Whirly Bird
You will need: two plastic cups, scissors, three 1″-wide (2.5 cm.) strips of plastic 25″ (64 cm.) long (cut from empty bread wrapper or other package wrapping), glue, pipe cleaner (yellow, if possible), crayon, and string.
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Cut bottoms from cups.
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Glue one end of plastic strips to middle of one cup bottom, then glue second cup bottom on top.
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When dry, bend 1 1/2″ (4 cm.) piece of pipe cleaner into a V, and poke it into opposite side of disk to form beak.
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Draw eyes on both sides of beak.
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Poke hole just below beak and tie one end of string through hole. Whirl bird around and around. Watch its tail flow.
Something Fishy
Can you find the herring, tuna, cod, perch, salmon, and halibut hidden in these sentences? Example: What route should I take?
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Grandmother bakes almond cookies.
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The bride lost her ring.
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One taco doesn’t satisfy my hunger.
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“Hal, I buttered your toast.”
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The grasshopper chewed quickly.
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Your news will stun almost everyone.
For the Birds
Lisa had $3.50 to spend on supplies for her bird feeder. She bought a box of oatmeal for 70¢, sunflower seeds at 80¢ a pound, and suet from the butcher for $2.00. When she got home, she still had 40¢. How can that be?
Can You Do It?
All of the answers begin with can.
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1. Type of boat |
can __ __ |
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2. Name of a country |
Can __ __ __ |
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3. Kind of melon |
can __ __ __ __ __ __ __ |
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4. Something sweet |
can __ __ |
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5. Word meaning dog |
can __ __ __ |
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6. Singing bird |
can __ __ __ |
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7. Walking stick |
can __ |
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8. Waterway |
can __ __ |
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9. Something waxy that burns |
can __ __ __ |
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10. Narrow valley |
can __ __ __ |
The Wandering Children of Israel
Help the wandering children of Israel find where they are going. Write each letter in bottom box to which it is connected. The correctly solved puzzle will tell you where they will finally arrive. In this puzzle one poor fellow will wander around and not make it.
