Innholdsfortegnelse for November/December 2017 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

“WHAT SHOULD WE do next?” Doodlebug Pinkley asked his cousins Punky, Mo, and Bo Pinkley. Doodlebug’s sister Dandelion had just gone off with friends to look at giant gingerbread houses, but Doodlebug had other ideas. The holiday mall was a madhouse full of holiday shoppers, awesome events, and weird stores. “Turkey Chase?” Mo suggested. Her twin, Bo, and Doodlebug enthusiastically agreed. But Punky snorted. “SNORE! I’m gonna check out Bulbo’s Fantasyland. Meet me there later, snoozers!” A “Join the rip-roaring turkey chase!” the announcer called. “First kid to nab this fowl brings home a deeeelicious dinner!” Doodlebug and Mo itched for the contest to start. The huge upper section of the mall had been fenced off for the chase. An obstacle course of hay bales and cross-eyed plastic reindeer filled…

DO YOU GRUMBLE when you have to do chores? Take this quiz to find out what sort of super-awesome project you should be doing instead! Cleaning is boring.You’d rather . . . ❏ A. Build an igloo in the backyard. ❏ B. Learn how to speak Dog. Or Cat. Or Parakeet. ❏ C. Put on your lab coat and start mixing orange and purple liquids together until something bubbles. What’s the number one thing on your wish list? ❏ A. A toolbox and permission to redesign the living room. ❏ B. An aviary, aquarium, beehive, and lizard habitat—to start. ❏ C. A supercomputer. Obviously. What’s your favorite animal? ❏ A. A beaver—they really have an eye for architecture. ❏ B. AH! How could you EVER pick just one? This question…

Dear Spider, I love Spider! Whenever I get a magazine, I start reading it right away because they are so good! I think your magazine is about the best in the world! I have been getting Spider since I was seven and I’ve loved every single one of them! My little sister, Kaylee, loves them, too. I read them to her a lot. I hope you make these magazines forever and ever. Could you adopt Piglet and Helena? Piglet is a really good pig, because he will eat anything that you offer him. He is not picky at all! Helena’s favorite food is fish. Piglet and Helena read your magazines, too, and really want to meet you. Piglet’s favorite color is pink, and Helena’s is blue. Mine is indigo. My…

AT SUNSET EACH Saturday when the Jewish Sabbath ends, there is a ceremony called Havdalah. A spice box that looks like a house with a little window is passed around. Everyone breathes in the spices’ sweet fragrance so it will stay with them all week until the following Sabbath. A braided candle is lit and then put out with wine from a silver cup, and everyone sings “Shavua Tov,” which means, “Have a good week.” Long ago there lived a boy named Dov who looked forward to each Havdalah. He loved how the smell of cinnamon and cloves in the spice box tickled his nose, and how the scent of burned wine lingered in the room once the candle flame sizzled out. One day an imp overheard Dov say how…

What You’ll Need: 2 to 3 smooth flat rocks acrylic paint* paint brushes googly eyes glue What to Do: 1. Paint the entire rock white—the owl’s body. 2. Paint a gray heart on the top half of the rock—the owl’s face. 3. Add a yellow or orange triangle to the point of the heart to make a beak. 4. Paint a black V shape above the eyes to make eyebrows. 5. Add two gray half-circles on either side of the owl’s body to make wings. 6. With a small paint brush, add feathers to the owl’s chest. 7. Glue googly eyes onto your owl’s face so it can see you—whooo are you? * Wait for the paint to dry between each step.…

What’s a key that never opens a lock? A monkey! Lily Chen, age 7 Culver City, CA What is the scariest tree? Bam-boo Aleena, age 9 Oviedo, Florida Knock, knock! Who’s there? Etch. Etch who? Bless you! Arise Collen, age 10 Omaha, NE What has twenty legs and can’t walk? Ten pairs of pants! Asher Ben Deri, age 8 Agoura Hills, CA Why did the chicken cross the road? I don’t know. To get to your house. Knock, knock! Who’s there? The chicken! Josephine C., age 8 Los Altos, CA What two parts of a car have bugs in them? The antenna and the license plate Theo Hirsch, age 8 and Ana Zafiriadis Hirsch, age 5 Brooklyn, NY What grows in the desert in the wintertime? Cact-ice! Jonathan P., age…

Dream Car or Bicycle Callia Metaxatos, age 8 Swampscott, Massachusetts The Circus Bike! Caroline C., age 8 Annandale, Virginia Erin K., age 9 Hollywood, Florida Dragon Bike Everett Thomas, age 6 La Plata, Missouri Grayson G., age 7 Oakland Township, Michigan Moses S., age 7 Gainesville, Florida Erika L., age 8 Cary, North Carolina Toy-Yoda Simeon Jenkins, age 6 Charlottesville, Virginia Claire B.-S., age 8 Raleigh, North Carolina Claire-Mobele Anika A., age 8 Princeton, New Jersey Contest Rules Send us a holiday or winter picture. 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 work. 2. Be sure to include your complete name, age, and address. 3. Your entry must arrive by…

PEOPLE IN RUSSIA boil cranberries to make this bright red drink during the winter months. Mix up some mors and say “Siberian cold, be gone!” What You'll Need: 8 cups fresh or frozen cranberries 2 cinnamon sticks 3/4 cup sugar or honey large metal saucepan 12 cups hot water mesh strainer What to Do: 1. Rinse the cranberries and pick off any stems or leaves you see. 2. Combine cranberries, sugar, cinnamon sticks, and water in a large saucepan. 3. Cook for 40 minutes on medium heat, then let cool for about an hour. 4. Filter the mixture through a fine mesh strainer to catch fruit skin and berry seeds. 5. Chill in the fridge for 2 hours and drink up!…

What You’ll Need: scissors paper punch glue or tape two 12-inch pieces of ribbon What to Do: 1. Cut out the 2 shapes along the solid lines. Cut along the short solid lines next to flaps A and B. 2. Paper punch 2 holes on the black dots. 3. Put 1 shape on a flat surface with the lines faceup. Fold along all the dotted lines. Tape or glue flap A to point A (figure 1). Repeat with flap B and point B. 4. Place a gift inside the box. 5. Close the box, making sure the holes are on the outside(figure 2). Thread a piece of ribbon through the holes and tie a bow. 6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 with the second box.…