Use the grid below to learn how to draw . Take it box by box. Don’t forget his bushy moustache! Use your stickers to surround Mario with his fearless friends and fiendish foes.

This fearless moustachioed plumber never hesitates to jump into battle to defend the . With his brother, , courageous , and trusty and at his side – not to mention a variety of awesome power-ups – Mario always shows who’s boss! WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE POWER-UP? Draw it below, or use your stickers!

3 TOAD BOXES Unscramble the character names and then see if you can With a friend, take turns connecting two find them in the word search. dots with a straight line. If the line you draw completes a box, put your initials in it and ORIAM IILUG CAPEH DOTA WOSBRE HYISO take another turn. You score one point for each box containing your initials. If a box you completed also contains a Toad, give yourself IRWAO ISYAD LAGUIWI TDTTOEAE RASONAIL two points. When all the boxes are completed, the player with the most points wins!

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Four of the names are hidden backwards or upside down.

Write the names of those four characters in the boxes below.

10 11 Mario has reached the end of Bowser’s Castle and sent the Koopa King racing off to his next fortress. But it looks like Peach is nowhere to be found! Use the minion code below to decode Toad’s message to Mario! Can you find the names of Mario’s power-up items in the grid below? Words can go up, down, left or right, but never diagonally. When you’ve found them all, complete the page with one of your favourite stickers.

BEE MUSHROOM LUCKY BELL PROPELLER MUSHROOM BOOMERANG FLOWER MEGA MUSHROOM STATUE LEAF FIRE FLOWER MINI MUSHROOM SUPER ACORN ICE FLOWER PENGUIN SUIT SUPER LEAF

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S T A T U E L E A F L L O E P O R P L

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S U P E R L E A F G E S H R O O R A Y

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