MOSQUITO BITES 

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Note to Parents and Educators

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has 

created this activity book to offer parents and educators 

an interactive way to talk to kids about how mosquito bites 

can make you sick. It is important to note that mosquito 

bites can spread viruses like West Nile, Zika, dengue, 

chikungunya, and others. 

MOSQUITO BITES

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This series has been endorsed by:

www.healthychildren.org 
Mosquitoes are flying bugs that bite! 

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Some mosquito bites make you itch, but mosquito bites 

can make you sick, too. 

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The best way to stay healthy is to not get bitten! Be a hero. 

Protect yourself from getting mosquito bites.

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When you are getting dressed, pick out long-sleeved 

shirts and pants. Don’t forget shoes that cover your feet! 

Mosquitoes can’t bite your skin if it is covered up!

Color the clothes you need to stay safe from 

mosquito bites.

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To help protect you from mosquito bites, ask a grown-up 

to put bug spray on you. The bug spray will go on your skin 

but not your eyes, mouth, or under your clothes. Make 

sure to put bug spray on outside and do not spray it 

around any food or animals!

Be very careful with bug spray! Grown-ups 

should put bug spray on their hands and then 

spread it on your face. Don’t spray directly on 

the face!

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At night, a bed net can help protect you from mosquito 

bites while you sleep. 

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Help keep mosquitoes outside! Don’t leave the door open. 

Remind a grown up to close all the windows and doors in 

your house. If screens are broken or have holes in them, help 

a grown-up fix them! 

Color the doors and windows that need to be kept closed on 

the house.

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Mosquitoes need water to lay eggs. 

Once a week, empty and scrub, turn over, cover, or throw 

out items that hold water, like buckets, planters, toys, 

pools, birdbaths, flowerpots, or trash containers. Check 

inside and outside your home. Help your parents turn over 

things that are heavy! 

Color all of the items with water that need to be emptied.

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MAZE

Don’t get bitten! 

Help the family avoid mosquitoes and get inside their 

house.

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GREAT JOB! 

(Your Name) 

is ready to stop mosquito bites! 

Remember:

• Use bug spray

• Wear long sleeves and pants

• Keep mosquitoes outside! Stay in air 

conditioning and use screens on doors and 

windows

• Once a week, empty, scrub, cover or throw 

away anything outside with water in it

Here are a few things I learned: 

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GREAT 

JOB!
CS264253

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention