Stuff to do (remember to tell us your age)
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At the annual school cake sale, Mrs Thomas sold 60 cakes during the six-day sale. Each day, she sold four more cakes than she did on the previous day. How many cakes were sold on the first day? WHAT AM I ? All these pictures are close-ups of things you might find on a farm. Can you identify them? Five tiny things to do today 1. Walk around like a penguin for five minutes 2. Draw an ice cream you’d like to eat 3. Press a flower 4. Make a list of five books you’d like to read 5. Kick a ball around for a minute. • 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 ... 5 1 5 6 4 3 4 3 1 6 6 4 4 The2 in1Crossword YOU WILL NEED • Newspaper • A ruler • A pencil • Sticky tape A riddle … Q: You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I? A: An onion The Guardian | Saturday | 24.05.08 Spot the difference There are 10 differences between the two pictures — see if you can find them all Two sets of clues — and two sets of answers — for one grid 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 4? Matchstick puzzle Arrange these seven matchsticks so they create three triangles Dot-to-dot Line the ruler up with the edge of the newspaper and draw a line — you’ll make a long thin strip of paper. Cut this out. 1 Finished reading the Comic? Recycle it! Make paper footballs The football season may be over, but you can still have a good game with these little paper “balls”! Once you get to the end, snip a little bit off the end of your strip — this will make it easier to tuck into the gap on the triangle to secure. You might need a little bit of sticky tape to hold it in place. 3 Hold the triangle between your index fingers and thumbs and squash it a little to make it more three dimensional. 4 Now you need to set up a goal — you could position an empty box on its side, or just aim to “kick” the ball and make it land on a piece of paper in front of you. 5 To “kick” the ball, balance the triangle on one point and hold the other with your finger. Aim the third point at the goal and, with your other hand, flick the long side. 6 Have you ever wondered how artists all draw in a different style but manage to come up with something you recognise? Here, three professional illustrators show you how they draw a castle in their own individual ways. How to draw a castle Matthew the Horse Mary Kilvert www.marykilvert.com 2 1 2 1 3 Then draw another two towers behind the square wall. 1 Start by drawing a simple square or rectangle. This will be the central piece of the castle. 2 6 Finally, you can use paints, coloured pencils or pastels to colour your castle, or even cut out and stick on coloured paper with interesting patterns. Add some sky and now your castle is ready for its first visitors! 5 It would be a good idea to set the castle in a scene with trees, plants, hills or whatever landscape you like. You can add patterns to the domes and put some decorations on the top. If you like you can draw patterns anywhere on the castle. You can draw windows on the towers so the people inside can see out. They can be of any size and you can put in as many as you like. Also you can add more detail to the door if you want a very grand entrance. IT’S A FACT! The word “robot” was first used in a play in 1921 and the first robot was built in 1956 These simple little pots can be used to plant your seeds in. When the seedling is big enough to plant out in the garden, you can plant the pot straight into the ground Make seedling pots roll the paper tightly around it. (5cm) up the strip of paper, then bottom. Lay it about halfway 2. Take an aerosol can with a domed newspaper 10cm wide. 1. Cut a long strip of will make sure your pot stays sturdy. to push the folded paper down firmly. This make the bottom of your pot. Use your fist the bottom of the aerosol can to 3. Fold the other 5cm of paper up into YOU WILL NEED ● Newspaper ● Aerosol can seedling pot is now ready to from the paper. Your 5. Gently pull the can away fill with soil and seeds! Whichever way you write this, it stays the same! BACKWARDS BACK AND FORWARDS Fold the strip into little triangles, starting at one end of the strip and working your way up. 2 THE JOKER What do you get if a sheep walks under a cloud? A sheep that’s under the weather! Brain teaser Did I draw Della too tall, Edward? I did! Hard Across 1 Diagram showing how two variables are related (5) 4 More than is needed (5) 10 Sequence (7) 11 Fully developed person from maturity onward (5) 12 Written form of a musical composition (5) 13 Taxonomic group whose members can interbreed (7) 14 Perhaps (5) 16 Set at a high angle (5) 21 Occurring at fixed intervals (7) 23 Poised for action (5) 25 Take by force (5) 26 Glitter (7) 27 Outer layer of the Earth (5) 28 Hang over (5) Down 2 I, horn (anagram) (5) 3 Saying, such as those from a book of the Bible (7) Really, really hard Across 1 Hit someone with your palm (5) 4 Begin (5) 10 Winnie the Pooh’s creator (2,5) 11 What relation your cousin’s father is to you (5) 12 Word we use to say whether a verb is in the past, present or future (5) 13 What we call a piece written in a newspaper or magazine (7) 14 What you may have all over you if you have measles (5) 16 Worried or sad (5) 21 What shoes can be made of (7) 23 -----man is Clark Kent (5) 25 Tiny (5) 26 Where a railway train stops (7) 27 What you do when you send something from your hand (5) 28 Diamond or emerald, for example (5) Down 2 Series of books written by Roger Hargreaves (2,3) 3 What you do when you get things such as books or stamps and keep them together (7) 5 Believe in someone to do something good (5) 6 Use something again (7) 7 Type of glue (5) 8 What we do when we are not at school and have time to ourselves to be calm (5) 9 A -----s, exams you have to pass to go to university (5) 15 Name for the king or queen in ancient Egypt (7) 17 Another name for a corridor or a narrow way (7) 18 What we do when we get embarrassed and go red (5) 19 Thin piece of potato (5) 20 The nose of an elephant (5) 22 Word we say when we meet or call someone (5) 24 What we sometimes get when we win something (5) 5 Dish on which food is served (5) 6 Unvarying or habitual method (7) 7 Smallest amount (5) 8 Nationality of the footballer Ryan Giggs (5) 9 Secret store or hoard of valuables or money (5) 15 Wilder (as in clouds or storms) (7) 17 Proper name in meteorology for a twister (7) 18 Sweep (5) 19 Radiocarpal joint, somewhere in your arm (5) 20 Sequences of eight bits in computing (5) 22 Large, slender onion-type plants, emblems of clue 8 (5) 24 Joint, the equivalent of clue 19 in your leg (5) You can add domes to the towers to make the castle look magical and exotic. Also a large door in the middle part will look good, and some ramparts on the top. 4 YOU WILL NEED • Stones • Paint • Black permanent marker pen STEP TWO Paint on mouth, eyes and eyebrows. You could even put on arms and legs. Most stones have a pet inside them waiting to get out. If you listen and look carefully, the stone will tell you where his mouth and eyes should go. STEP THREE Put it somewhere where it will make someone smile, like in your friend’s garden, the local park or school playground. GUERRILLA AR T THE JOKER What do you give a pony with a cold? Cough stirrup! You can draw any sort of castle by combining these parts! You could give your castle lots of flags and bendy towers or maybe a moat and a drawbridge. Maybe it’s a magic castle and it can dance a jig! Be creative and have fun! Jane Smith www.janeillustration.com Add two taller rectangles, one on either side of the central square. These will be the towers and can be as tall as you like. 3 Next draw two pointy towers either side of the square wall. First draw a square with turrets at the top and an arched door at the bottom. 4 Add windows to your castle. Then add flags to the top of the towers and draw a hill with lots of daises for the castle to sit on. 5 Colour in your fairy castle with fancy colours like grey, purple and pink and decorate with pretty princesses and a peacock or two! Join the dots to make a picture but stop your line after completing each set, then skip to the next set and start your line again ● 1-6 ▲ 7-12 ■ 13-16 ♦ 17-36 ● 37-63 ▲ 64-76 ■ 77-107 THE JOKER Why is grass so dangerous? Because it’s full of blades! IT’S A FACT! The world’s tallest sandcastle was made in 2007 in the US and was 9.6 metres high Stone pets STEP ONE Find a stone that looks nice and friendly. CREDITS: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE BY STEVE CAPLIN; MAKE SEEDLING POTS BY JENNY WOOD; PET ROCKS BY JONATHAN EDWARDS AND EMMA SIMPSON; MATCHSTICK PUZZLE AND BRAINTEASER BY TERRY STICKLES
Transcript of Stuff to do (remember to tell us your age)
At the annual school cake sale, Mrs Thomas sold 60 cakes during the six-day sale. Each day, she sold four more cakes than she did on the previous day. How many cakes were sold on the first day?
What am I ?All these pictures are close-ups of things you might find on a farm. Can you identify them?
Five tiny things to do today1. Walk around like a penguin for five minutes 2. Draw an ice cream you’d like to eat 3. Press a flower 4. Make a list of five books you’d like to read 5. Kick a ball around for a minute.
• 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 ...
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YOU WILL NEED • Newspaper• A ruler• A pencil• Sticky tape
A riddle … Q: You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?
A: An onionThe Guardian | Saturday | 24.05.08
Spot the difference There are 10 differences between the two pictures — see if you can find them all
Two sets of clues — and two sets of answers — for one grid
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 4?
Matchstick puzzleArrange these seven matchsticks so they create three triangles
Dot-to-dot
Line the ruler up with the edge of the newspaper and draw a line — you’ll make a long thin strip of paper. Cut this out.
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Finished reading the Comic? Recycle it!Make paper footballs
The football season may be over, but you can still have a good game with these little paper “balls”!
Once you get to the end, snip a little bit off the end of your strip — this will make it easier to tuck into the gap on the triangle to secure. You might need a little bit of sticky tape to hold it in place.
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Hold the triangle between your index fingers and thumbs and squash it a little to make it more three dimensional.
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Now you need to set up a goal — you could position an empty box on its side, or just aim to “kick” the ball and make it land on a piece of paper in front of you.
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To “kick” the ball, balance the triangle on one point and hold the other with your finger. Aim the third point at the goal and, with your other hand, flick the long side.
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Have you ever wondered how artists all draw in a different style but manage to come up with something you recognise? Here, three professional illustrators show you how they draw a castle in their own individual ways.
how to draw a castle
Matthew the Horse
Mary Kilvertwww.marykilvert.com
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3Then draw another two towers behind the square wall.
1 Start by drawing a simple square or rectangle. This will be the central piece of the castle. 2
6 Finally, you can use paints, coloured pencils or pastels to colour your castle, or even cut out and stick on coloured paper with interesting patterns. Add some sky and now your castle is ready for its first visitors!
5 It would be a good idea to set the castle in a scene with trees, plants, hills or whatever landscape you like. You can add patterns to the domes and put some decorations on the top. If you like you can draw patterns anywhere on the castle.
You can draw windows on the towers so the people inside can see out. They can be of any size and you can put in as many as you like. Also you can add more detail to the door if you want a very grand entrance.
IT’S A FACT!
The word “robot”
was first used in a
play in 1921 and
the first robot was
built in 1956
These simple little pots can be used to plant your seeds in. When the seedling is big enough to plant out in the garden, you can plant the pot straight into the ground
Make seedling pots
roll the paper tightly around it.(5cm) up the strip of paper, then
bottom. Lay it about halfway
2. Take an aerosol can with a domed
newspaper 10cm wide.
1. Cut a long strip of
will make sure your pot stays sturdy.
to push the folded paper down firmly. This
make the bottom of your pot. Use your fist
the bottom of the aerosol can to
3. Fold the other 5cm of paper up into
YOU WILL NEED● Newspaper● Aerosol can
seedling pot is now ready to
from the paper. Your
5. Gently pull the can away
fill with soil and seeds!
Whichever way you write this, it stays the same!
BackWardsBackand ForWards
Fold the strip into little triangles, starting at one end of the strip and working your way up.
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THE JOKER
What do you get
if a sheep walks
under a cloud?
A sheep that’s under
the weather!
Brainteaser
Did I draw Della too tall, Edward? I did!
HardAcross1 Diagram showing how two variables are related (5)4 More than is needed (5)10 Sequence (7)11 Fully developed person from maturity onward (5)12 Written form of a musical composition (5)13 Taxonomic group whose members can interbreed (7)14 Perhaps (5)16 Set at a high angle (5)21 Occurring at fixed intervals (7)23 Poised for action (5)25 Take by force (5)26 Glitter (7)27 Outer layer of the Earth (5)28 Hang over (5)
Down2 I, horn (anagram) (5)3 Saying, such as those from a book of the Bible (7)
Really, really hardAcross1 Hit someone with your palm (5)4 Begin (5)10 Winnie the Pooh’s creator (2,5)11 What relation your cousin’s father is to you (5)12 Word we use to say whether a verb is in the past, present or future (5)13 What we call a piece written in a newspaper or magazine (7)14 What you may have all over you if you have measles (5)16 Worried or sad (5)21 What shoes can be made of (7)23 -----man is Clark Kent (5)25 Tiny (5)26 Where a railway train stops (7)27 What you do when you send something from your hand (5)28 Diamond or emerald, for example (5)
Down2 Series of books written by
Roger Hargreaves (2,3)3 What you do when you get things such as books or stamps and keep them together (7)5 Believe in someone to do something good (5)6 Use something again (7)7 Type of glue (5)8 What we do when we are not at school and have time to ourselves to be calm (5)9 A -----s, exams you have to pass to go to university (5)15 Name for the king or queen in ancient Egypt (7)17 Another name for a corridor or a narrow way (7)18 What we do when we get embarrassed and go red (5)19 Thin piece of potato (5)20 The nose of an elephant (5)22 Word we say when we meet or call someone (5)24 What we sometimes get when we win something (5)
5 Dish on which food is served (5)6 Unvarying or habitual method (7)7 Smallest amount (5)8 Nationality of the footballer Ryan Giggs (5)9 Secret store or hoard of valuables or money (5)15 Wilder (as in clouds or storms) (7)17 Proper name in meteorology for a twister (7)18 Sweep (5)19 Radiocarpal joint, somewhere in your arm (5)20 Sequences of eight bits in computing (5)22 Large, slender onion-type plants, emblems of clue 8 (5)24 Joint, the equivalent of clue 19 in your leg (5)
You can add domes to the towers to make the castle look magical and exotic. Also a large door in the middle part will look good, and some ramparts on the top.
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YOU WILL NEED• Stones• Paint• Black permanent marker pen
STEP TWOPaint on mouth, eyes and eyebrows.
You could even put on arms and legs.
Most stones have a pet inside them
waiting to get out. If you listen and
look carefully, the stone will tell you
where his mouth and eyes should go.
STEP THREEPut it somewhere where it will make someone smile, like in your friend’s garden, the local park or school playground.
GUErrILLa
art
THE JOKER
What do you
give a pony with
a cold?
Cough stirrup!
You can draw any sort of castle by combining these parts!
You could give your castle lots of flags and bendy towers or maybe a moat and a drawbridge. Maybe it’s a magic castle and it can dance a jig! Be creative and have fun!
Jane Smithwww.janeillustration.com
Add two taller rectangles, one on either side of the central square. These will be the towers and can be as tall as you like.
3
Next draw two pointy towers either side of the square wall.First draw a
square with turrets at the top and an arched door at the bottom.
4Add windows to your castle. Then add flags to the top of the towers and draw a hill with lots of daises for the castle to sit on.
5Colour in your fairy castle with fancy colours like grey, purple and pink and decorate with pretty princesses and a peacock or two!
Join the dots to make a picture but stop your line after completing each set, then skip to the next set and start your line again
● 1-6 ▲ 7-12 ■ 13-16 ♦ 17-36 ● 37-63 ▲ 64-76 ■ 77-107
THE JOKER
Why is grass so
dangerous?
Because it’s full of
blades!
IT’S A FACT!
The world’s
tallest sandcastle
was made in
2007 in the US and
was 9.6 metres
high
Stone pets
STEP ONEFind a stone that looks nice and friendly.
CREDITS: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE BY STEVE CAPLIN; MAKE SEEDLING POTS BY JENNY WOOD; PET ROCKS BY JONATHAN EDWARDS AND EMMA SIMPSON; MATCHSTICK PUZZLE AND BRAINTEASER BY TERRY STICKLES
