Innholdsfortegnelse for May/June 2019 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

“WELCOME TO SCARY-HAUSEN Adventure Park!” Principal Hogwobble boomed as the Pine Nut Elementary School students tumbled off the bus. The trip was the students’ reward for putting up with Principal Hogwobble’s April Fool’s joke the month before. Scary-Hausen was like no other amusement park in the world. Inside you had to face strange mechanical beasts that could scare your socks off. As Doodlebug Pinkley, his sister Dandelion, and their cousin Rudyard rushed inside, Dandelion glanced at her mood ring. It was glowing bright pink, showing she was eager but a little nervous. That was for sure! They’d wanted to visit Scary-Hausen practically their whole lives and had read up on how to deal with each beastie. Now which freaky adventure should they go for first? To duel with She-Fang the…

What You’ll Need: several sheets of wax paper scissors crayon shavings iron small bowl pipe cleaner What to Do: ✿ Cut sheets of wax paper into two large, two medium, and two small circles. ✿ Place some of the crayon shavings between a set of the cutouts. With an adult’s help, run a warm iron over the papers until the shavings melt. ✿ While still warm, tuck the circle into a small bowl, so the paper curves. Do this for each set of circles to form the petals. ✿ When all are hard and cool, poke a tiny hole through the center of each circle. ✿ Gently thread one pipe cleaner through the large, then medium, and then small circles, so they rest on each other. Squeeze the top of…

Beatrice Baier, age 6 St. Louis, Missouri Super Hula Hoop Girl Frederik Van Hadden, age 7 Denver, Colorado Rainbow Man Maggie K., age 9 Catonsville, Maryland Time Travel Man Sam N., age 10 Petoskey, Michigan Sound Ninga Vivian P., age 10 New York, New York Fire Woman Knox C., age 8 Knoxville, Tennessee Circuit Zap Macy P., age 5 Franklin, Wisconsin Lexi, Lexi, Up in the Air Tallulah J., age 8 North Attleboro, Massachusetts Coltrane P., age 8 New York, New York Seazoido Thomas Benedetti, age 10 Warwick, Rhode Island Croissant Man Mills I., age 6 Lynchburg, Virginia Marigold! Anna L., age 8 Beacon, New York Silencia…

PACKING A BASKET for a picnic this summer? Make these easy cornbread muffins that taste just like a corn dog. If it rains, put a blanket on the floor and have your picnic indoors! What You'll Need: 1 box corn muffin mix 1 egg ½ cup milk 1 tablespoon brown sugar ½ cup fresh or frozen corn 4 hot dogs (or turkey or veggie dogs), chopped 12 paper muffin cups large bowl muffin tin What to Do: 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and place muffin cups in the muffin tin. 2. In the bowl, add corn muffin mix, brown sugar, milk, and egg. Mix gently until combined. Stir in corn and hot dogs. 3. Fill muffin cups ¾ of the way full. 4 . Bake for 15 _ 18…

IN THE BEGINNING, the sky was close to the earth, and the people didn’t have to work for their food. All they had to do was cut away a piece of sky to eat. It tasted delicious, like meat or corn or honey or anything else they felt like eating. Since they didn’t have to hunt for their food, all they did was weave and carve and tell stories all day. When the great King Oba wanted to give a party, his servants would cut out pieces of the sky and shape them into wonderful forms—animals, diamonds, leaves, or flowers. But as time went on, the people forgot to appreciate the sky. They took their food for granted, and they became wasteful. They cut far more sky than they needed…

Dear Spider, I love your magazines and stories with you and your friends at the bottom of the pages. Corinne Blake-Flintoft, age 7 Lafayette, Colorado Dear Spider and the Gang, Do you like kangaroos? If you do, will you adopt Lolo? Emily Ann Lueninghoener, age 7 Seattle, Washington Dear Emily and Corinne, We love kangaroos and will take good care of the ones you sent us. Thank you. Boing! Boing! Spider Dear Spider, You’re cute. I love your magazine! I made these drawings for everybuggy. Daphne, age 5 Los Alamitos, California Hi, Thistle! Will you adopt another set of unicorns? My tigercorn, Sparkle, eats candy canes. Wishful, my lioncorn, eats lollipops. And my lynxicorn, Sunshine, eats cupcakes. Sparkle is purple, Wishful is green, and Sunshine is pink. They love to…

HAVE YOU EVER seen a cloud that looked like a rabbit? What about a cloud that looked like…a cumulonimbus? Clouds can tell you a lot about the weather, like how windy it is and whether it’s going to rain soon. People who study weather are called meteorologists. They use math and science to understand and predict weather and the climate. They also have lots of cool names for clouds! Next time you look up at the clouds, think like a meteorologist. Use this cloud viewer to spot interesting clouds in the sky and find out what they’re called and what they can tell you about the weather. What You’ll Need: scissors glue poster board or construction paper heavy book (optional) What to Do: 1. Cut out the cloud viewer along…

SUNDAY IS DOMINO day for my abuelo and his friends. I watch them play at the corner park. One day, maybe I’ll join the game. Abuelo knocks on my bedroom door. “Ready, Yolanda?” he asks. “Si!” I say. Abuelo hands me the long, wooden box that holds the fichas, the domino tiles. “Today is a special day. I have a new partner.” “Who?” I ask. “You’ll see.” I wonder who Abuelo’s new partner is as we walk along the shady sidewalk. Abuelo has been teaching me to play. Could it be me? Our neighbors are starting their days, too. Salsa music flows from open windows. I smell bread and imagine it pressed flat in a plancha, like Mami makes for me. From someone’s yard, a rooster steps out in front…