Innholdsfortegnelse for March/April 2025 i Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and Kids

NEED A FRIEND? Grow one! Watch a potato grow roots and sprout leaves. Then give it a costume fit for a Super Spud. What You’ll Need: firm sweet potato 3 or 4 toothpicks clear large-mouthed jar water potato costumes! What to Do: 1. Fill the jar halfway with water. 2. Stick the toothpicks into the sides of the sweet potato. 3. Put the potato in the jar. The toothpicks should hold it up so that only the bottom half is sitting in water. 4. Set the jar in a sunny window. In a few days, roots will grow. Later, your potato should grow leaves and maybe even blossoms. Don’t they look like hair? You might need to add more water over time. 5. After six to eight weeks, gather odds…

THE STAIRCASE FRIENDSHIP bracelet is a funky accessory that looks hard but is as easy as learning a simple knot. Once you learn to make one, you won’t be able to stop! What You’ll Need: embroidery flossscissorsrulertape What to Do: 1. Choose five colors of embroidery floss, and cut a two-foot string of each. Tie the strings together about three inches from one end. Tape the strings to a table just above the knot. 2. Pick your first color, and move that string to the left. Cross the end of the string over the rest of the colors so it looks like the number “4.” 3. Loop the end of the string under the other colors and through the middle of the “4.” 4. Gently pull the string tight. 5.…

ON APRIL FOOLS’ Day, offer a friend this “juice” that’s impossible to drink! What You’ll Need: 1 package (3 ounces) flavored gelatin mix 2 cups water 2 drinking straws 2 drinking glasses ice cubes What to Do: 1. Ask an adult to boil 1 cup of water and add it to the gelatin. Stir until the powder has dissolved. Then add 1 cup of cold water. 2. Refrigerate the mixture for 45 minutes. 3. Fill the glasses, leaving room for ice. 4. Place a straw and a few ice cubes in each glass. Float 1 cube on top. 5. Place the glasses in the freezer until the gelatin sets (1 to 2 hours). Make sure to remove the glasses after 2 hours or the gelatin will freeze. When you serve…

Contest Rules Write a poem about an awesome outfit. 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 it’s your own idea. 3. Be sure to include your complete name, age, and address. 4.Your entry must arrive by April 25, 2025. We will publish our favorites in the July/August 2025 issue of Spider. Email your entry to spider@cricketmedia.com. Bear on a Mission Kiara N., age 6 Washington, District of ColumbiaThorny Bear Thorny Bear was lonely. He lived all by himself in a hot den along the equator in Malaysia. But he wanted friends. So he climbed on a boat to cross the Pacific Ocean…

Eye see you! Can you spot the eyespots on these six creatures? Here’s a hint: look for black circles surrounded by white or white circles surrounded by black. DID YOU EVER wish that you had eyes in the back of your head? Some animals look like they do! However, these “eyes” aren’t for seeing—in fact, they can’t see at all and are called false eyes or eyespots. It’s easy to be fooled by eyespots—after all, they look a lot like eyes. They’re large and round, and they seem to stare. They even have what looks like an iris (the round, colored part of an eyeball) and a pupil (the inner circle inside the iris). Yet despite their strong resemblance to real eyes, eyespots are just designs, or patterns, found on…

ONCE, IN THE long-ago days, tricky young Tyl decided that he needed more money. To get it, he had to find a job. But Tyl really didn’t want to work. The young man told the town tailor, “I want to be your apprentice.” The tailor was a busy man. Business was good. Indeed, business was almost too good. He badly needed help, so he asked only one question: “Can you sew?” “Of course!” Tyl exclaimed. The tailor hired Tyl on the spot. But the tailor wasn’t happy with Tyl’s sewing. “You mustn’t make such big, sloppy stitches! People want to see their clothes, not the threads that hold the clothes together. Remember: you must sew where no one can see it.” The next day, the tailor couldn’t find his apprentice.…

Answers to April Fools’ Game Page Mind-Buggler Neither can we! Hmmm . . . Looks like gibberish to us. The man on the left is wearing pink socks. Hey, That’s Not Candy! Here’s an April Fools’ prank to play. Unwrap some candy (save it for later) and wrap fruits and veggies in the empty candy wrappers! Try grapes in chocolate egg wrappers, baby carrots in long candy wrappers, or Brussels sprouts on lollipop sticks. Offer your friends a sugary sweet, and watch as they get a surprise! Answers to OPHELI A ,S LAST WORD Practical Jokers Word Search Q. Which holiday is the gorilla’s favorite? A. Ape-ril Fools’ Day. Send your favorite jokes to spider@cricketmedia.com!…