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TM Materials: • A copy of the joke and trivia suggestions from the back of the poster Instructions: • Use joke and trivia suggestions shown on the back of the poster. • As a teaser, post a question per day on your message board during the week leading up to your party. • Gather the group together to tell jokes and ask trivia questions. • Have kids tell their own Rugrats jokes or ask other Rugrats trivia questions. • Hand out the joke and trivia lists so kids take them home and impress their friends! • Surprise, Angelica! • 0-689-82829-2 • $3.99 • A Day in the Life of Angelica • 0-689-83132-3 • $2.99 • Be My Valentine! • 0-689-83065-3 • $5.99 • Open Wide! A Visit to the Dentist • 0-689-82570-6 • $3.50 • Chuckie Meets the Beastie Bunny • 0-689-83066-1 • $3.50 • Just Wanna Have Fun • 0-689-83131-5 • $3.99 • Angelica the Grape • 0-689-83168-4 • $3.99 • Lights, Camera, Dil! • 0-689-83102-1 • $3.99 • Bowling Twins • 0-689-83103-X • $3.99

For a complete list of Simon Spotlight Rugrats books or to order, contact your sales representative or call 1-800-223-2336.

Look for Rugrats in Paris: The Movie books coming Fall ’00.

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Simon Spotlight An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 www.SimonSaysKids.com/rugrats © 2000 International Inc. All Rights Reserved. , Rugrats, and all related characters, titles, and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Rugrats is created by , Inc. • Nickelodeon is the #1 rated cable network! • Rugrats is the #1 show for kids 2-11 on all of television1 . . . for two years running! • is the first ever non-Disney animated feature to gross more than $100 million at the box office. • New episodes of Rugrats, which premiered in January ’99, resulted in the highest ratings ever on Nickelodeon! • Rugrats is watched by between 18 to 23 million viewers each week! 1Source: Nielsen Media Research, April 1999 Use any or all of the enclosed activities and materials to bring the fun and excitement of Rugrats to your store. Use them all or choose any combination to fit your promotional needs. Materials: Sweepstakes entry pad Temporary tattoos Poster with reproducible activities on the back including: • In-store sign • Postcard art • Newspaper ad slick • Doorhanger art • Invitation to event • Coloring sheet • Name tag • Movie script

6 Weeks Ahead 3 Weeks Ahead • Pick a date and time for your event. • Customize and send enclosed invitations to your • Check inventory of Rugrats products. customers, local schools, libraries, afterschool groups, etc. 3 – 4 Weeks Ahead • Post jokes and trivia on your store bulletin board • Promote the event in your store calendar. to hype the event (see activity #4). • Advertise the event in local newspapers • Arrange to have necessary supplies: crayons, using the enclosed ad slick. colored pencils, glue, tape, scissors, staplers, etc. • Reproduce extra invitations and use • Get snack food, cups, napkins, etc., if you’ve them as bag stuffers. decided to serve refreshments. • Photocopy reproducible activities for your event. • Set up a window display with the poster and a selection 1-2 Weeks Ahead of Rugrats books (Don’t forget to copy the activities • Gather any props that can help kids act out movie scenes. on the back of the poster before you hang it up!). • Check your inventory of Rugrats products Event Day! and order extra stock. • Wear name tags. The enclosed tags can be worn, • Decide what refreshments you’ll be serving, if any. by you, your staff, and your guests. • Pass around a sign-up sheet. Collect names and addresses of your guests so you can reach them easily for your next event. • Double-check handouts and have them waiting nearby for easy distribution. • Start the activities and have fun! Materials:

Instructions: • Photocopy the name tag template on the back of the poster. • Give each child a name tag. • Suggest kids draw themselves as their favorite Rugrats character on their name tags. • Stick the name tags on with tape.

Materials: Script reproducible, any dress-up items/props

Instructions: • Make copies of the scripts from The Rugrats Movie (on back of poster) so every child gets one. • Have props handy (if available). Suggested items: (feather boa, pirate hats, flags, eyepatches, purple hair bows, pacifier, baby bottle, rattle, sippy cup) • There are two ways to do this (try both!): #1: Assign everyone a character and have each child act out their character’s lines (this option is good for small groups). #2: Have everyone read a line regardless of what character it is (this is a lot sillier and is good for a large group). • Encourage kids to add their own sound effects. • Note: Kids can enter to win a voiceover part in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie in the following books: Angelica the Grape, A Day in the Life of Angelica, and Surprise, Angelica! This activity is not related to that sweepstakes. The sweepstakes winner will be chosen at random and not based on acting ability. See books listed above for official rules. Materials:

Instructions: • Make copies of the postcard, doorhanger, and bookplate templates (found on the back of the poster). • Hand out the postcard templates. • Have the children color and draw their own adventure on the postcard. • Let the children paste the front and back of the postcard together. • Hand out the doorhanger and bookplate templates. • Suggest that the child glue the bookplate into his or her favorite book.

Note: At the end of the event, you can display kids’ artwork in your store, suggest that kids send their postcard to a friend, or have them self-address the postcard and then send it out—kids will get a kick out of getting mail!

Be a self-promoter! Before you send the postcards to the kids, add a label to it that reads, “Thanks for coming to the Rugrats party. Hope to see you again in the . . . store soon!”

Materials:

Instructions: • Make copies of the cartoon flip book template. • Cut out the pages of the books (or kids can do this at home). • Fold the pages in the middle and staple together. • Have kids draw their own Rugrats adventure.

• Kids can tell their story to the group when they’re finished—if they want! OOH LA LA, Lisez* BOOKS! A, *Read in French

In Theaters Thanksgiving 2000 Look for Simon Spotlight Rugrats in Paris books coming Fall 2000. www.SimonSaysKids.com

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Lights! Camera! Action! Test yo ur acting skills with these scripts from The Rugrats Movie.

Rugrats play pirate:

Setting: a pirate ship

Suggested props: Pirate hats, flags, eye patches

Tommy: Slob the poop deck, Mr. Phil. Hoist the ankle, Number One! Phil: (saluting:) My eye, cap’n! Lil: Yo ho ho and a bottle of yum Chuckie: I get seasick on the sea ALL: Yo ho ho and a bottle of yum Phil: Hoist the flag real high Tommy: My sword is pointed to the sky Lil: You need a patch across your eye Chuckie: Yeah Yeah Dil: Yeahh! Lil: From Zanzibar Phil: To candy bar ALL: Yo ho ho and a bottle of yum Tommy: We search for treasure near and far ALL: Yo ho ho and a bottle of yum Lil: Beware your ship should cross our path Phil: We’ll shoot a cannon through your mast Chuckie: Remove your gold baboons by half ALL: Yo ho ho ho

New Sister:

Setting: The Rugrats discuss Tommy’s new “sister” in her bedroom.

Suggested prop: Purple bows for Angelica’s hair

Chuckie: Tommy, somebody’s been coloring your room! Tommy: Yep, it’s for my new sister. Phil: How are we gonna find her, Tommy? Chuckie: Yeah, we don’t even know what she looks like. Lil: Well, she’s a girl, like me, so we know she’ll be prettyful. Angelica: Oh, brother! You dumb babies got a lot to learn about the facts of lice. Now, out of my way. I gotta get back to the dessert table before the growed-ups get all the good stuff. Tommy: Angelica, can you help us find my baby sister? Angelica: I wouldn’t be in such a big hurry if I was you, Tommy. ‘Cause when the new baby gets here, she’s gonna get all the toys and the love and the attentions, and your mommy and daddy’ll forget all about you. It’ll be like . . . (to Cynthia, imitating Stu) "Look, Deed, there’s that little bald kid in the house again." Tommy: My mommy and daddy won’t forget me. Angelica: That’s what Spike said before you were born . . . back when his name was Paul.

(Continued) NEWBORN BABIES Setting: A Hospital with a room full of newborn babies all discussing their new situation

Suggested props: Pacifier, baby bottle, rattle, sippy cup

NEWBORN BABIES

Baby 1: Where am I? Baby 2: How did I get here? Baby 3: Today’s very different from yesterday. Baby 4: So this is the world. Baby 5: I miss my old womb. Baby 6: This wallpaper here just ain’t the same. Baby 7: This world is something strange. Baby 8: I’m wet, Baby 9: I’m cold, Baby 10: I need a change, (In Unison) This world is something new to me. Baby 11: I’m hungry, Baby 12: I’m tired, Baby 13: I’m irritated, Baby 14: I love the extra legroom. Baby 15: Hey, they cut my cord! Baby 16: Consider yourself lucky! Baby 17: Yeah, this world is way too big, Baby 18: And populated by fuzzy pigs, (InCharacter Unison) This world is Art:something Group new to me. Art - 4 color process

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How are the Rugrats like ink? ocean, what would she be?

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Rugrats Joke #3: Rugrats Movie Trivia Question #1: What happened to the toaster when In The Rugrats Movie what is the

Tommy put jelly in it? name of the doll that Angelica lost?

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Rugrats Movie Trivia Question #2: Rugrats Movie Trivia Question #3: What is the name of the baby that was What did Tommy’s dad give Tommy when

born in The Rugrats Movie? he talked to him about "’sponsitility"?

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To create your own Rugrats book: • Cut along dashed line • Fold and staple along center crease Reproducible Mini Book • Draw your own Rugrats adventure