Innholdsfortegnelse for May/June 2017 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

What You’ll Need: 5 bottle caps 2 or more players What to Do: 1. Who goes first? Stack all the caps in your palm. Throw them in the air and catch them on the back of your hand. Then throw them up again and catch them in your palm. How many did you catch? Now, have your friend(s) do it. The one who catches the most goes first! 2. Flick! Gently scatter all five caps across the table. Choose one and remove it from the table. Have your friend choose any two of the remaining caps. Your mission is to flick one of these caps at the other without hitting any other bottle caps. Did you do it? Take those two caps off the table. Now there are two caps…

Claire Nelson, age 10 Goleta, California My Bear and My Books Cassandra L., age 9 Socorro, New Mexico My Own Pokémon Elena M., age 10 Bartlett, Illinois Teddy Santhana S., age 8 Williamsville, New York My Pet Dumbo Betta Fish, Appoo Molly M., age 10 Agoura Hills, California Hamilton Judah Nathan James Krulish, age 5 Vancouver, Washington My Dragon Margaret A., age 7 Mexico, New York My BFF Emily My Cat Alma S., age 8 Crescent City, California Jaslene Kwack, age 7 Champaign, Illinois My Real Fish Tank Katherine Kirk, age 7 Palo Alto, California Art Edward Lehman, age 6 Millersburg, Ohio My Brother William…

What You'll Need: bunch of celery sharp knife* and cutting board poster or acrylic paints construction paper or plain stationery pie pan or plate What to Do: 1. Ask an adult to cut off the bottom of the bunch of celery, making sure the cut end is straight and flat. 2. Pour a thin layer of paint into the pie pan. To print roses, dip the cut end of the celery in paint, then press it firmly down on the paper. 3. Let the paper dry, write a message to Mom, and deliver your card! Try snipping off a few celery leaves and printing with those, too. Or experiment with other vegetables, like carrot rounds, to create new patterns. Your imagination is the only limit—unless your family eats up your…

ARE YOU ALWAYS losing your place when you put a book down? Book Chompers are here to help! With ferocious teeth and terrifying eyes, Book Chompers clamp down on the page and won’t let go until you’re ready to start reading again. What you’ll need: scissors glue stick What to do: 1. Cut out a Book Chomper’s body along the solid gray lines. 2. Fold down one of the triangular flaps along the broken line. 3. Spread glue along the other triangular flap, and then fold it over the first triangle, along the second broken line. Now its body should be a square with a little pocket inside. 5. Slip a Chomper over a corner of your book, and have fun reading! (Or growling!) Tip: Trace the Chomper template onto…

Dear Spider, Please adopt this bat, Batty. He’s half fire and half water. Can you make a buggy playground in your next mag? Your mag’s the best! Milo, age 6 Berkeley, California Dear Milo, Turn to page 27 to visit my surprise birthday party! Love, Thistle Dear Spider, How are you? Could you PLEASE adopt my friends Starmist and Slither? Slither will not eat you, I promise. Starmist can protect you. Sam, you are my favorite buggy. Lilija Coleman, age 9 Unity, New Hampshire Dear Spider, Can you please adopt Sweetie? She is a beautiful butterfly. I love your fun magazines. Emily Klapman, age 8 Northridge, California Dear Spider, I really liked the story “Thunder at the Lake” (May/June 2016). I thought it was funny! Zella Lautzenheiser, age 7 Oak…

“MAN, I LOVE being an Ippy!” Tommy Lutsinger flashed a badge he’d made from cardboard and tin foil. “Freeze!” “It’s I.P.P.I.,” Jonathon Jones said, pronouncing each letter. “As in InterPlanetary Private Investigators. I refuse to be an ‘Ippy.’” He flicked a fuzzball off his sweater. Miranda Knox, the computer whiz, giggled. “Ippy sounds cute!” Tommy flashed his badge again. “Stop in the name of the Ippies!” His dog, Comet, barked. Chloe Minn, the math expert, grinned. “So what’s up, boss?” Jonathon flipped open his organizer. “A vase has gone missing on the planet Venus.” He said vase like “voz.” “A vase? We’re flying to Venus for a pot?” Tommy asked. “Not a pot, and not vayse—a voz,” Jonathon said. “What’s the difference?” Tommy asked. “About $10,000.” After school, Miranda used…

Who is it walking down in the wood? (snap of a twig, crackle of leaves) The cat in my lap perks up his ears and turns his head to see if he sees the flick of a tail, a hoof, a paw, twitch of a whisker, feathery wing—From here on the porch, we look, we listen—we listen, we look—We don’t see a thing. The cat returns to his peaceful slumber. All is quiet. All is good. (But I cannot help but continue to wonder: Who is it walking down in the wood?!)…

Contest Rules Write a poem about your best friend. Here are the only rules: 1. Your entry must be signed by a parent or legal guardian, authorizing its publication in print and saying it’s your own idea. 2. Be sure to include your complete name, age, and address. 3. Your entry must arrive by May 25, 2017. We will publish our favorites in the October 2017 issue of Spider. Email your entry to spider@cricketmedia.com, or send it to Spider’s Corner, P.O. Box 300, Peru, IL 61354.…