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

Loop Back Lacing This method makes Xs with a stylish twist. 1 Pull both ends of your shoelace out through the lowest holes—also called eyelets (A). 2 Twist the ends around each other (B) and loop them back. 3 Pull both ends out through the next set of eyelets (C) and repeat pattern. 4 Repeat to the top. Tie both ends together. TIP: Loop Back Lacing looks best with light-colored laces on dark-colored shoes (or dark-colored laces on light-colored shoes). Checkerboard Lacing Use two shoelaces of different colors to form a checkerboard. 1 Tuck one end of the first lace into the shoe’s toe. Pull the other end out through eyelet (A). Go straight across, in through eyelet (B), straight up (inside the shoe), and out through eyelet (C). 2…

Dear Everybuggy, I really love your magazine. Today I’m going to watch an animal movie called Zootopia. In school, we’ve been learning about many things. In my backyard, I’m making a bug school. What is Miro’s favorite mushroom? Mine are the ones that glow in the dark. For the pet playground can you pretty please have everyone playing in a field of spring flowers? Can you please adopt my hedgehog Summer? She’s really nice and loves mismatched socks and daffodils. I’m obsessed with hedgehogs. Mara Hankins, age 9 Newbury Park, California Dear Thistle and Spider, Can you adopt my unicore, Dash? Dash is super fast. In your April 2016 issue I liked the robots. I just moved to Idaho from Pennsylvania! Claire Fazel, age 9 Nampa, Idaho P.S. Dash is…

AT THE BASE of a boulder-covered mountain, Sidai the Ostrich stopped her little ones before they dashed off into the bush for their daily race. “Nabo, Arre, Uni, Ong’wan, Imiet, Ille!” “Yes, Mama?” they responded, all six of them. “Remember, don’t ever race past Chuki’s home,” she warned. Chuki the Mongoose lived around the mountain from the ostrich family. Sidai often helped her tunnel-digging mongoose friend by kicking boulders out of the way with her gigantic two-toed ostrich feet. Then the tireless Chuki could dig yet another tunnel. “And you know why not to go there?” Sidai asked her children. “Yes, Mama!” they said and sped off, proud of their powerful legs that grew longer and faster by the day. Their race soon brought them to Chuki’s home. Arre, the…

My lunchbox is filled with the best stuff today, ’cause I packed it myself while my mom was away. Ten peanuts, a snow cone, a long green balloon, Jill’s jump rope, eight meatballs, and Spot’s dog food spoon. Three cupcakes, one carrot, my dad’s old flashlight, Carl’s cell phone, Mom’s wristwatch, some shark teeth that bite. I can’t wait for noon and the chance for a trade. I’d give the whole box to get out of third grade!…

Sophia J., age 9 Birmingham, Alabama The Dinosaurs One day I went to the library And I looked in some nooks And I saw some dinosaurs Jumping out of books They stomped and crashed and ran all around They almost nearly knocked me down They knocked over shelves And the statues of elves Then the librarian screamed, “Halt!” She told them to go back to where they came from Like big balls they went into their books With big somersaults. Charlotte H., age 8 Farmington Hills, Michigan Dinosaur, Dinosaur, When he’s mad, he will Roar! When he’s happy, he will Obey, But when he’s hungry . . . Run away! Teddy Pruszinski, age 9 Princeton, New Jersey My Dinosaur and Me My dinosaur Morris Is my favorite saurus. He is…