Find out about a passport your kids can enjoy while your family discovers the beautiful castles of the MIddle Rhine Valley in Germany! There’s also a free onlline tool to create a coat of arms.
(You’ve been meaning to update your family’s coat of arms, haven’t you??)
Come explore the area that inspired my Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale books for ages 9 to 12!
If your family is traveling around Germany, you might enjoy this special passport for kids.
Armchair travelers can design a coat of arms with an easy and fun online tool, (link below.)
Kids can get a super cute Ghost Passport called “Geister Pass” and collect stamps as your family travels around the World Heritage Site called the Middle Rhine Valley.
You can download a PDF of the passport. The printed booklet is available at participating castles, gift shops, and tourist offices in the area. Ask at the cashier.
The General Direktion Kulturelles Erbe (GDKE) website says the spooky passport invites families and other ghost experts to get involved in the search for ghosts Willi and Fritzi, and hidden messages. To get your passport stamped, climb the 36-meter tall main tower of the Pfalzgrafenstein castle and have your picture taken with Willi and Fritzi.
“Für Familien und andere Geisterexperten – Mach dich auf die Suche nach Willi, Fritzi und den versteckten Botschaften. Um einen Stempel in deinem Geisterpass zu erhalten wird es deine Aufgabe sein, den 36 Meter hohen Hauptturm der Burg emporzusteigen und ein Erinnerungsfoto mit Willi und Fritzi auf dem Pfalzgrafenstein zu machen.”
Design your own coat of arms with this online tool. Click on the “Los geht’s” button to get started.
Then click two more gray buttons to get into the designer.
You’ll have to drag a gray shape over to the + sign to get started.
If you make one, feel free to share online!
There are more games and crafts on the GDKE website. Some of them require more German-language ability than others.
Readers ages 9 to 12 (and their families!) may enjoy the Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tales, inspired by these real castles in Germany’s World Heritage region of the Middle Rhine Valley!
