March 2018 Archives

Roald Dahl Easter Crafts

I hope you’re enjoying the Easter weekend! I’ve seen some fabulous Dahl-related Easter crafts on Twitter lately…

A Violet Beauregarde Easter egg!

How AMAZING is this fantastic egg design by our wonderful Jack from our Middleton classes! He’s designed and made this all by himself for a school competition! It’s EGG-Cellent! 👏👏🥚 @roald_dahl @roalddahlmuseum @RoaldDahlFans 🌟 pic.twitter.com/5zDdl3ZnN7

— The Ward Academy (@WardAcademy) March 28, 2018

Chocolate bar invention!

Easter has come early for students in 7SP in their drama lesson. The students study Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and The Chocolate Factory’ and have been creative learners making their own chocolate bars for Willy Wonkers Chocolate Factory #Creative @roald_dahl #ChocolateFactory pic.twitter.com/nDb2yEGZCB

— Oxted School (@oxtedschool) March 23, 2018

A pair of Golden Ticket-inspired Easter Bonnets!

Look at this #RoaldDahl inspired Easter bonnet @roald_dahl pic.twitter.com/ITKTIGosra

— StOswalds CEPrimary (@StOswaldsCEP) March 22, 2018

Here's another @roald_dahl inspired Easter Bonnet #Easter pic.twitter.com/M6pwvvuqFw

— StOswalds CEPrimary (@StOswaldsCEP) March 22, 2018

And Puffin Books have a tutorial to make your own Willy Wonka Easter Egg!

Get ready for Easter and have an egg-cellent adventure with our Willy Wonka easy step-by-step
egg activity. #RoaldDahl @roald_dahl https://t.co/uTWB7EEcVs pic.twitter.com/IYON9mLJ9h

— PuffinBooks (@PuffinBooks) March 28, 2018

If you craft something inspired by Dahl, be sure to tag the site on Twitter!

The return of the Trivia Master Boards!

This site used to have a very popular feature, where – if you got 100% correct on one of the trivia quizzes – you could put your name up on the Trivia Master Board. Unfortunately I had to discontinue the feature when I redesigned the site, and I hadn’t had the time to bring it back… until now!

As a trial, I have re-enabled the Master Boards for The BFG Quiz and the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Quiz. Please try them out and let me know if you encounter any bugs!

Some Dahl videos to watch!

I’ve found a couple of interesting Dahl-related videos for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

The first is a clip from Season 14 of the show Pawn Stars, where a collector shows off his set of original props from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. You won’t believe the price he wants for an everlasting gobstopper!

And the second is a one-off sketch comedy special from the UK in 1980 called Peter Cook & Co. It features a spoof of Tales of the Unexpected that starts around the 1:09 mark! (I’ve got a transcript here if you can’t make out the dialogue.)

Willy Wonka’s Hottest Item

I’ve finally managed to track down a scan of “Willy Wonka’s Hottest Item,” an early draft chapter that was later cut from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It’s really cool to read, both for the differences from the published version (there were no Oompa-Loompas yet!) and for the clear similarities to storylines that were later developed. Go here to have a look!