Edmonton International AirportActivity Book for Children

EIA Loves Children!

For more information please contact us at Edmonton International Airport: T: 780 890 8900 W: flyeia.com/community/children

Printed in Canada

When your plane arrives at EIA from another country you get to walk down a fun hallway! There are lights on a big long screen that move when YOU walk down the corridor! You make the lights move. It’s fun for kids and grown ups! The art is created by a group called Electroland.

United States Customs andBorder Protection (USCBP)

Arriving at EIA from another country

The airport has special security just for people travelling to the US. These officers work hard to make sure your plane is as safe as it could be. When you are standing in the big room, look around.

Can you see three bears? Can you see mountains?

Did you know there is a rabbit on that big painting? Can you find him? The artist is Jason Carter - from Edmonton!

Can you colour the three bears from the Old Man

Mountain painting?

Can you find your way through the maze of lights?

FINISH!

Apron Solar PanelsThe apron is the whole area next to the airport building outside that all the planes park on. More planes can park next to the airport now because there are 9 new bridges which are like parking spots for planes!

Can you help each plane find their parking spot?

Can you colour each plane with the

same colour as their parking spot dot?

Did you know that there are panels on the roof that absorb sunlight and turns it into energy to heat the water used in the airport to energize the airport! Isn’t that smart?! Just like the airport, all the rooms in your house can be powered by the sun too! Check out the drawing below to find out how solar panels can energize YOUR bedroom, living room, and even basement.

This is what a solar panel looks like!

Can you colour the house?

You can fly to over 50 places from Edmonton without stopping anywhere else!

If it is a liquid, gel or aerosol in an original container of 100 mL/100g (3.4 oz) or less you can take it on the plane. Put all your containers in one clear closed resealable plastic bag no bigger than 1 litre. One bag per person.

EXEMPTIONS from the 100 mL rule include baby formula, baby food, and milk or juice if travelling with children under 2 years old. Also, prescription medicine and essential non-prescription medicines are exempted. Passengers must declare all such items to security screening authorities. Additional screening could be required. No bag needed for exempt items.

Nonstop Crossword Fun! You CAN Take it on the Plane!

_______ bridge is falling down.Sun_______. (There is lots of this in Phoenix.)Canada’s capital city.Houston _______._______-city in the middle of the desert.Montego _______.City with the initials S.L.C.Rainbow or cold _______.Airport code letters for EIA.

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Closest major city to Disneyland.The mile high city.Can you bring your bottle of pop through security?You might do this dance in Maui._______Springs. (or ‘hand)San Fransisco, the city of______.You need this on your trip._______coffee. (West coast non-stop city)Edmonton International Airport for short.

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Answers on next page.

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6Can you solve the puzzle using EIA

nonstop cities?

To do the sudoku puzzle, fill in the grid

so that the numbers 1 through 4 appear in

every row, every column, and every

2x2 box.

For an extra challenge, try this sudoku with

the numbers 1 through 6!

Summer Washroom: The new washrooms with deep green painted walls are themed to Summer. Outside the washroom it looks like a little park area with a wood bench and pretend trees on the glass.

Winter Washroom: The new washrooms with deep blue painted walls remind us of winter.

Color the pictures below AND help Jenny pack!

Summer & Winter Washrooms

Can you help Jenny

pack for her trip?

Match each item to the suitcase they should be

packed in.

Summer Suitcase

Winter Suitcase

SHHH! Want to know a secret?CROSSWORD ANSWERS: ACROSS: 1=LONDON 2=SHINE 3=OTTAWA 4=OIL 5=LAS VEGAS 6=BAY 7=SALT LAKE CITY 8=LAKE 9=YEG DOWN: 1= LOS ANGELES 2=DENVER 3=NO 4=LUIU 5=PALM 6=HILLS 7=LUGGAGE 8=SEATTLE 9=EIA

Can you help the detective find his way down to the secret walkway?

By Gate 74 did you know there’s a secret moving walkway hidden under the floor? It’s there for when EIA has even more people using the airport than we do now!

Animals at EIAEach year, about 1,000 animals, mainly cats and dogs, are moved through EIA on special cargo planes.

Most of the animals are puppies and kittens often just weeks old. Occasionally, more exotic animals like reptiles and ostriches are also transported on planes.

Can you name the animals on the page and find their names in

the word search below?

P S N A K E K A B C D D E F R G H I U V C R C H I C K A O B L M K A T T U R T L E F A N A B I R D N N B M N O O F Y B P G O G L F I S H O N R U T A C E G

ANSWER: dog, chick, cat, duck (or duckling), bunny (or rabbit), bird (or parrot), snake, fish, turtleANSWER: So many fun destinations!

You can fly to over 50 places from Edmonton without stopping anywhere else!

Non-stop Destination Search!

Can you find all of the non-stop destinations listed below in the word search? Circle each letter individually as shown. When you have found all of the non-stops, the remaining letters will form a secret message!

What is the secret message?

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S O M A H M A Z A T L A N O N H Y C A N C U N O H F P Y F O R T M C M U R R A Y A T F U C H I C A G O O L P L I O S U K L N U D E N I U M C R T S E T T I I N T F N S K T O A L O N D O N O A T P R S N M O N T R E A L X A R O M T I W I N N I P E G C I Y I D E N V E R E G I N A N W T S E A T T L E O N S N G E H C A B O S A N L U C A S N

HamiltonTorontoMontrealKelownaCancunHoustonHalifax

MauiReginaLondonFort SmithChicagoSeattleDenver

WinnipegMazatlanPalm SpringsPunta CanaCabo San LucasFort McMurrayNew York City

If you are travelling to the US, after your family visits the officer in the US Customs area, you will walk down a long hall. There’s a brand new moving sidewalk and a big picture of downtown Edmonton made out of tile! It is called Everything Flows, Nothing Stands Still. In that tile art can you also see some secret items: Red Lego brick

Broken dish piece

Pyramid shapes?

A yellow tile (represents the Butterdome)

25 Buildings!

Many tea cup handles

Lots of jingle bells

2 loonies (in fall) (possibly difficult)

Bus keychain (golf course)

Special beads everywhere

2 fancy brooches

Bottle cap (difficult)

Marble

Guitar pick

Silver star on a building (difficult)

LOVE written on a tile

Flowers

Watch

Earrings (way up in the sky and in Mill Creek)

Cows in the golf course!

There are over 90,000 tiles in the whole art-piece!

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What is a living wall? It is a whole wall made up of lots of fabric pockets. Inside each pocket is a plant. The plants clean the air that the people breathe and everyone enjoys seeing the beautiful wall of plants.

This is the VERY FIRST living wall ever to be installed inside an airport terminal anywhere in the world!

Arts District Corridor Living Wall

Connect the dots to reveal

a picture!

You can see the Living Wall in the Domestic-International Departures area.

airplaneaproncloudscontrollergateEIAfly

luggageparkpassportpilot

runwaysecuritysuitcase

towertravel

In the US Departures Lounge area you can see a big copper art sculpture sticking out of the floor. You are allowed to sit on the seats there (if your mom or dad says it is okay).

There is a stage right in the middle where performers sing and play music. The art is called the Kopperscape and was designed by an artist called Karim Rashid.Unscramble the words to discover a secret word!

HINT: Instruments

There is a brand new air traffic control area at EIA built onto a brand new tower! The new tower is built much closer to the runways so the controllers can see the planes easily!The air traffic controllers tell the planes when to take off and where to park when they arrive at EIA!The outside of the tower looks like winter snow drifts.

Can you find these words in the tower?

Central Tower Kopperscape

Secret Word:

A A R H M O N I C

P M C I R O N E O H

R U M E P T T

M U R S D

L L O E C

G I U R A T

O I N I L V

S A B S

ANSWERS: 1=BASS 2=HARMONICA 3=GUITAR 4=VIOLIN 5=MICROPHONE 6=DRUMS 7=CELLO 8=TRUMPET

SECRET WORD: AIRPLANE

Family Food & Beverage at EIA Common Use LoungeYou can get a whole meal or a snack in the food court!

There are 61 restaurants, shops and services in the airport!

Can you help the giraffe find all the words below?

There are currently 16 family friendly restaurants at EIA.

The Common Use Lounge is a special area for grownups, little kids, teenagers – everybody! There are two at EIA (one in the US Departures Lounge and one in the Domestic-International Departures Lounge). Your family can pay for you to eat food, use the internet (wi-fi) and just relax while you wait for your plane!

Can you find all of these items in the picture below?

PizzaColaFriesNachosBurger

French ToastChocolateSteakChipsCookie

MilkWaterOrangeBreadRibs

WrapEggsBaconCheeseYogurt

Can you find your way

through the suitcase maze?

Save time by placing jewelry, watches, and other metal items in your carry-on baggage. If you are wearing metal items you may be required to undergo further screening.

Which items do you think are metal?

Tips for Parents! XBOX Gaming CentreThere is a special place you can play video games in the US Departures Lounge while you wait for your plane. It is by gate 84. There is also an arcade by gate 49 in the Domestic-InternationalDepartures Lounge.

Can you spot 10 differences?

Remove plastic bags containing liquid items from your carry-on and place them in the tray provided. Remove laptop computers, video cameras, and cameras from their carry-on cases and place them in the tray provided.

fork/knife

t-shirt

tree

stainless steel sign

wrench pencil

pie compass

Children’s Play AreasThere are four play areas at EIA built just for kids!

Climb on the pretend suitcases, sit on the little plane, do the puzzles, pretend you are flying!

Your mom and dad can sit on the bench inside the play area and watch you!

Can you colour the picture? How many animals are there?

The carpets are specially designed just for EIA. You will never see the carpet pattern anywhere else. The pattern comes from shapes you would find in a Boreal Forest.Which two carpets below are exactly the same?

ANSWER: 2 & 4 are the sameNew Carpets

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RCMP at EIADid you know that EIA has its very own Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers that work at the airport to keep you safe? Pretty cool isn’t it?! They even have their own police station right here at EIA!

EIA is also home to a police dog called Bolt! He is a German Shepherd. Bolt loved police dog training school! He’s so smart, he finished in a record 30 days!

Bolt is like an animal superhero with all the cool things he can do.

Bolt can track bad guys with his nose and sniff out 15 different types of explosives! He was even on a TV show!

Can you colour Bolt’s picture?

Bolt has super-power

smelling abilities!

If you could have any

super-power what would

it be?

Family Services

Can you unscramble the letters into words? If you need a clue look at the pictures! After, you can colour the pictures and match them with the

unscrambled words!

Nurseries equipped with change tables and nursing chairs are located after security in the Departures Lounge. All of the washrooms at EIA are equipped with changing tables.

TOLBET

LORSTLER

FIGT

DEYDT

SEROOHT

BRIC

THECLOS

ANSWER: bottle, stroller, gift, teddy, soother, crib, clothes

Draw a picture of your favourite place to visit!

A page for you to DRAW!Instructions: Ask a parent to play with you! You can play either X or O. Try to get three in a row!

Can you colour the

pilot?

Tic Tac Toe!

...a pilot. ...a flight attendant. ... you!

Draw!

FINISH!

START

Instructions:

1. Ask a parent for 3 coins (for 2 players). (One to flip and one per player as a marker)2. Place your marker coin on “START”3. Flip the extra coin: If you get ‘heads’ move 2 spaces! If you get ‘tails’ move 1 space!4. The first player to make it to “FINISH” wins first place!

miss one turn

miss one turn

Game Time!

fly ahead 2 spaces

fly ahead 3 spaces

fly ahead 2 spaces

fly ahead 2 spaces