I read a number of Roald Dahl’s books when I was a kid. Sure, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s still my favorite, though I remember loving the sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Of course there’s also James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox and oodles of short stories. I never did read The BFG though. In fact, up until this year, I had never even heard of it.
After this weekend, just about everyone’s sure to know about the Big Friendly Giant! Based on Dahl’s The BFG story, Disney’s “big” new release hits theaters July 1! And what makes this family film extra enticing? The fact that it’s directed by none other than Steven Spielberg!
The BFG tells the story of Sophie, a young girl who meets the Big Friendly Giant. BFG opens her eyes to amazing wonders (and dangers) of Giant Country.
Many of my blogger friends had the privilege of meeting with Mr. Spielberg recently to learn more about The BFG and I’m beyond jealous (and pretty darn proud) of them all! Take a look at some of my favorite blog posts about The BFG:
Disney’s The BFG Combines the Talents of 3 Great Storytellers – Finding Debra
My First Walk on the Red Carpet for the BFG Premiere! – All for the Boys
Disney’s The BFG: Family & Fate – A Conversation with Steven Spielberg and Ruby Barnhill – The Rock Father
The BFG: Mini Book Charms – As the Bunny Hops
Talking to Giants: Mark Rylance and Jemaine Clement Interview – Trippin’ With Tara
Stop and Go See The BFG Now in Theatres! #TheBFGEvent – The Mommyhood Chronicles
In the meantime, you can go ahead and download a BFG Family Activity Kit (PDF). It’s full of all sorts of free, printable coloring pages and activity sheets like mazes, word search, bookmarks and more. Just click the image below to download a file that to print out.
You can also enter for a chance to win a trip for four to England and France from Adventures by Disney!
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These would be fun activity sheets for my grandsons to complete! Thanks for sharing!
I love that the poster says the Human Beans. LOL that’s so cute!
Thank you! These are great!
I love these kind of pages. It can get kids excited about the movie or just keep them occupied. We always had some when we went to restaurants to keep ours busy.
My little cousins will love these! I’m hoping they’ll love BFG like I do.
Thank you for the downloadables as my granddaughter will love these. This movie is going to be awesome.
My son loved these. He is so looking forward to seeing this movie. Thank you!!!!
My niece and nephew will love these! They can’t wait to see the movie.
i saw a review on this and it did not get very good reviews. dont know why being a Disney and Speilberg. i saw some of the previews and they looked great to me.
Looks like an amazing movie.The characters are so whimsical and almost magical looking. Cant wait to see this.
This really looks like a cute movie. I can’t wait to take my son to see it. Awesome activity sheets!
Thanks for featuring my post! 🙂 I’m so excited about The BFG too! 🙂