Activities
Looking for fun and fantastical ways to bring your favourite stories to life? Keep browsing to find activities for all fans to get stuck into. Craft your own Mr Twit beard, turn your hand to some Mr Fox origami, and challenge your brain-box with word-searches and mazes.
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Amazing Adjectives
There are many wonderful words used to describe Matilda. Can you find them all in the wordsearch?
Charlie's Lucky Penny
Can you help Charlie clean the penny so it is just as shiny as the Golden Ticket, using this smart science trick?
Chocolate Colour-by-Numbers
Use the colour key at the bottom to colour-by-numbers and bring Wonka’s design to life.
Colour in Crunchem Hall
Grab your pens and bring some colour to Miss Honey and Miss Trunchbull.
Colour in the Chocolate Factory
Bring Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory to life with weird and wonderful colours.
Colour in the Countryside
This is where Mr Fox lives with his family - bring it to life with your colouring skills.
Counting in the Jungle
Croc loves to count just how many children he is going to gobble up. Can you count as well as Croc can?
Craft with Croc
Time to put your crafty croc skills to the test! Follow these instructions to make your own Enormous Crocodile.
Crocodile Colouring
The Enormous Crocodile has lost all his colour. Grab a pen or pencil and help colour him in!
Find a Fox's Feast
Make your way through the maze to find a feast fit for a family of foxes!
Find the Golden Ticket
Charlie’s lost his Golden Ticket! Help him through the maze to find it again.
Gruesome Crafts
Recreate Mr Twit’s messy beard with a collage, using any craft supplies you can find.
Little and Large
There are lots of different animals in the jungle - but who is the most enormous?
Magnificent Matilda Crossword
Time to test your brainbox! Read the first chapter of the Matilda to complete this crossword.
Make your own Fantastic Fox
Follow the instructions to make your very own origami fox - isn't that fantastic!
Marvellous Match-Ups
Can you match the Roald Dahl character to their silhouette, and then to the quote that describes them?
Matilda's Book Search
Take a look at the books in your classroom or school library and find some suggestions for Matilda!
Matilda's Firework Experiment
Try this terrific trick to create some magic like Matilda and show off your science skills.
Matilda's Magnificent Bookmarks
Colour in the pictures and then cut along the lines for your very own personalised bookmarks.
Spot the Difference
Can you spot all ten differences in the pictures of George with his marvellous medicine?
Top Secret Tunnels
Plot the points on the graph to reveal what Mr Fox has written with his tremendous tunnels.
Wonderfully Wild Words
Can you pair each word with its matching picture from The Enormous Crocodile?
Wonka's Brilliant Bookmarks
Colour in the pictures and cut along the lines for your very own personalised bookmarks.