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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 Rugrats 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.

Simon Spotlight
An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
www.SimonSaysKids.com/rugrats
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trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Rugrats is created by Klasky Csupo, 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!
• The Rugrats Movie 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!
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Look for Simon Spotlight
Rugrats in Paris books
coming Fall 2000.
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 Join Us for a Rugrats Party!

Date:________________________

Time:_______________________

Where:______________________

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Don’t miss _______________ Rugrats Party

Date:______________________

Time:_____________________
Reproducible Ad Slick

Where:____________________

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Character Art: Spike - 4 color process

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Character Art: Spike - 4 color process

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Reproducible Bookplate

My name is My name is

My name is My name is

Reproducible Nametags
 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 Reptar 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,
(In Unison) This world is something new to me.
Character Art: Group Art - 4 color process

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Joke & Trivia cards
Rugrats Joke #2:
Rugrats Joke #1: If Angelica lived in the
How are the Rugrats like ink? ocean, what would she be?

A. They’re kept in a pen. A. A sel-fish

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?

A. It jammed. A. Cynthia

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"?

A. Dil Pickles A. A pocket watch (A “compass” is also an acceptable answer.)

Rugrats Movie Trivia Question #4: Rugrats Movie Trivia Question #5:
What animals did the Rugrats come across What sort of vehicle did the Rugrats ride
in the woods during The Rugrats Movie? into the woods?

A. Monkeys. A. Reptar Mobile

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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