Princess Magnolia cordially invites you to a party! Party Planning

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Princess Magnolia cordially invites

you to a party!

Please wear your favorite princess or superhero attire!

Party Planning

A great party has friends, food, and fun decorations! Deck out your Princess in Black–themed

shindig with nods to Princess Magnolia and the Princess in Black. Blow up bunches of pink and black

balloons, hang up pink and black streamers, and use pink and black plates for food. And don’t forget

the disco ball! Using blank labels, let your guests create and decorate name tags with glitter, markers,

crayons, or colored pencils.

Glitter-Stone Rings

Princess Magnolia wears a glitter-stone ring, which is secretly a monster alarm. Brring! Brring!

Whenever the monster alarm goes off, she has to sneak away to keep the goats from being eaten.

Supply enough Ring Pops for each party guest to have their own glitter-stone ring. You never know

when the next monster attack will come!

Act It Out!

The Princess in Black series is filled with tons of superhero action and silly royal antics. Plan a read-

aloud of your favorite Princess in Black stories! Have guests take turns reading out loud and acting out

the parts. Make up your own Princess in Black adventures, too!

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Party Talk!

While sipping pink lemonade and eating cake (or carrots), talk about WHY you love

Princess in Black so much. Here are some questions to get the conversation started.

1. Why does Princess Magnolia need to keep her superhero identity a secret?

What do you think would happen if someone discovered her secret?

2. How do you think Monster Land first appeared?

3. What kind of training do you think the Princess in Black needs so

she can defend her kingdom from monsters?

4. What are some similarities between the way Princess Magnolia and the

Princess in Black behave? What are some differences?

5. Which is your favorite Princess in Black book, and why?

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Superheroes, Unite!

Create your own superhero identity. What would your superhero name and powers be?

What kind of disguise would you wear? Would you have to keep your identity secret?

Draw yourself as a superhero, then make a gallery of everyone’s secret identities!

My superhero name is ___________________________________________ .

MASK

BLACK

HERO

PRINCESS

SPARKLE

CROWN

FRIENDS

FLOWER

MERMAID

CASTLE

PARTY

MONSTER

S P A R K L E P H B S R T T

E O R S R O F A E S C N H E

E E R H N T P R M M S Y H E

P E M D C R R T I T A K N S

C L E E T R I Y O E D S E L

O T E L H O N F A R N M K Y

E B B T S F C N K E C D S R

D L N S S C E L P T A O S E

I A R A F R S L S S R M M W

A C M C C O S A M N E N E O

M K O S E W C S K O L E D L

R R R R W N A P A M D W A F

E E E P E S S A W D T E N P

M C I O E H R R A F S O R R

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Princess in Black Word Search!

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Princess Ad-Libs: Princess Magnolia

Meets a New Hero!

Fill in the blanks with words of your choice to create your own superhero

name and silly Princess in Black story!

On a ___________ day, Princess Magnolia greeted a new ___________ in her

magnificent castle! This amazing new ___________ was named ___________

and from the kingdom of ___________! Princess Magnolia called out

“___________” and curtsied to her guest. She also complimented her guest

on their ___________. The visitor thanked Princess Magnolia and asked

for help with a ___________ monster. This monster was ___________ in the

village and scaring everyone! Princess Magnolia said that the Princess

in Black would be on the case! Back in ___________’s village, the monster

was ___________ all of the ___________. The monster was ___________ and

had ___________ fur, spots in a ___________ shape, and big ___________. The

Princess in Black sprang into action! She used her Sparkle Slam and the

Princess Pounce. The monster roared “ ___________” and began to retreat.

Suddenly, a new hero appeared! It was the ___________ in ___________.

Together, the Princess in Black and ___________ battled the monster, using

a new move called the royal ___________. The monster ran out of town,

dropping all of the ___________. The village began to cheer and ___________.

They shouted, “The Princess in Black and the __

_________ saved the day!”

adjective noun

noun party host’s first name

a food

silly greeting

noun

adjective verb ending in ing

name of a party guest

verb ending in ing plural noun adjective

color shape body part, plural

silly exclamation

noun color

superhero name

verb

plural noun verb

your superhero name

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Spot the Differences

Twelve sparkly princesses arrive at the castle for Princess Magnolia’s birthday party.

Circle the ten things that are different in these two scenes.

Answers:

n scene two: 1. There’s only one balloon to the left of the door. 2. The tulips on the left are orange. 3. The balloons to the right of the door are purple. 4. The tree has ﬂowers in it.

5. The princess in purple is holding a green package. 6. The dragon doesn’t have long whiskers. 7. The princess below the dragon has a purple ﬂower on her headband. 8. There’s no pine tree on the right.

9. The wolf is gray. 10. There are tulips on the lower right.

Maze

The hungry bunny horde is out of control! Help the Princess in Black escape

before the bunny horde overwhelms her!

Start

Finish

Pin the Horn on Frimplepants

Princess Magnolia can quickly change from her superhero identity, the Princess in Black, but what

about Blackie? Even superhero horses need help keeping their identities secret! Help the Princess in

Black’s trusty steed transform into the regal Frimplepants by pinning his horn to his head.

You will need:

✿ scissors

✿ masking tape or a similar temporary adhesive

✿ a blindfold

Directions:

1. Cut out the horns on the next two pages and put masking tape or a similar temporary adhesive

on the back so they can be used multiple times.

2. Attach the picture of Frimplepants to a wall at eye level with the guests.

3. Place the blindfold on a guest and give them one of the horns. Then spin them around three times

and point them toward the picture of Frimplepants.

4. The blindfolded guest should attempt to place the horn on Frimplepants’s head.

5. Whoever gets the closest to pinning the horn on Frimplepants’s head wins!

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Make a Flower Garland!

Make enough copies of the flower pattern for each party guest; provide glitter glue,

colored markers, pipe cleaners, and whatever other craft materials you have handy.

When everyone has decorated their flowers, punch a hole in each with a hole punch

and string them together to make a bright and beautiful garland.

Find:

✿ A blanket and a bucket

✿ A book (ideally about princesses, monsters, or unicorns!)

✿ Something black that a princess might wear

✿ An item that might be used in a bath

✿ Something that sparkles

✿ A ball of twine

✿ Something you might bring to the beach

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Go on a Princess Scavenger Hunt!

Have the partygoers work together to find these common items (feel free to change the list),

and be sure to let the party guests know what area they should be searching in!

Other Princess

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Perfect Party Ideas!

1. Create an obstacle course for guests to navigate. Be sure to note if any

guests need accommodations and have an adult to supervise.

2. Rent a cotton candy machine and serve the

cotton candy in pink-and-black cones!

3. Hire a local teenager to do face paintinghave a few different

Princess in Black books on hard for image inspiration.

4. Instead of goody bags, give each guest a Princess in Black book! If you

order ten or more copies of a Princess in Black book, use the QR code

below to request temporary tattoos (while supplies last).

1. Her monster alarm is a glitter-stone ________.

2. Press a switch and her scepter turns into a ________.

3. Two of her favorite monster-ﬁghting

moves are the

________________ and the

________________.

4. Her number-one fan is Duﬀ the

goat boy, who admires her

________________.

5. Her

________ is near a hole in the

ceiling of Monster Land.

6. She will not let any monsters eat

________.

7. She’s afraid of

________.

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How Well Do You Know the

Princess in Black?

Answers: 1. ring 2. staﬀ 3. Sparkle Slam and Princess Pounce (among other answers!) 4. ninja skills 5. castle 6. goats 7. snails

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Shannon Hale and Dean Hale are the award-

winning husband-and-wife team behind the

Princess in Black series, illustrated by LeUyen

Pham. Shannon Hale is also the author of the

Newbery Honor Book Princess Academy as well

as the New York Times best-selling graphic novels

Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever,

illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Shannon Hale and

Dean Hale live in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A bout the Creators

LeUyen Pham is the illustrator of the

Princess in Black series as well as many

other books for children, including Love Is

Powerful by Heather Dean Brewer, Pat-a-

Cake by Mary Brigid Barrett, God’s Dream

by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas

Carlton Abrams, Aunt Mary’s Rose by

Douglas Wood, and Real Friends, Best

Friends, and Friends Forever by Shannon Hale.

LeUyen Pham lives in California.

Photo by Anouk Kluyskens

Photo by Jenn Florence

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