string to make the arms and legs wave 
and jump!
© Axel Scheffler 2004
 

20. The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books.
Gruffalo Crumble
Party Pack!
Your pack includes:
• Gruffalo Crumble Party Ideas Sheet
• Gruffalo Crumble Party Poster
• Gruffalo Mask Activity Sheet
• The Gruffalo and Friends Finger
Puppets Activity Sheet
• Purple Prickle Pancakes Recipe
• Snake’s Logpile House Recipe
• Toadstool Pizza Recipe
• Gruffalo Crumble Recipe
ISBN: 9781509804740
£9.99

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The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books.
Is your tummy beginning to rumble?
Throw a GRUFFALO CRUMBLE party!
Here are some ideas to make your party the tastiest monster mash ever!
ANNOUNCE YOUR GRUFFALO CRUMBLE PARTY
Print out the special GRUFFALO CRUMBLE party poster and hang it up to announce your party!
LOCATION
The GRUFFALO lives in the deep dark wood, so the best place to hold you party is outside, a garden is the perfect place.
But even if you have your GRUFFALO party indoors, you can create a great atmosphere by decorating the room.
DECORATIONS
Here are some tips to make your GRUFFALO party really atmospheric. Use green lightbulbs to make an eerie
deep-dark-wood-like light. Make some trees out of coloured card (using brown card for the trunk and green card for the branches)
and attach them to the walls of the room using Blu-tack. Cut green crêpe paper into strips and hang from the ceiling and door
frames. Make some scary black spiders using ping pong balls (painted black) and black pipe cleaners and hang them from the
ceiling using thin elastic or thread. Create a GRUFFALO cave by draping a dark sheet over two chairs.
FOOD AND DRINK
Make your own Purple Prickle Pancakes, Snake’s Logpile House, Toadstool Pizza, and of course . . . Gruffalo Crumble! Use
the recipes in this pack for easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions specially designed for adults to use with children. These recipes
are just a taste of Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes -- for more simple meals, healthy snacks and sweet treats, get your own
copy of the fun-packed cookery book! With twenty-four delicious recipes from the deep dark wood, it’s a great way to introduce
GRUFFALO fans to cooking and baking!
GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Here are some fun activities to use during your party, or while you’re waiting for your tasty treats to bake or cook!
GRUFFALO MASKS
Why not have a competition for the best Gruffalo Mask? Print and make copies of the mask activity sheet for each of your guests.
Have them follow the instructions to make their very own GRUFFALO masks. Award the best GRUFFALO mask with a prize,
or an extra slice of GRUFFALO crumble!
THE GRUFFALO AND FRIENDS FINGER PUPPETS
Act out the story of the GRUFFALO using these fantastic, easy-to-make finger puppets! Print and make copies of the finger
puppets activity sheet for each of your guests. Have them follow the directions, and get all your guests to act out the story (this is
even more fun if you know THE GRUFFALO SONG). You will need to give everyone a part to play. The characters are:
The Gruffalo, Mouse, Fox, Owl, and Snake. Let everyone take home their own set of finger puppets so they can play at home!

22. Please come to our
party!
The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books.
www.gruffalo.com
When:
Where:
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23. Now you can be
The Gruffalo!
A Gruffalo mask
to colour and make
Directions:
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Print this sheet at A3 paper size
Colour in!
Stick on some card
Cut out mask along dotted lines
(ask an adult to help with the cutting out)
Cut around eye and mouth holes
Tape a pencil to the back of the mask,
just under the mouth. Now hold the mask
to your face and go ‘Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!’
The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books.

24. It’sreally easy to make these fantastic finger puppets. Just follow these simple
instructions and very soon you will be acting out the story of
THE GRUFFALO using your fingers!
You will need:
Thin card, scissors, glue and sticky tape.
Instructions:
1. First you will need to print out this page.
2. Stick the printed page on to a piece of card so your
finger puppets will be stronger and last longer.
3. Carefully cut around the dotted lines with a pair of
scissors. Ask an adult to help you with this.
4. Your finger puppets are almost ready. Now all
you have to do is create a ring to put your
finger in! You will see there is a bar at the
bottom of each character, with a dot and
squareateachend.Join the dot to the back of
the squarearound the back of the character
and secure together with sticky tape.
Now youare ready to play!
IllustrationstakenfromTHEGRUFFALO©JuliaDonaldsonandAxelScheffler,1999.
The Gruffalo and Friends Finger Puppets!
The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books.
The Gruffalo and Friends Finger Puppets!
It’s really easy to make these fantastic finger puppets. Just follow these simple
instructions and very soon you will be acting the story of
THE GRUFFALO using your fingers!
You will need:
Thin card, scissors, glue and sticky tape.
Instructions:
1. First you will need to print out this page.
2. Stick the printed page on to a piece of card so your
finger puppets will be stronger and last longer.
3. Carefully cut around the dotted lines with a pair of
scissors. Ask an adult to help you with this.
4. Your finger puppets are almost ready. Now all
you have to do is create a ring to put your
finger in! You will see there is a bar at the
bottom of each character, with a dot and
square at each end. Join the dot to the back of
the square around the back of the character
and secure together with sticky tape.
Now you are ready to play!

25. These recipes are just a taste of
Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes –
for more simple meals, healthy snacks
and sweet treats, get your own copy
of the fun-packed cookery book!
With twenty-four delicious recipes
from the deep dark wood, it’s a great
way to introduce Gruffalo fans to
cooking and baking!
Can you count out five
blueberries for each pancake?
You will need:
1 egg
200ml milk
220g plain flour
1/2 teaspoon
bicarbonate of soda
2 teaspoons honey
1/4 teaspoon
cinnamon
50 blueberries
A knob of butter
A big mixing bowl
A measuring jug
A frying pan
A spatula
A small ladle
A whisk
Purple Prickle Pancakes
Tips, Tricks and Twists
These are really delicious served with
a little honey or maple syrup drizzled
on top.
The Gruffalo’s Child has pink prickles
on her back. If you use raspberries
instead of blueberries, these pancakes
will have pink prickles too!
What to do:
Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon in the
big bowl and mix well. These are your dry ingredients.
Pour the milk into a measuring jug and add the honey.
Stir together.
Break the egg into a saucer and pick out
any pieces of shell.
Add the egg to the measuring jug and
mix well with a fork.
Make a little well in the middle of the dry
ingredients and pour in the milk mixture.
Mix everything well with a whisk until
you have a thick batter with no lumps.
Melt a little butter in the frying pan on
a high heat.
When the pan is really hot, add the batter one ladle at a
time and drop five blueberries in each heap of batter.
Flip the pancakes over when little bubbles
appear on top.
Cook until they are brown on the second side, then
put them on a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
Keep going until you’ve used up all the mixture.
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This recipe is designed for adults to follow, but children can help too when you see a JOIN IN! Gruffalo paw. J O I N
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The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books.

26. You will need:
4 sticks of celery
6 tablespoons
peanut butter
2 tablespoons raisins
6 tablespoons
cream cheese
1 tablespoon
poppy seeds
A butter knife
Snake’s Logpile House
Tips, Tricks and Twists
Can you think of anything else that you could fill
the celery with?
If your logs are slipping and sliding when you’re trying
to stack them up, you can put a small blob of
peanut butter or cream cheese on the
bottom to stick them in place.
What to do:
Cut each celery stick into three so you
have twelve equal-sized pieces.
Take six of the pieces and lay them
down so the hollow side is facing up.
Put a tablespoon of peanut butter on each piece.
Use the butter knife to smear the peanut
butter across the celery until it fills up
the hollow part.
Put a few raisins on each celery log. Press them
gently into the peanut butter with your finger so
they don’t fall off.
Now take the other six pieces of celery
and lay them down hollow-side up.
Put a tablespoon of cream cheese on each piece.
Smear the cream cheese over the celery to fill the
hollow, just like you did with the peanut butter.
Sprinkle the poppy seeds all over the cheese.
Here’s the tricky bit! Try stacking up your logs to
make a house – or you could just eat them as they are.
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This recipe is designed for adults to follow, but children can help too when you see a JOIN IN! Gruffalo paw. J O I N
IN!
These recipes are just a taste of
Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes –
for more simple meals, healthy snacks
and sweet treats, get your own copy
of the fun-packed cookery book!
With twenty-four delicious recipes
from the deep dark wood, it’s a great
way to introduce Gruffalo fans to
cooking and baking!
You can make two kinds of celery snack and stack them up to make your very own logpile house.
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27. You will need:
200g flour
2 teaspoons baking
powder
A pinch of salt
1 teaspoon dried
herbs
1 tablespoon olive oil
120ml warm water
6 tablespoons tomato
sauce
6 mini mozzarella
balls
Extra olive oil for
greasing
A baking tray
A large mixing bowl
A rolling pin
A circle cutter
(8-10cm diameter)
Toadstool Pizza
What to do:
Preheat the oven to 220˚C/Gas Mark 7.
Dip a piece of kitchen paper in a little olive oil and grease
the baking tray.
Put the flour, baking powder, salt and herbs in the large
mixing bowl and stir.
Make a little well in the middle and add the tablespoon
of olive oil.
Pour in the water a little at a time and mix with a spoon
until you have a soft dough.
Use your hands to squash the dough into a ball and
knead it for a minute or two.
Sprinkle a little flour on a clean surface and roll out
the dough until it’s about ½ cm thick.
Use the circle cutter to press six circles out of the dough.
Use a knife to cut away two sections of each circle so you
have a toadstool shape. You can copy the picture opposite.
Cut the mozzarella balls into slices about ½ cm thick.
Lay the toadstool pizza bases on the baking tray, not
too close together.
Put a tablespoon of tomato sauce on each pizza and spread
it around with the back of the spoon. Leave the toadstool
stump clean!
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These cheese and tomato pizzas look just like toadstools.
This recipe is designed for adults to follow, but children can help too when you see a JOIN IN! Gruffalo paw. J O I N
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The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books.
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Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes –
for more simple meals, healthy snacks
and sweet treats, get your own copy
of the fun-packed cookery book!
With twenty-four delicious recipes
from the deep dark wood, it’s a great
way to introduce Gruffalo fans to
cooking and baking!
Tips, Tricks and Twists
You can wrap the leftover dough in
cling film and keep it in the fridge
for a few days.
How about adding something
extra to your toadstool pizzas?
Try mushrooms, sweetcorn, ham,
or anything else you can think of!
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Dot the mozzarella slices over each toadstool.
Cook for 12-15 minutes.
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28. You will need:
3 eating apples
1 teaspoon
cinnamon
1 tablespoon
caster sugar
1 tablespoon
apple juice
300g blackberries
75g unsalted butter
100g plain flour
50g oats
50g brown sugar
Two large mixing
bowls
A baking dish
(about 15 x 20cm)
Gruffalo Crumble
Tips, Tricks and Twists
It’s best to use cold butter for this recipe – warm butter can
easily become a dough rather than the crumbs you need.
Why not try different fruits for the filling, like
pear, peach or blueberries – or even a mixture.
Gruffalo Crumble is best served hot.
For an extra treat, you could eat it
with ice cream or custard.
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look just like purple prickles!
What to do:
Preheat the oven to 180˚C/Gas Mark 4.
Peel and core the apples, then chop them into
bite-size pieces.
Put the chopped apples and blackberries in a large
mixing bowl. Save a handful of blackberries for later.
Add the cinnamon, caster sugar and apple juice and
give everything a good stir.
Tip the fruit mixture into the baking dish.
Cut the butter into small cubes of around 1cm.
Put the butter in the other large mixing bowl and
add the flour.
Use your fingers to rub the butter and flour together
until the mixture looks like crumbs.
Stir in the oats and brown sugar.
Sprinkle the mixture over the fruit in the baking dish.
Try and cover it as evenly as you can.
Stick the remaining blackberries into the top of the
crumble to decorate.
Cook for 40 minutes.
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These recipes are just a taste of
Gruffalo Crumble and Other Recipes –
for more simple meals, healthy snacks
and sweet treats, get your own copy
of the fun-packed cookery book!
With twenty-four delicious recipes
from the deep dark wood, it’s a great
way to introduce Gruffalo fans to
cooking and baking!
“Gruffalo crumble!” the Gruffalo said, And quick as the wind he turned and fled.
This recipe is designed for adults to follow, but children can help too when you see a JOIN IN! Gruffalo paw. J O I N
IN!
The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books.