room on the broom

Room on the Broom Day Event Pack t h e n o B r o m o o m o R Event Pack Room on the Broom is an imaginative and surprising story featuring adventure and magic, flight and friendship, dragons and monsters as well as a slightly bumbling witch and her motley crew of brave companions who all find ‘room on the broom’ To celebrate this perennial favourite by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, we’ve put together a kit that has everything you need to host a truly magnificent event in your bookshop, classroom or library for Halloween, or all year round! Your pack includes the following: • Sticker sheets • Event invitation • Balloons • Photocopiable activities Event Tips Two to Three Weeks Ahead: • Pick a date and time for your event • Make copies of the event invitation You can keep a stack next to your register, hang one in your window, and/or send them to those on your mailing list • Promote your event in your newsletter, website, or social media channels • Create a window display to promote your event One Week Ahead: • Photocopy a supply of the activity and colouring sheets in this pack for your event • Make arrangements to have plenty of pencils, crayons and craft supplies available Event Day: • Decorate your event space taking inspiration from the book • Be sure necessary materials are in place • Have plenty of copies of Room on the Broom available! Room on the Broom © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 2001 - Macmillan Children’s Books • Event tips and ideas • Poster • Cardboard witch t h e n o B r o m o o m o R Event Pack Game Ideas Pin the Wand on the Witch How to Play: Find the ‘Make a Wand!’ activity in this event pack Make as many copies as you need and have everyone cut out their wand and colour it in Hang your Room on the Broom poster on a wall, roughly at eye level for the children Place sticky tack or tape on the back of everyone’s wand and have them line up in front of the poster Blindfold the first child in the queue and gently spin them around three times Point the child toward the poster and ask them to place the wand on the witch Once every child has had a turn, the child with the wand closest to the correct position wins Witch, Witch, Broom How to Play: Select someone to be ‘It’ and have all the other players sit in a circle ‘It’ walks around the circle tapping each player on the head saying ‘witch’ each time until he/she decides to tap someone and say ‘broom.’ That person must run after ‘It’, trying to tag him/her before ‘It’ can run all the way around the circle and sit in the gap left by the chaser If the chaser tags ‘It’, then the chaser keeps their spot in the circle and ‘It’ must try again If ‘It’ is not tagged, then the chaser becomes the next ‘It’ Room on the Broom © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 2001 - Macmillan Children’s Books The Witch on the Broom Says How to Play: One person plays the role of the Witch and he or she stands facing the rest of the group who are the players The Witch tells players what they must However, the players must only obey commands that begin with the words ‘The Witch on the Broom says’ For example, if the Witch says, ‘The Witch on the Broom says touch your nose,’ then players must touch their nose But if the Witch simply says, ‘Jump,’ without first saying ‘The Witch on the Broom says,’ players must not jump Those that jump are out The last player standing wins and becomes the next Witch For an extra bit of fun, get a broom for the Witch to hold or ‘ride’ during game play Invitation Storytelling, Games, Crafts, and more! Date: Time: Location: NEW! The Witch Has Lost Her Hat! Would s h e s uit a pirat e Can you draw it on her head and colour her in?  Try designing some other hats for her to wear!  Room on the Broom © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 2001 - Macmillan Children’s Books hat? NEW! HELP FOR UP N- Make a Mini Broom Activity OW You will need: A stick Dry grass, straw or smaller twigs String or twine  Take a small bunch of dry grass and place it around one end of your stick Tie the grass in place using string Take your scissors and snip the dry grass into a neater broom shape Very soon you’ll have a perfectly miniature broom, Room on the Broom © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 2001 - Macmillan Children’s Books ideal for Halloween ry hangi ot t ng t h em up _ y n h e g W k r a eat m deco rations!  y he t R ASK A G NEW! W RO ASK A G Make a Wand! 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