Curious Creatures & Marvellous Monsters art activity book

This book explores how art and storytelling use tipua.

Monsters and creatures can help explain things we can’t see, or strange things that happen. Dragons. Unicorns. Gnomes!

Create your own tipua, find them in word searches, play with shapes, and write your own story...

Education type

Activity book

Suitable for

Ages 5–10

Free A4 download

Printing tip: Print double-sided and in colour.

Download art activity book – A4 (5.88 MB)

Free A5 booklet download

Printing tip: Open in Adobe Acrobat and select ‘flip on short edge’, print double-sided and in colour.

Download art activity book – A5 (4.91 MB)

Curious Creatures & Marvellous Monsters art activity book, 2018. Designed by Chloe Reweti. Te Papa

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A shiny colourful artwork featuring a metal dinosaur

Curious Creatures & Marvellous Monsters

An art exhibition for kids that explores the magical, monstrous and imagined creatures drawn from the depths of Te Papa’s art collection.

Closed

18 Aug – 4 Nov 2018

Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

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Learn about Matariki through fun kids’ activities. Featuring word searches, colouring pages, games, and stories, discover what's important during Matariki – whetū, kōrero, kai, whenua, whānau, and the Maramataka.

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