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Can you find the 20 words related to artists in the grid below? The words could be running forwards, backwards or diagonally Wordsearch ACRYLIC BRUSH CANVAS CARD CHALK CHARCOAL CRAYONS DESIGN DRAWING GRAPHITE OILS PAINT PALETTE PAPER PASTELS PENCIL PENS SKETCH VARNISH WATER- COLOURS R E P A P S M V I J B R X Q S D R A W I N G L Q P G P G R V L E E Z N M F R W K E N U A E T T E L A P B C A N D O P K F H P D H A C G R S C L H L H S S S A P A T S R X O I A N I I C C A H K A P T C O H P N R Z V S E H E E Y R A C R Y W Y U T C U A N I E T A L R U R C E R K N C L T V I D Y B H C L T N A I O A C D E S I G N S C O I L S W Five tiny things to do today 1. Do five cartwheels 2. Write a story about a magical tree 3. Find 10 things in your house that begin with the letter “R” 4. Take 15 minutes to drink a glass of juice 5. Draw your perfect bedroom CREDITS: MAKE A PAPIER MACHE CASTLE BY JACKIE HALL; SPOT THE DIFFERENCE BY STEVE CAPLIN; SNAIL TRAIL BY DOMINIC MURPHY AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY WARWICK CADWELL-JOHNSON; KITCHEN VOLCANO BY KATIE KENNEDY AND ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN EDWARDS; RECYCLE IT BY NICK ROBINSON (WWW.ORIGAMI.ME.UK); BRAINTEASER, APLHAPUZZLE AND WORDSOUP BY TERRY STICKLES. • What do you think of the Comic? To help us make it as good as possible, we want to hear your views. Email us on [email protected] (remember to tell us your age) Stuff to do ... The2 in1Crossword Two sets of clues — and two sets of answers — for one grid YOU WILL NEED • A square of newspaper The Guardian | Saturday | 21.06.08 Inside out Only one of the tiny ducks is exactly the same shape as the big duck — can you see which one? 1 1 6 2 2 4 3 2 5 5 3 3 Sudoku Fill in the grid so that every row, column and coloured box contains ALL the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Bonus clue: which number should go in the circle: 3 or 1? Dot-to-dot Finished reading the Comic? Recycle it! Make a cheshire cat Make a papier-mache castle There are 10 differences between the two pictures — see if you can find them all Spot the difference Say this five times quickly... A quick-witted cricket critic Do you know any good tongue-twisters, riddles, brainteasers or jokes? Have you ever made up your own type of puzzle? Tell us! Email [email protected] Whichever way you write this, it stays the same! God, a red nugget! A fat egg under a dog! BACKWARDS BACK ANDFORWARDS A riddle … Q: What fastens two people yet touches only one? A: A wedding ring Wordsoup The following anagram contains the name of a famous literary and film character. Can you unscramble the letters and find who it is? TRY HERO PART YOU WILL NEED • Modelling clay • Plate or newspaper • One tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda • Washing-up liquid • 1/4 cup of vinegar • Measuring jug • Red food colouring (optional) STEP ONE Make a cone shape with your modelling clay (use any colour you want, but mixing brown and green works well!). Put your finger in the top of the cone and push it down, making the cone hollow. Make sure there are no holes in the sides of the volcano, otherwise it won’t erupt! YOU WILL NEED • One snail • Clear or brown nail varnish STEP TWO Paint a bit of the snail’s shell with nail varnish, perhaps with a special symbol so you will be able to recognise it. Use a brown or clear varnish, because a bright colour will make it a target for predators. STEP THREE Move the snail to another part of the garden, no more than about seven metres away and without any major obstacles in the way, such as a wall or gravel path (slimy snails find it hard to travel over dry, sharp materials such as gravel). STEP ONE Find a snail in the garden: look in damp corners, under plant pots, in nooks and crannies, in the garden wall or, at night, munching one of your favourite plants. STEP FOUR After a day or so, check out the place where you originally found the mollusc. Has it made its way home? THE ANSWER Snails do have a homing instinct, but no one is exactly sure how this works. One theory, according to the Wildlife Trusts, is that the snail is attracted by pheromones given off by a group of other snails. STEP ONE Cut the sheet of corrugated cardboard to 23 cm by 23cm. This makes the base for your castle to sit on. STEP TWO Measure and cut down the small box to a height of 8cm. Mark a doorway about 5cm wide in the centre of one of the sides of the box . Cut out and remove the door, and put it to one side as you will need it later on. Then glue the box on to the middle of the piece of cardboard. STEP THREE Measure 8cm high on each of the four toilet rolls and carefully cut and remove a section 3cm wide. STEP SIX Coat paper strips with the diluted glue mixture and use them to cover the castle. TOP TIP: To build up the turrets and make them more rounded, take some strips of pasted paper and twist them as you drape them round and round the tops. Press down firmly. You will need to let it dry before adding a second layer of twisted pieces. When thoroughly dry, paint the castle white. STEP FOUR Carefully fix and glue a toilet roll holder to each corner. STEP FIVE Cut your three kitchen rolls to different heights, leaving one quite tall. Glue them on to the top of the castle, with the tallest one at the back. Then, cut out the pointed sections in your egg boxes and glue one to each turret. Mix some PVA glue with water and brush it over the entire castle to seal the cardboard. STEP SEVEN Cut out a window shape and use it as a template to make several windows on a sheet of black paper or a piece of paper you have painted black. TOP TIP: To add a climbing plant up the side of the castle, dip a short pieces of sting in a mixture of glue and green paint. Place the strings against the castle, pressing down gently. When it is dry, paint on a few leaves and flowers. Alphapuzzle Below are three different views of the same cube. Can you work out whether S, E, O or R is the letter on the face opposite H? Brainteaser You are in a room with two doors. Behind one door is a lion that will eat you if you open it. The second door is an escape route. In the room with you are two men who know which door is the safe one. One of the men always tells the truth and one of the men always tells lies. If you can ask only one man one question, what question could you ask that would give you the information you need to choose the correct door? THE JOKER What do you call a crate of ducks? A box of quackers! STEP FOUR Add the vinegar to the measuring jug and slowly pour it into the volcano (you might not need all of it). Now watch as your volcano erupts! IT’S A FACT! Cats are born with blue eyes, but the colour may change when they are about 12 weeks old! STEP THREE Put the volcano on a plate or on some newspaper, as the eruption can get messy. Then, put a few drops of washing-up liquid and the bicarbonate of soda inside the volcano. To make the lava red, add a few drops of red food colouring and give it a stir. STEP TWO To make it look as though there’s hot lava on your volcano, add some red or pink clay around the rim. IT’S A FACT! One in 10 people live within “danger range” of a real-life active volcano! Hard Across 7 Where to traverse a busy street safely (5,8) 8 Another word for the arithmetic operation of “summing” (8) 9 Collective word for a group of cows (4) 10 Set free (7) 12 Instrument using the echo from a pulse of microwave radiation to detect aircraft or ships (5) 14 Hang over (5) 16 Stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals (7) 19 Fog when it’s mixed with urban pollution (4) 20 Rant, roar? (anagram) (8) 22 Tales by Rudyard Kipling (4,2,7) Really, really hard Across 7 Children’s TV character whose catchphrase is “Can we fix it?” (3,3,7) 8 Glide over the water, pulled by a boat (5,3) 9 Close (4) 10 Chapter or instalment of a story or TV programme (7) 12 Thing we push down on to make a bicycle move (5) 14 Blobs, or types of pimples (5) 16 Scrunched up (7) 19 Rubber outer part of a wheel on a bike or car (4) 20 Thrilling (8) 22 Footwear we put on to play this sport (8,5) Down 1 ---- the Explorer, children’s TV cartoon character (4) 2 Guides a boat or car so that it keeps in a straight line (6) 3 A place where you can make sandcastles (7) 4 Student (5) 5 Dive into water (6) 6 Word that means break up or not joined together (8) 11 Young pet (5,3) 13 Brown one, as in the answer to clue 14, that appears on your skin when it’s sunny (7) 15 The age at which you stop being a teenager (6) 17 ------ Man, a toy that the Americans call GI Joe (6) 18 Material such as iron or gold (5) 21 Short message written on a piece of paper (4) Down 1 Deceased (4) 2 Get somewhere (6) 3 Overshadow something or someone (7) 4 Brass instruments often prefixed by “french” (5) 5 Respiratory disorder (6) 6 Make bigger (8) 11 Huge (8) 13 Parched (7) 15 The age at which you become an octogenarian (6) 17 Glittering (6) 18 Bother (5) 21 The ---- golf championship is often played at St Andrews (4) THE JOKER What do you call someone who used to be really keen on tractors? An extractor fan! YOU WILL NEED • Sheet of corrugated cardboard (a card- board box is ideal) • Small square box (about 15cm square) • Four toilet-roll holders • Three kitchen-roll holders • Two egg boxes • A ruler • Newspaper • PVA glue • Black paper • Scissors • Paint • String (optional) Fold the lower edge over. 7 Repeat on the other side. 6 Turn the paper over and fold under part of the lower flap. 5 Fold both flaps down to form ears. 3 Fold the lower corner to the middle. 4 Repeat on the other side. 8 Your cat is almost done! Just add some eyes, a nose and some whiskers. 9 Kitchen volcano! Snail trails Wriggly farm update! Keep feeding your worms and release them when you’re done Fold the lower corner to the upper corner. 1 Fold the outer corners to the top. 2 Connect dots: Odd numbers only ▲ 1-75 Even numbers only ■ 2-56 IT’S A FACT! Papier-mache means “chewed paper” in French!
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Can you find the 20 words related to artists in the grid below? The words could be running forwards, backwards or diagonally
WordsearchACRYLICBRUSHCANVASCARDCHALKCHARCOALCRAYONSDESIGNDRAWINGGRAPHITEOILSPAINTPALETTEPAPERPASTELSPENCILPENSSKETCHVARNISHWATER-COLOURS
R E P A P S M V I J B R XQ S D R A W I N G L Q P GP G R V L E E Z N M F R WK E N U A E T T E L A P BC A N D O P K F H P D H AC G R S C L H L H S S S AP A T S R X O I A N I I CC A H K A P T C O H P N RZ V S E H E E Y R A C R YW Y U T C U A N I E T A LR U R C E R K N C L T V ID Y B H C L T N A I O A CD E S I G N S C O I L S W
Five tiny things to do today1. Do five cartwheels 2. Write a story about a magical tree 3. Find 10 things in your house that begin with the letter “R” 4. Take 15 minutes to drink a glass of juice 5. Draw your perfect bedroom
CREDITS: MAKE A PAPIER MACHE CASTLE BY JACKIE HALL; SPOT THE DIFFERENCE BY STEVE CAPLIN; SNAIL TRAIL BY DOMINIC MURPHY AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY WARWICK CADWELL-JOHNSON; KITCHEN VOLCANO BY KATIE KENNEDY AND ILLUSTRATION BY JONATHAN EDWARDS; RECYCLE IT BY NICK ROBINSON (WWW.ORIGAMI.ME.UK); BRAINTEASER, APLHAPUZZLE AND WORDSOUP BY TERRY STICKLES.
• What do you think of the Comic? To help us make it as good as possible, we want to hear your views. Email us on [email protected] (remember to tell us your age)Stuff to do ...
The2in1Crossword Two sets of clues — and two sets of answers — for one grid
YOU WILL NEED • A square of newspaper
The Guardian | Saturday | 21.06.08
Inside outOnly one of the tiny ducks is exactly the same shape as the big duck — can you see which one?
1
1
62
2
43 2
5
533
SudokuFill in the grid so that every row, column and coloured box contains ALL the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Bonus clue: which number should go in the circle: 3 or 1?
Dot-to-dot
Finished reading the Comic? Recycle it!Make a cheshire cat
Make a papier-mache castle
There are 10 differences between the two pictures — see if you can find them all
Spot the difference
Say this five times quickly...A quick-witted cricket criticDo you know any good tongue-twisters, riddles, brainteasers or jokes? Have you ever made up your own type of puzzle? Tell us! Email [email protected]
Whichever way you write this, it stays the same!God, a red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
BackwardSBackandForwardS
A riddle … Q: What fastens two people yet touches only one?
A: A wedding ring
WordsoupThe following anagram contains the name of a famous literary and film character. Can you unscramble the letters and find who it is?
TRY HERO PART
YOU WILL NEED• Modelling clay• Plate or newspaper• One tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda• Washing-up liquid• 1/4 cup of vinegar• Measuring jug• Red food colouring (optional)
STEP ONEMake a cone shape with your modelling clay (use
any colour you want, but mixing brown and green
works well!). Put your finger in the top of the
cone and push it down, making the cone hollow. Make sure there are
no holes in the sides of the
volcano, otherwise it won’t erupt!
YOU WILL NEED• One snail• Clear or brown nail varnish
STEP TWOPaint a bit of the snail’s shell with nail varnish, perhaps with a special symbol so you will be able to recognise it. Use a brown or clear varnish, because a bright colour will make it a target for predators.
STEP THREEMove the snail to another part of the garden,
no more than about seven metres away and
without any major obstacles in the way, such as
a wall or gravel path (slimy snails find it hard to
travel over dry, sharp materials such as gravel).
STEP ONE
Find a snail in the garden:
look in damp corners,
under plant pots, in
nooks and crannies, in the
garden wall or, at night,
munching one of your
favourite plants.
STEP FOURAfter a day or so, check out the place where you originally found the mollusc. Has it made its way home?THE ANSWER
Snails do have a homing instinct, but no one is exactly sure how this works. One theory, according to the Wildlife Trusts, is that the snail is attracted by pheromones given off by a group of other snails.
STEP ONECut the sheet of corrugated cardboard to 23 cm by 23cm. This makes the base for your castle to sit on.
STEP TWOMeasure and cut down the small box to a height of 8cm.
Mark a doorway about 5cm wide in the centre of one of
the sides of the box . Cut out and remove the door, and
put it to one side as you will need it later on. Then glue
the box on to the middle of the piece of cardboard.
STEP THREEMeasure 8cm high on each of the four toilet rolls
and carefully cut and remove a section 3cm wide.
STEP SIXCoat paper strips with the diluted glue mixture and use them to cover the castle. TOP TIP: To build up the turrets and make them more rounded, take some strips of pasted paper and twist them as you drape them round and round the tops. Press down firmly. You will need to let it dry before adding a second layer of twisted pieces. When thoroughly dry, paint the castle white.
STEP FOURCarefully fix and glue a toilet roll holder to each corner.
STEP FIVECut your three kitchen rolls to different heights,
leaving one quite tall. Glue them on to the top of the
castle, with the tallest one at the back. Then, cut out
the pointed sections in your egg boxes and glue one to
each turret. Mix some PVA glue with water and brush it
over the entire castle to seal the cardboard.
STEP SEVENCut out a window shape and use it as a template to make several windows on a sheet of black paper or a piece of paper you have painted black.
TOP TIP: To add
a climbing plant
up the side of the
castle, dip a short
pieces of sting
in a mixture of
glue and green
paint. Place the
strings against
the castle,
pressing down
gently. When it
is dry, paint on a
few leaves and
flowers.
Alphapuzzle Below are three different views of the same cube. Can you work out whether S, E, O or R is the letter on the face opposite H?
BrainteaserYou are in a room with two doors. Behind one door is a lion that will eat you if you open it. The second door is an escape route. In the room with you are two men who know which door is the safe one. One of the men always tells the truth and one of the men always tells lies.
If you can ask only one man one question, what question could you ask that would give you the information you need to choose the correct door?
THE JOKER
What do you
call a crate of
ducks?
A box of
quackers!
STEP FOURAdd the vinegar to the measuring
jug and slowly pour it into the
volcano (you might not need all
of it). Now watch as your volcano
erupts!
IT’S A FACT!
Cats are born with
blue eyes, but the
colour may change
when they are
about 12 weeks
old!
STEP THREEPut the volcano on a plate or on some newspaper, as the eruption can get messy. Then, put a few drops of washing-up liquid and the bicarbonate of soda inside the volcano. To make the lava red, add a few drops of red food colouring and give it a stir.
STEP TWOTo make it look as though there’s
hot lava on your volcano, add some
red or pink clay around the rim.IT’S A FACT!
One in 10 people
live within
“danger range” of a
real-life active
volcano!
Hard
Across7 Where to traverse a busy street safely (5,8)8 Another word for the arithmetic operation of “summing” (8)9 Collective word for a group of cows (4)10 Set free (7)12 Instrument using the echo from a pulse of microwave radiation to detect aircraft or ships (5)14 Hang over (5)16 Stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals (7)19 Fog when it’s mixed with urban pollution (4)20 Rant, roar? (anagram) (8)22 Tales by Rudyard Kipling (4,2,7)
Really, really hard
Across7 Children’s TV character whose catchphrase is “Can we fix it?” (3,3,7)8 Glide over the water, pulled by a boat (5,3)9 Close (4)10 Chapter or instalment of a story or TV programme (7)12 Thing we push down on to make a bicycle move (5)14 Blobs, or types of pimples (5)16 Scrunched up (7)19 Rubber outer part of a wheel on a bike or car (4)20 Thrilling (8)22 Footwear we put on to play this sport (8,5)
Down1 ---- the Explorer, children’s TV cartoon character (4)2 Guides a boat or car so that it keeps in a straight line (6)3 A place where you can make sandcastles (7)4 Student (5)5 Dive into water (6)6 Word that means break up or not joined together (8)11 Young pet (5,3)13 Brown one, as in the answer to clue 14, that appears on your skin when it’s sunny (7)15 The age at which you stop being a teenager (6)17 ------ Man, a toy that the Americans call GI Joe (6)18 Material such as iron or gold (5)21 Short message written on a piece of paper (4)
Down1 Deceased (4)2 Get somewhere (6)3 Overshadow something or someone (7)4 Brass instruments often prefixed by “french” (5)5 Respiratory disorder (6)6 Make bigger (8)11 Huge (8)13 Parched (7)15 The age at which you become an octogenarian (6)17 Glittering (6)18 Bother (5)21 The ---- golf championship is often played at St Andrews (4)
THE JOKER
What do you
call someone who
used to be really
keen on tractors?
An extractor fan!
YOU WILL NEED• Sheet of corrugated cardboard (a card-board box is ideal)• Small square box (about 15cm square)• Four toilet-roll
holders• Three kitchen-roll holders• Two egg boxes• A ruler • Newspaper• PVA glue• Black paper• Scissors• Paint• String (optional)
Fold the lower edge over.7
Repeat on the other side.6
Turn the paper over and fold under part of the lower flap.
5
Fold both flaps down to form ears.3
Fold the lower corner to the middle.4
Repeat on the other side.8
Your cat is almost done! Just add some eyes, a nose and some whiskers.
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Kitchen volcano!
Snail trails
Wriggly farm
update!
Keep feeding your
worms and release
them when you’re
done
Fold the lower corner to the upper corner.1
Fold the outer corners to the top.2
Connect dots: Odd numbers only ▲ 1-75 Even numbers only ■ 2-56
IT’S A FACT!
Papier-mache
means “chewed
paper” in French!
