The Happy Garden Story Kit – Picture Book + Puppets, Coloring & Kindness Activities (Ages 2–7, Printable)
A story about sharing and helping, born from a real child's paintings, with puppets, games and a lesson plan to bring it to life.
When the flowers droop and the wind shakes the birdhouse, Mama Duck, Pip, Toast, Dot, Ginger the cat, Blue the bluebird and the bees Bee & Buzz discover that the greatest happiness is that no one has to do everything alone.
This story began with four paintings by Bun Bắp, a young artist: three ducks, a cat among bell flowers, two little bees and a birdhouse. The scenes were digitally reimagined from those originals, and the book shows each painting next to its page so children can see how art becomes a story.
The picture book (18 pages)
12 story scenes with a clear beginning, problem and happy ending.
Meet the Little Artist and Meet the Garden Friends, with names and personalities.
From Painting to Page: the originals side by side with the book.
The story kit (21 activity pages)
Grown-up guide and a 20-minute circle-time lesson plan.
Let's Talk: 6 discussion questions.
Story order cards, easy set of 6 and challenge set of 12.
Who Helped? matching page.
Stick puppets of all 7 characters, in colour and to colour.
6 coloring pages of the story scenes, each with a colour guide.
Fold-a-mini-book on one sheet, no stapler, with folding instructions.
My Helping Hands weekly kindness chart.
Draw a new garden friend.
Kind Helper Award certificate.
Plus 4 original art prints by Bun Bắp in A4 and 8x10 in, and every page as a JPG.
Formats
Landscape PDFs in A4 and US Letter. Print at home; card stock is worth it for the puppets and cards.
Good for
Bedtime reading, preschool and kindergarten circle time, social-emotional learning, homeschool, kindness week, or a gift.
Good to know
Instant digital download. Nothing is shipped.
Cutting activities need adult help, and small parts make this unsuitable for children under 3.
Personal and single-classroom use. Please do not resell or share the files.