1. hobbies and interests
2. magic and illusion

Colour, draw
and play w ith
Ben and Holly!
Pop a sticker
here when
you finish
this picture.
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Colour in Ben, using the
little picture to help.
Note for parents: Colouring helps
children to develop colour and design
skills and to practise pencil control.
Let’s ma ke an
Ice-Cream P icture
You will need:
thick card pva glue poster paint
shaving foam paintbrush paper
1
Cut out a cone shape
from the card. Glue
it on to a piece of paper.
Make sure there is
enough space above
for your ice-cream.
2
In a small pot
add equal amounts
of shav ing foam,
glue and paint. Give
it a good stir.
*This is for pain
ting purposes only. Do not eat!
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3
Now using your foamy
paint, add some
‘ice-cream’* to your
cardboard cone.
Leave to dry for a
few hours.
Draw some lines on the cone with a brown pen.
Use different colour paint to make different flavours!
Find out what Ben and Holly
like doing at the beach.
Use your double letter
sounds to finish the words.
Sounds
Ben and Holly have fun
Ben and Holly love to go
pa ling.
di
The word shell begins with the sound sh.
Colour all the shells with sh on them.
Help Holly find out about beginning and end sounds.
Use your letter stickers to finish the words below.
sh
en
ing.
st
sh
sh
oa
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sh
sh
ch
Say sh
as in shoe.
Find the three stickers with things that begin or end with sh on them.
u
tarfi
Can you think of two more
words that begin or end with sh?
Tip
Say th e
picture
name of each
elp you
out loud to h
ht
choose the rig
s.
missing letter
Pop the stickers on
the rectangles.
Pop a yes, I can sticker on
the square when you do.
Ben and Holly like
playing with the beach
ba .
Note for parents: Teaching children the sounds that letters make is a
very important skill when learning to read and spell unknown words.
Finished? Pop a lovely
sticker on the shield.
Ben and
Holly in...
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One day a magical
invitation arrived at
the Little Castle.
“Please come and visit
Granny and Grandpapa Thistle
at their castle in the clouds,”
sang the invitation.
“Oh dear,” grumbled King
Thistle. “Visiting my parents is
always a bit of a worry.”
“Yes,” agreed Queen Thistle.
“They do like to use magic a
bit too much.”
Holly and the twins were
very excited. Ben and the
Wise Old Elf were invited too.
“I love going to visit Granny
and Grandpapa’s castle. It’s so
much fun,” giggled Holly.
“But how do we get to a
castle in the clouds?” asked Ben.
“Ah,” sighed King Thistle. “We
will have to get the magic bus.”
“Wow!” exclaimed Ben.
“Oh no!” gasped the Wise
Old Elf.
“I don’t like magic buses.
Magic always leads to trouble.”
Everyone climbed aboard the
bus and with a whoosh it lifted
up into the air.
“Arghh!” yelled the
Wise Old Elf.
As quickly as it
started, the bus stopped.
It dropped down on to the
clouds beside a big castle.
“Welcome,”
declared Granny
Thistle. “Come
inside and have some tea.”
Inside the magical castle
there was a rainbow instead of a
staircase and a room full of fish
floating in the air.
“This is so brilliant,”
exclaimed Ben as they found a
tree growing shoes.
“Magic always
“Help yourselves to magic
leads to trouble,”
cakes,” smiled Granny Thistle.
warned the Wise
“Why does everything have
Old Elf.
to be magical?” questioned
Suddenly Granny Thistle
King Thistle. “And where is had an excellent idea.
Grandpapa?” he went on.
“Let’s go on a trip to
“We just love magic,”
the stars,” she suggested.
chuckled Granny. “Your
“Great idea!” cheered
father is hiding, he’s been
Ben and Holly.
hiding since you last came to
“I’ll only go if I can
visit. He won’t give up
drive the rocket,”
until you find him.”
huffed the Wise Old Elf.
“We’ll find
“I don’t want to be involved
him,” promised
in any more magic.”
Ben. “Elves are good at hide and
Grandpapa finally
seek, and I’m an elf.”
agreed but ony after the
After tea, Ben, Holly and the castle turret magically
twins ran off to find Grandpapa. In transformed into a rocket.
no time at all Ben found him hiding
“Visting your grandparents
in an old chest.
has been such fun,” laughed
“Hooray!” shouted everyone.
Ben as they headed up
“At last,” chuckled
towards the stars.
Grandpapa. “Now I can show
“Maybe we should stay here
you my new magical invention.”
a bit longer and make it a
“A walking, talking plant?”
proper holiday,” replied Holly.
spluttered the Wise Old Elf.
“Oh no,” groaned the
“That’s amazing,” gasped Ben.
Wise Old Elf. “A magical
holiday... HELP!”
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