Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2016 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

Cold cereal with milk? Aw, geez. I want a cowgirl breakfast, please! One that’s cooked with fire and smoke, So I can be a true cowpoke. It’s got to sizzle, splatter, spit, With peppers, taters, cheesy grits, Biscuits, gravy, bacon, beans—Food that drips down on my jeans. A scrambled egg to top the dish . . . But wait! I have just one more wish. I’ll need it wrapped to go, of course. This cowgirl’s eatin’ on her horse.…

Favorite Joke Samantha O., age 6 Atlanta, Georgia What do you get when you cross a pastry with a snake? A pie-thon! (python) Teddy Pruszinski, age 9 Princeton, New Jersey What is a snowflake’s favorite cereal? Frosted flakes Amelia C., age 9 Madison, Wisconsin What did the big flower say to the little flower? “Hi, bud!” Amelia C., age 7 Cupertino, California How do you drive and swim at the same time? Drive in the carpool lane. Mary Helen Grayson, age 9 Vestavia, Alabama What is a deer’s favorite ice cream? Deery Queen Josephine S., age 6 Youngstown, New York Knock knock. Who’s there? Hatch. Hatch who? Bless you! Madeline Hulse, age 7 San Ramon, California What did the snowman say to the snow? “Oh, someday you’ll be alive.” Mary…

What You’ll Need: 12 oz. can black-eyed peas 12 oz. can corn 2 ripe avocados 2 Roma tomatoes 1 bunch cilantro 1 bunch green onions 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1/4 cup olive oil 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cumin pinch of pepper tortilla chips What to Do: 1. Drain the liquid from the cans of black-eyed peas and corn. 2. Rinse the tomatoes, cilantro, and green onions. 3. Peel the avocados. 4. With an adult’s help, cut the tomatoes and avocados into small pieces. Then chop the cilantro and green onions into even smaller pieces. 5. In a large bowl, combine the black-eyed peas, corn, tomatoes, avocados, cilantro, and green onions. 6. In a small bowl, stir together the vinegar, oil, salt, cumin, and pepper. This is the dressing.…

What You’ll Need: firm sweet potato 3–4 strong toothpicks clear, large-mouthed jar water potato costumes! What to Do: 1. Fill the jar halfway with water. 2. Stick toothpicks into the sides of the sweet potato. 3. Put the potato in the jar. The toothpicks should hold it up so that only the bottom half is sitting in water. 4. Set the jar in a sunny window. In a few days, roots will grow. Later, your potato should grow leaves and maybe even blossoms. Don’t they look like hair? You might need to add more water over time. 5. After 6 to 8 weeks, gather odds and ends to dress up your potato. You can use anything from construction paper to sunglasses. Will you make a super hero? A sports star?…

Dear Thistle, What is your favorite food? Mine is pizza and ice cream. Eliza M. L., age 6 Portland, Oregon That’s a hard question, Eliza! Right now it’s corned beef and cabbage. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Erin go bragh (Ireland forever)! Thistle Dear Spider, I love Thistle’s Pet Playground (November/December 2015). Can you put that in every issue? Naomi Thompson, age 8 Decatur, Georgia Dear Spider, I really like your magazines. Will you please adopt Bluebell and Cutsie Pie? Are you going to keep Thistle’s Pet Playground? I think you should put more pets in it. Spider, you’re my favorite character. I like Sam, too, and The Fun Zone and the Mind-Buggler. Macie, age 8 Boulder City, Nevada P.S. Bluebell is the dolphin and Cutsie Pie is the cat. Dear…