Dora the Explorer Games & Activities

Online Games

• Online games featuring Dora the Explorer can be found on the Nick Jr. website, such as "Dora's Ballet Adventure Game," where kids must help Dora and Boots, her monkey sidekick, pick their ballet moves and watch the duo dance. In the "First Day at School" game, which includes counting practice, Dora and friends must find their way to school. An alternative site called Dora the Explorer Games features the "Dora Matching" and "Dora Adventure Dress-Up" games.

Printables

• Printables featuring Dora the Explorer include colorable Mother's Day cards, Easter egg hunt certificates, sticker pages and coupon books. Coloring book pages featuring Dora and friends are another option. For example, some feature Dora and her friends celebrating springtime or hunting for Easter eggs. Other printable activities include: Dora-themed mazes, puppets, Valentine's Day cards, picture frames, mobiles, cupcake toppers, thank you notes, party invitations and fill-in-the-picture stories.

Computer Games

• Video games featuring Dora the Explorer include "Dora the Explorer: Backpack Adventure," for the Mac or PC. In this game, Dora and friends must face seven challenges and collect stickers for each successful challenge. This game teaches children basic problem-solving skills and computer training. "Dora the Explorer's World Adventure" is another computer game where Dora and friends travel through various countries to organize the International Friendship Day. Each country features two games that help kids identify patterns, matching and sorting items with the mouse.

Crafts

• Craft activities for Dora the Explorer include using templates and toilet paper rolls to make paper versions of Dora, Boots and other characters. Create a Dora wreath celebrating spring using a polystyrene wreath form, lots of colorful, artificial flowers, craft glue and a Dora "Welcome Spring!" printable from the Nick Jr. website. Print Dora stickers from assorted Dora sites and use them to decorate terracotta pots, or print out Dora images to create a Dora mobile with a wire hanger.