Wiggly Safari — The Wiggles

A program of animal names and imagined places

“Do the Owl,” “Wobbly Camel” and “Koala La La” are among the titles in Toysit’s original list. They can prompt pictures and invented characters before or after listening. A drawing might show an owl arriving with a suitcase or a camel looking for the studio door; those details belong to your story.

Irwin’s appearance connects the cover to the wildlife television work described in Australia Zoo’s biography. The paper activity below keeps the adventure in an invented studio. Use drawings and pretend voices for the guests, and leave real wildlife undisturbed.

Open an imaginary animal radio studio

Draw three large animal cards and a microphone on paper. Put the microphone picture in the middle of the table. One person is the announcer; another chooses the first guest and gives it a name.

The announcer welcomes the guest and asks an invented question: “What did you bring for our studio picnic?” The guest answers in a made-up voice and adds a gesture. A camel might present an enormous imaginary hat; an owl might have a letter from the moon. Treat the voices and answers as make-believe, rather than animal facts.

Swap the roles for the next card. Between guests, invent a two-second station signal using a hum, a gentle tap or a spoken station name. Give every visitor a chance to speak, then close the program with an announcement of tomorrow’s imaginary guest.

Draw the studio’s visitor book

Make a little page for each character: its name, its picture and the surprising thing it brought. The book becomes a record of your own safari through invented stories, ready for a new broadcast whenever another animal joins the cast.