Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2021 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

“THIS IS LITTLE HONEY’S chance for fame,” Bog said to his good friends Doodlebug and Dandelion Pinkley. “She’s mad for sushi!” Little Honey was Bog’s pet bearded dragon, a big lizard. She ate differently than most of her kind. So did Doodlebug and Dandelion. Sushi, raw fish, was a Pinkley favorite, too. “Love it!” Dandelion said. “Me, too!” Doodlebug agreed. The kids were outside Sushi Dragon King waiting for Tomiko, another good friend. Sushi Dragon King, the best sushi bar around, was looking for a mascot. They wanted a dragon-type animal to hang out at the restaurant sometimes. An animal that would bring luck and customers. Little Honey seemed perfect. But she needed to audition. “Here we go,” Bog said once Tomiko arrived. Little Honey sat on his shoulder looking…

SHAY CAN NEVER hold her chopsticks properly. When she uses them, they crisscross and make an X, and sometimes she cannot quite pick up the slippery pieces of tofu. Her mother laughs. “Jia ¯ Jia¯ .” She calls Shay’s Chinese name, holding out her own chopsticks. There’s a soft noise as she clicks them together, no crisscross at all. “Zhè yàng.” Like this. Shay tries, but it’s clumsy, even worse than the crisscross. She makes a face. “I don’t want to,” she says and reaches for a spoon. “That’s cheating,” her brother says. Shay pouts. “No, it’s not! Everyone at Abigail’s house uses spoons and forks!” “Yes,” her father says, “but you live here. It’s traditional, Jia ¯ Jia¯ .” “I don’t want traditions,” says Shay. She’s too annoyed to…

MAUGER THE MARVELOUS Magician conjured this magnificent mobile just for you! Hang it near a window, and watch the figures dance. What You’ll Need:  scissors pencil tape 6 pieces of yarn or string of different lengths a stick from the enchanted forest (or your backyard or neighborhood) What to Do: 1. Cut out each figure along the solid lines. 2. Reinforce circled Xs with tape. 3. With a pencil, poke holes through circled Xs. 4. Tie a piece of string through each hole. 5. Tie the other end of each string at different spots along the stick. 6. Add a piece of string to hang the mobile from a fixture, doorframe, or ceiling. It may take a few tries to find the spot that will balance the mobile.…

What You’ll Need: ½ cup sweet (glutinous) rice flour (available in Asian section of most grocery stores) ¹/ ³ cup warm water 3 small mixing bowls red, green, and yellow food coloring vegetable oil wax paper, lightly greased with oil medium saucepan slotted spoon 4 dessert bowls ½ cup coconut milk 2 tablespoons sugar pinch of salt small saucepan What to Do: 1. Put the sweet rice flour in a mixing bowl. Add warm water. Mix with a fork to form dough. 2. Divide the dough into 3 sections. Put each in a mixing bowl. Add 2 drops of food coloring to each bowl. Mix into the dough with a fork. 3. Coat your hands with vegetable oil, so the dough doesn’t stick to them. Pinch off a small piece…

Why do dragons wear pajamas? They don’t like knight-gowns. What do you call a big lizard when it flies away? A dra-gone. What do you get when you cross a dragon with a pink bird? A f lame-ingo. What do dragons put in their noodle soup? Firecrackers. What do you call a dragon who doesn’t have a razor? A bearded dragon. Why do knights get bored when dragons tell stories? They have long tails.…

THEY MAY NOT breathe fire, but these real dragons are really cool! Dragonet A little dragon is known as a dragonet. But in the animal world, a dragonet is a fish. Many kinds of dragonets swim in tropical waters from Hong Kong to Australia. Lots are brightly colored and around coral reefs. Others are brown, like sand, and stay on the ocean floor. A dragonet spreads out its fins to help it move along the seafloor almost as if it is walking. But this dragon doesn’t have scales. Instead, a dragonet is covered in a coat of smelly slime. Slimy skin makes the dragonet less tasty and keeps off biting parasites. Blue Dragon Sea Slug This blue dragon is mighty, even though it’s about the size of a fingertip. The…

A DRAGON MIGHT be lurking in your recycling bin, just waiting for a crafty wizard like you to bring it to life. W hat You' ll Need: 2 cardboard egg cartons construction paper red tissue paper paint and paintbrush pencil and markers scissors glue and tape What to Do: 1. Have a grownup help cut one egg carton along its two bending parts. Recycle the top and the tab. Keep the bumpy bottom. 2. Turn the second egg carton upside down. Put glue on every bump, except for the first two. Lay the cut-off piece on top, stacking its first bumps onto the lower egg carton’s second bumps. Paint your dragon’s body. 3. Draw legs, a tail, eyes, and spikes on construction paper. Cut them out. For wings, make accordion…