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PURRFECT LEOPARD
PURRFECT LEOPARD
CREATE YOUR
CREATE YOUR
Make a leopard using just your hand and a few art supplies! Trace your hand on a piece of paper and then cut it out. (You may need a grown-up to help with this part.) Glue your cut-out hand onto a second piece of paper with the fingers pointing down. (Your fingers will be the leopard’s four legs, and your thumb will be the tail!) Using your art supplies, draw a head and face for your leopard. Decorate your leopard’s body with spot

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What you will need: * 2 pieces of paper * Markers, crayons, or colored pencils * Scissors * Glue National Geographic Kids Chapters: Lucky Leopards! by Aline Alexander Newman

forward 20 feet, and leap 10 feet straight
To get into the leopard mindset, grab a buddy
National Geographic Kids: So Cool! Leopards by Crispin Boyer
Leopards also climb up high in the trees.
When leopards are hunting, they crouch
down low to sneak up on their prey and

Their spotted coat camouflages them,
pounce before it has a chance to flee.
Leopards are incredible animals that
Leopards move in a lot of exciting ways!
and practice your own running, jumping,
They crawl, climb, leap, and even pounce.
LIKE A LEOPARD?
LIKE A LEOPARD?
CAN YOU MOVE
CAN YOU MOVE
can run up to 36 miles per hour, jump
helping them hide and blend in with

the leaves. up in the air. and pouncing! Maybe you can even find a tree to climb together! Pounce Pounce on the Library on the Library to check out these books about LEOPARDS!

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