Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2019 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

THE VERY WICKED Witch sat at her gnarled breakfast table and chuckled. At least, she made a sound that she thought was a chuckle. To you or me it would have sounded like sandpaper scraping on a rock. But the Very Wicked Witch had not earned her status as the wickedest witch in all of England by worrying about how her chuckle sounded. She had earned it by devising wicked plans. Very wicked plans. And she had a new one. The Very Wicked Witch had a problem. Every time she went out, people ran away screaming. It was her black hat, pointy nose, and warty green face. They gave her away. It made her plans very hard to put into practice. One day, the Very Wicked Witch got a leaflet…

Trent H., age 7 Tucson, Arizona A Walk Around Tucson’s Lakeside Park The sun is shining Kids are playing We are fishing at Lakeside Park. The smell of grass The sound of ducks The taste of dust fill the air At Lakeside Park. The reflection of the mountains surrounding Tucson Reflects the image upon the lake at my favorite place Lakeside Park. Ofelia Rabasa, age 6 Portland, Oregon The Swing The future flies and I fly with it The petals fly With the sun High over the park. Tate C., age 8 Wellesley, Massachusetts Prehistoric Park ROAR! ROAR! STOMP! STOMP! Hear the prehistoric animals! Dinosaurs! Woolly Mammoths! AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! T. REX! COOL! Benjamin Kwack, age 7 Lisle, Illinois An Imaginary Park At a park I see fairies opening buds.…

What You' ll Need: paper bowl elastic cord cork hole punch orange and green acrylic paints glue scissors foam brush green construction paper green pipe cleaner What to Do: 1. Paint the outside of the bowl orange and the cork green. Leave them to dry. 2. Cut a leaf out of green construction paper. Once the paint is dry, glue the leaf to the top of the bowl. Then, glue the green cork on to make the stem. 3. When glue is dry, wrap the pipe cleaner around the cork and twirl the ends with your fingers to make a springy vine 4. Punch a hole on each side of the bowl. With an adult’s help, measure and cut a piece of elastic cord to fit under your chin. Tie…

Dear Ophelia, I love all the cool crafts in “Ophelia’s Last Word” at the end of every issue. It is so fun trying them! Will you please put my cat, Kylie, in your magazine? What is your favorite color? Mine is teal, like the ocean. Mary Hess, age 10 Kutztown, Pennsylvania Dear Spider, I really love your comics! I liked when Bill the pill bug told you guys about Big Mo (February 2019). Could you adopt Lucy? She is a poodle and loves to bake sweet treats. What is your favorite hobby? Do you like dogs? Rafaela Famarin, age 8 Kingwood, Texas Rafaela, my favorite hobby is playing tricks! We like your colorful poodle, but not all other dogs. Cowabunga! Spider Dear Spider, I like Fall. I like jumping in…

A LONG TIME AGO, when the ancient landscape of Japan was dotted with hundreds of castles and the country was ruled by the sword, there was a great samurai warrior who was pestered by a large rat. Not only did the rat get into the warrior’s food, it also gnawed through the floorboards of his house and even shredded some of his clothes and belongings. The warrior tried to catch the rat, but it was too clever and swift for his traps and his sword. So the warrior decided to get a cat. He chose one that was both strong and quick, but the rodent proved to be faster than the cat. The cat could not even get within a foot of the rat, and it just looked foolish trying.…

Contest Rules Draw a picture of a cat. Here are the only rules: 1. Your entry must be signed by a parent or legal guardian, authorizing its publication in print and/or online and saying it’s your own idea. 2. Be sure to include your complete name, age, and address. 3. Your entry must arrive by October 25, 2019. We will publish our favorites in the February 2020 issue of Spider. Email your entry to spider@cricketmedia.com, or send it to Spider’s Corner, P.O. Box 300, Peru, IL 61354.…

THESE FLIERS SPIN fast as they fall and show off their beautiful autumn colors . What You’ll Need: scissors paper clips What to Do: 1. Cut out the rectangles along the thick black lines. Cut along the solid lines inside each rectangle, being careful to stop where the lines stop (figure 1). 2. Bend points A and B down to form a triangle (figure 2). Place end A over end B and fasten with a paper clip (figure 3). 3. Stand on tiptoe and drop this flier to the ground with the paper clip pointing down. Watch the autumn colors whirl!…