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Explore the fancy side of life with

Ac t iv it y and Event Guide

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Before the Big Day Checklist Attention, Event Coordinator:

xt page), then q F ill ou t your invita tions (on the ne photocopy them. — the mo re  istribute the invita tions to ever yone qD ests will attend! invita tions you hand ou t, the mo re gu tivities in this booklet. ac the th wi r ilia fam me co be d an d  ea qR your expected guests. q Make copies of each activity fo r tape fo r your guests d an , ils nc pe s, on ay cr rs, rke ma r he q Gat le activité . to use at the event fo r the reproducib back of this booklet. q Set up the Fancy Bi ngo game in the ting q S et up Fancy Nancy books, deco ra tools, and reproducible activities.  ecorate the party space qD à la Nancy, with bo ws, streamers, and anything sparkly.

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Fancy Invitations! You cannot help the world become a fancier place if you do not show people how! Use these invitations to let everyone know about your event. Simply fill in the details, photocopy, cut along the dotted lines, and distribute to as many people as you can.

YOU’RE INVITED

to explore the fancy side of life with Fancy Nancy!

Place: Date:

Time:

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R.S.V.P.:

Please come dressed in your fanciest clothes to help celebrate the fancy world around us!

YOU’RE INVITED

to explore the fancy side of life with Fancy Nancy!

Place: Date:

Time:

!

R.S.V.P.:

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Make Every Day a Fancy Day

you will be day into a fancy day. Think about when in pla a n tur to s way y eas and fun e Here are som d it! and check each one off once you have trie es, viti acti rite favo cy’s Nan of e som do able to

en you talk. q Use French vocabulary wo rds wh flo wers. q Deco ra te your hair with bo w s and your pinkie up. q Drink wa ter, m ilk, and juice with q Pu t a doily under your plate when

you ea t.

q Add a boa, tu tu, or tiara to your ou

tfit.

es, no tebooks, T-shirts, am fr re tu pic e lik gs in th e at or ec  D q int to make pa d an s, er ck sti , er itt gl th wi es as wc and pillo them your own (be sure to get your parents’ perm ission first!). q S pray perfume on your handkerchief. q Monogram your own sta tionery. Remember these fancy you can. techniques and use them whenever • www.fancynancybooks.com

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Beautiful Paper Bows Adding a bow to your ensemble is an easy way to dress up a drab (that’s a fancy word for plain) outfit. Use the outline below to make a bow of your own. 1. D  ecorate the bow with stickers and markers. 2. Ask an adult to help you cut out the decorated bow.

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3. U  se a bobby pin to fasten it to your hair or clothes.

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Fancy Nancy Needs Your Help! Help Nancy find her way from the vegetable garden to her front door in time for dinner!

Start

Finish

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Explore the Fabulous Outdoors In Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire!, Nancy and her best friend, Bree, have a notebook for writing field notes about leaves, insects, birds, flowers, and butterflies. Can you help Nancy label the pictures in her notebook?

Spider

Bird

Butterfly

Leaf

Moth

Flower

B.

C.

A.

D.

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A: Spider, B: Moth, C: Bird, D: Flower, E: Leaf, F: Butterfly

E.

Words Extraordinaire! Help Nancy finish this crossword puzzle by filling in these fancy words in the numbered spaces below.

Across

Down

1. Parasol 3. Accurate 7. Wardrobe 8. Plume 9. Canine

1. Petite 2. Ooh la la 4. Observe 5. Fancy 6. Joyous

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Fancy Bingo! Directions: 1. Photocopy the fancy pictures (below) and fancy bingo card (on the next page), and distribute one set of fancy pictures and one fancy bingo card to each player. 2. Have each player create their own fancy bingo card by cutting out the fancy pictures and taping their favorites in the ten blank boxes on their fancy bingo card. 3. A  fter all of the fancy bingo cards have been created, randomly point to each image and say what it is aloud. If a player has the matching image on their card, tell them to circle it. 4. Th  e first player to circle 5 pictures in a row will call out, “I am Fancy!” and sing the FANCY song (lyrics on the next page) to win.

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Teacup

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! Ladybug

Butterfly

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Magnifying glass

Ant

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! Caterpillar

Lace gloves

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! Maracas

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Sunglasses

Binoculars

Spider

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Camera

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Baseball cap

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Fancy Pictures

Sun

Moon

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Fancy Bingo Card

F A N C Y

When you circle 5 pictures in a row, yell, “I am Fancy!” and sing (to the tune of BINGO):

I know a girl who is so fancy And Nancy is her name, oh F-A-N-C-Y F-A-N-C-Y F-A-N-C-Y And Nancy is her name, oh! • www.fancynancybooks.com Illustrations copyright © by Robin Preiss Glasser. Permission to reproduce and distribute this page has been granted by the copyright holder, HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.

Color Nancy Fabulous Fancy Nancy’s favorite activity is decorating. In Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report, we find out that Nancy also loves to read. Color in the picture of Nancy reading to combine her two favorite pastimes.

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