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-O-RAMADear Chairperson of theStink-O-Rama Games,A Super-StinkyEvent KitEASY EYE-POPPINGEVENT IDEAYoung readers love the Stink series for its laughs, adventures, coolfacts, and, of course, comics. Adults love that kids are immersed inwordplay from mnemonics to idioms, science from shrinking to thesolar system, and heroic adventures from Treasure Hunts to GuineaPig Rescues and other Stink-y things.As the readership of the Stink books grows (and grows), we thought itwas time to gather readers together for a Stink-O-Rama! This StinkO-Rama kit features group games and reproducibles for bookstores,classrooms, libraries, or any other gatherings of Stink-o-philes.Here’s hoping you have half the fun that Stink and his friends do intheir books!Guess the number of jawbreakersStink-i-ly Yours,Your Friends at Candlewick PressFill a giant jar with jawbreakers and askkids to guess how many the jar holds.The closest guess wins the candy. Yum!Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright 2004 by Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com

-O-RAMA: A Super-Stinky Event KitTable ofContents1 S niff It Out: Hunt forStink’s Treasures Instructions Treasure Hunt posters Treasure Hunt sheets2 T he Walking Stink-O-Pedia:Test Your Stink I.Q. Instructions Answers/Questions sheets3 S tink’s Solar System SuperheroScramble Instructions Planet Cards Solar System Superhero tags4 S tink’s Cross-the-Solar-SystemCrossword Crossword puzzle Crossword solution5 H onk If You Love Pluto! Make your own bumper sticker design sheet7 Name That Guinea Pig Guinea pig name game activity sheet8 Telling Guinea Pig Tales Story starter activity sheet9 Stink’s Slimy Leapfrog BingoJot down the twenty-four words on slips ofpaper to be drawn from a bowl and calledout. Print and pass out game cards to kids.10 P en a VomitociousZombie Story!Use the story-prompt chart to help Stinkfans create their own zombie tale.11 Tell a Gross-Out Zombie JokeKick off with a few zombie jokes, thenseparate kids into small groups, where theywill come up with some of their own.12 C reate Your Own Comicswith Stink Introduction Comic book pages6 G uinea Pig A-Go-Go! Maze activity sheetStink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com

-O-RAMA: A Super-Stinky Event KitSniff It Out:Hunt for Stink’s TreasuresWHAT YOU WILL NEED TOGATHER Readers (any number will work)Treasure Hunt SheetTreasure Hunt PostersPencils P rizes — small jawbreakers,scratch and sniff stickers,bookmarks, or scented pencilsTO PREPAREPrint one Treasure Hunt Sheet foreach reader playing the game.Print and cut out the TreasureHunt Posters that follow along thedotted line. Color the jawbreakerimage yellow.Hang the Treasure Hunt Posters intricky places in your chosen room.Gather a container of pencils.TO PLAYGive each reader a Treasure HuntSheet and a pencil. Instruct themto search for Stink’s treasures onposters in the play area and tofill in the name of each treasureon their sheet when they find it.When they have found all theitems, they can unscramble thefirst letters of each item to find theword that finishes the sentenceabout Stink’s dreams. (The answeris N-A-S-T-Y.)Optional: present each participantwith an individually wrappedjawbreaker.Yellow JawbreakerIllustrations copyright 2010 by Peter H. Reynolds Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.

Toilet WaterAstro Wearing UnderwearIllustrations copyright 2010 by Peter H. Reynolds Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.

Super-Stinky SneakersNewton Shedding His SkinIllustrations copyright 2010 by Peter H. Reynolds Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.

-O-RAMA: A Super-Stinky Event KitSniff It Out: Hunt for Stink’s TreasuresEveryone knows that Stink is a super smeller. Evenblindfolded, Stink can sniff the difference between stinkycheese and week-old pizza!You may not be able to sniff out Stink’s treasures, but youmight be able to find them hidden around the room usingyour good old eyeballs.Look for pictures of Stink’s treasures hidden throughout theroom. Fill in their names when you find them.EXTRA SMELLY CHALLENGE!Write down the first letter from thedescriptions of Stink’s five treasures.Unscramble these five letters to findthe missing word in the middle of thissentence.Corpse flowers may smell,but they give Stinksweet dreams!Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com

-O-RAMA: A Super-Stinky Event KitTreasure Hunt SheetStink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com

-O-RAMA: A Super-Stinky Event KitThe Walking Stink-O-Pedia: Test Your Stink I.Q.Meet Stink, a walking encyclopedia. Do you know any walkingStink-O-Pedias — kids who read Stink’s adventures and comicsuntil their eyes bulge? Have them strut their Stink Smarts bycompeting in “The Walking Stink-O-Pedia Trivia-A-Thon.”WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO GATHERTO PLAY W alking Stink-O-PediaAnswers/Questions sheetsGive each reader an A & Q fun sheet and apencil. He or she should draw lines matchingthe answers at left to the correct questions onthe right. PencilsTO PREPAREPrint out Walking Stink-O-PediaAnswers/Questions sheets.If desired, set a time for all the participants togather after they’ve finished their A & Qsheets. Have a moderator call out eachanswer, after which the kids as a groupcall out the correct matching question. Themoderator should confirm the correct answereach time.Optional: Present each participant with anindividually wrapped jawbreaker.Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com

Name DateThe Walking Stink-O-Pedia:Test Your Stink IQANSWERSQUESTIONSJudy brought this in a jar to showher entire third-grade class.Who is Toady?Smells like roadkill andlooks like rotten meat.Kimo.What is a foot?What is Pluto?Contains 250,000 sweat glandsthat ooze two cups of sweat a day.Who is Astro the guinea pig?The Vomit Machine, Musical Farts,and the Burp-O-Meter.What is a corpse flower?Won the Golden Clothespin Awardfor the smelliest sneakers.Got sucker-punched duringStink’s Attack of the PJs.Who is Sophie of the Elves?What is Stink’s baby belly button?Who is Newton?Mascot of T.P. Club.Took a big journey down the drain.What is Stink’s Hawaiian name?Says, “Wee, wee, wee,” not whenhe needs to go to the bathroom,but when he is hungry.What is the Gross-Me-Out exhibitat the science museum?Was kicked off the planet listand renamed 134340.Who is Webster?Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com

Name DateThe Walking Stink-O-Pedia:Test Your Stink IQMORE ANSWERSMORE QUESTIONSHappens to bodies becauseof gravity and walking.What is Webster’sbirthday party?Can smell 10,000 smells.Gigantic! Super-colossal!Inter-galactic!His hair changed to white.Wrote the Bill of Rights.Getting to read books in yoursleeping bag all day.Stink read every page andcarries it in his backpack.A rooster piñata,candy bars, microbots,and 21,280 jawbreakers.Scurvy Stink.Eau de Corpse Flower,Venus de Stinko, andEssence of Toad.Works for NASA, smellingmarkers and teddy bears.Squeals on Wheels.Who is the Master Sniffer?Who is President James Madison?What is Stink’s pirate name?What did Stink and hisfriends use to get 101guinea pigs adopted?What is the human nose?What is Pajama Day?What is shrinking?What is a jawbreaker from theWhistle Stop Candy Shop?What is the S volume of theencyclopedia?What perfumes did Stink andSophie of the Elves make?Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com

-O-RAMA: A Super-Stinky Event KitStink’s Solar System Superhero ScrambleIf a Solar System Superhero had one tool, itmight be the Mighty Mnemonic. With themnemonic “My Very Excellent Mother JustServed Us Nine Pizzas,” any brain can nameand order the planets. Stink’s Solar SystemSuperhero Scramble will use this mnemonic toline up the planets from the sun and back. Fireyour engines; we’re off!WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO GATHER A group of two to six players per game S omething to represent the sun, such as ayellow or orange ball or large cut-out circle P lanet Cards (reproducible; one foreach participant) S olar System Superhero tags (optional:with pizza gift certificates or couponsstapled to them) CrayonsTO PREPAREOptional: Ask a local pizza parlor to donatecoupons/gift certificates.TO PLAYTeach players the mnemonic for rememberingthe names and order of the planets: “My VeryExcellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas,”which stands for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the dwarfplanet Pluto. Have your readers repeat thismnemonic several times.Tell the players that the first planet, Mercury, isthe planet closest to the sun and that the rest ofthe planets radiate out from the sun into space.Have the players form a tight circle around thesun, standing almost shoulder to shoulder andholding their Planet Cards.Have each child find his or her Mercury card.Call out the first word of the mnemonic, “My,”ask them to call out the planet it stands for,“Mercury” and have them place the Mercurycard on the floor between their feet and the sun.Call out each word of the mnemonic in turn.Each time, ask kids to take one step back, callout the name of the corresponding planet, thenlay down their appropriate planet card.Provide a set of Planet Cards for each of theplayers, as well as scissors for cutting them outand crayons for decorating them.When everyone is done, call out the planetnames together in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth,Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, anddwarf planet Pluto.Clear a floor area and place the ball or otherrepresentation of the sun in the center.Give out the Solar System Superhero tags andpizza coupons to all participants.Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com

Illustrations copyright 2010 by Peter H. Reynolds Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.

Illustrations copyright 2010 by Peter H. Reynolds Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.

Name DateStink’s Cross-the-Solar-System CrosswordStink and his friends, a.k.a.Captain Pluto and theUnderdogs, are cuckoo for thesolar system. They’ve beenreading space facts until theireyes cross. All that eyeballcrossing led to Sophie of theElves creating this crossword.Need some extra help? Crackopen Stink: Solar System Superheroand you might find someanswers in Stink’s SolarSystem Comics.1Hint: My VeryExcellent MotherJust Served UsNine Pizzas mighthelp with solvingthe puzzle.2345687910ACROSS111. Birthplace of Stink Moody.3. S ometimes in a belt.Sometimes on its own.Either way, look out!4. T he ring-around-the-rosygame of any planet, moon, orother revolving thing in space.5. T his ice giant has a surfacetemperature of minus 300degrees. Brr-rrr!7. N o fair! Kicked off the planetlist! Dwarf planet? Come on!11. T his blue planet keeps busy(and dizzy) with thirteenmoons.12. G ravity about a third of thatof Earth. A great place toplay basketball!DOWN2. C oolest job ever(after being a professionalsmeller for NASA).6. Made of gas (hardee-har-har).8. S mells like a giant rotten egg!P.U.!9. I ts Great Red Spot is a stormthat has raged for 300-plusyears. Argh!10. A face-melting 840 degrees onthe bright side!Stink . Stink is a registered trademark of Candlewick Press, Inc.Illustrations copyright Peter H. Reynolds www.stinkmoody.com12