Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2024 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

JENNIFER WAS SITTING outside eating jellybeans. Nothing special about that. She did it every Thursday. But then . . . Something bounced over a fence, raced across the street, and stopped right in front of her nose. “Who are you?” asked Jennifer, a little frightened. “The Gummiwolf,” said the creature, licking his lips. “What’s a Gummiwolf?” she asked. “It’s like a wolf,” explained the animal, “but gummy.” And he licked his lips again. That was enough for Jennifer. Never mind the jellybeans. She leaped to her feet and ran as fast as she could in the other direction. As fast as she was, though, the Gummiwolf was faster. He got closer . . . And closer. He was an inch away when Jennifer screamed, “TAXI!” and a yellow taxi pulled…

Dear Ophelia, My favorite animals are foxes and kitsune. Kitsune are foxes, just with about nine tails! Best of all, I have a stuffie fox and kitsune! My fox’s name is Flara, and my kitsune’s name is Huli. Flara is from Hazel Village and Huli is not. I love you! Aubrey, age 7 Walpole, New Hampshire Dear Everybuggy, I love your magazine! Will you adopt Ghosty? He is a ghost-cat. Oh by the way, Ghosty eats ghost cupcakes. Have a fantastic day! Ada W., age 9 Dyke, Virginia Dear Thistle, Will you adopt my cat, Chloe? She is a made-up cat! You can picture her any way you want. She only eats things that have strawberries in them. My favorite books are the Harry Potter series. I looooooove your magazines!…

ONCE UPON A time, a boy named Song Dingbo set out from the village of Nanyang to visit the town of Wan. Along the way, he encountered a hungry ghost. “Say your prayers, mortal. I am going to eat you!” the ghost howled. Song Dingbo was terribly frightened, but he kept his wits and said, “You’re mistaken. I’m no mortal. I’m a ghost like you.” “You don’t look like a ghost to me.” “That’s because I’ve only been a ghost for three days,” Song Dingbo said. “I’ll probably look more like you when I’m older.” “Where are you going now?” the ghost asked. “I’m going to Wan. It’s a nice town. I haven’t been there in a long time.” “Me, neither. Let’s go together,” the ghost said. Song Dingbo and…

WHAT YOU'LL NEED: WHAT TO DO: 1. Ask a grownup to heat the oven to 350°F. Spread a tablespoon of pizza sauce onto each English muffin half. 2. Set olive slices in place for your creatures’ eyes. Add little pieces of pepper in the olives’ holes for scary pupils. To make your creatures even creepier, add another pair of eyes! 3. Lay strings of cheese across the muffin halves for your creatures’ wrappings. Remember not to cover the eyes! 4. Put the muffin halves faceup on a cookie sheet. Have a grownup bake them for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the muffin halves are toasty. Bon appétit!…

BILLY BALDERSNOOK LIVED with his mother and sister in a very small house. It was so small, in fact, that after his mother picked her room and his sister picked her room, there weren’t any rooms left for Billy—except for up, up in the attic. But Billy didn’t mind because it was almost like sleeping in a tree house. (Almost.) One night, after Billy had put on his pj’s and brushed his teeth and had a goodnight kiss from Mom, he clump-clump-clumped up the stairs and got under the covers as usual. Then, right before he fell asleep— Thump. He sat up. “Mom? Did you hear that?” “Hear what?” said his mother, her voice muffled from downstairs. “That thump!” he shouted. “Are you thumping down there?” “No!” she yelled back.…

AT THE STROKE of midnight, a group of glowing radioactive mummies invades your house! There’s only one thing to do: grab a ball, turn off the light, and go bowling. What You’ll Need: 10 plastic bottles, 16 oz. or 32 oz.2 ½ cups raw rice or dried beans10 glow sticksroll of gauze or toilet papergoogly eyes or black markerglueball What to Do: 1. Put ¼ cup of rice or beans into each plastic bottle. 2. Glue googly eyes to each bottle, or draw faces on them. 3. Wrap each bottle in gauze or toilet paper.Make sure not to cover the faces. Glue the strips down as needed, and don’t wrap too many layers—you want to see the light from the glow stick. 4. Just before you play, snap the glow…

Ellie H., age 8 St. Louis, MissouriLand of Life Gray B., age 10 Suffolk, EnglandThe Magic Garden Jovi V., age 5 Kalamazoo, Michigan Aster G., age 8 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Chi-Cheng C., age 11 Taipei City, Taiwan Eleanor R., age 10 Columbus, OhioThe Magic Garden Leo L., age 7 Cary, North Carolina Colette F., age 10 Palouse, WashingtonVegetable Garden Party Theo V., age 7 Kalamazoo, Michigan Yun-Yun L., age 7 Taipei City, Taiwan Maggie K., age 7 Oregon City, Oregon Rowena P., age 8 Durham, North Carolina Contest Rules Write a poem about facing a fear. Here are the only rules: 1. Your poem should be 10 lines or fewer. 2. Your entry must be signed by a parent or legal guardian, authorizing its publication in print and/or online and saying…

The object of this monstrous matching game is to stay away from Old Ogre! What You’ll Need: scissors What to Do: 1. Cut out the cards, place them facedown in a stack, and shuffle. 2. Deal the cards one at a time until there are none left. Some players might have more than others, but that’s OK. 3. Take a look at your cards and remove any pairs. Put all the pairs faceup in a pile in the middle. 4. On your turn, pick a card from the player on your left. If the card matches one in your hand, put the pair in the pile in the middle. If not, you must keep it. 5. The next player to the left repeats step 4 until all the pairs are…