CREDITS: DooDlER by bIllIE JEAN www.bIllIEJEAN.Co.uk; SpoT ThE DIffERENCE by MARk ARuNDAlE; A QuESTIoN by wIll DEAN; hEADS boDIES lEGS by STEVE CAplIN; plAy wITh youR fooD AND RECyClE IT by kATIE kENNEDy; fINGER puppETS by lAuRA fAIRbRoThER

CREDITS: DooDlER by XXX; SpoT ThE DIffERENCE by :hEADS, boDIES, lEGS by STEVE CAplIN; fRAME GAMES by TERRy STICkElS; RECyClE IT AND plAy wITh youR fooD by kATIE kENNEDy, phoToGRAphS by MATThEw hoRwooD; MAkE A fINGER puppET by lAuRA fAIRbRoThER

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YOU WILL NEED • A balloon• A cup of flour• 1/2 a cup of cold water• Four cups of boiling water — STOP! Ask an adult to help.• Yellow acrylic or poster paint• Orange card• Scissors• Safety pin• Black pen

Play with

your food

Make an Easter egg

The Guardian | Saturday | 22.03.08

HEADSBODIESLEGS

Inside outOnly one of the tiny eggs is exactly the same shape as the big egg — can you see which one?

Down1 Instructions for making nice things you can eat (6)2 Something that is baked for a birthday (4)3 When you are not ill, you are this (7)4 Swallow liquid to stop you from being thirsty (5)5 In the winter, something to wear on top of all your other clothes (8)6 What we call it when many people don’t have enough food to eat (6)12 Someone who looks after flowers and other plants (8)14 Kind of food made of pastry with fruity stuff on top (3,4)16 Famous river that flows through London (6)18 Silky material sometimes girls have tied in their hair (6)19 Word we say when we meet or call someone (5)21 Hard surface cars and other vehicles travel on (4)

Across7 Procession of bands and floats (6)8 Sum (6)9 “That’s enough!” (4)10 More capable (8)11 Bird mostly found in coastal areas (7)13 Units of measurement each equal to about 91 centimetres (5)15 Collective word for flying insects (5)17 Most tidy (7)20 Rescue vessel at sea (8)21 Telescope part (4)22 Score from Ulster? (anagram) (6)23 In fact (6)

Down1 Fight between two armies (6)2 One in clue 15? (4)3 Plan (to make something) again but in a different size (2-5)4 One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom (5)5 Prediction of things such as the weather (8)6 Have in mind (to do something) (6)12 Extremely beautiful (8)14 Kind of film genre featuring cowboys (7)16 Restaurant attendant (6)18 Not a return fare (6)19 One-twelfth of the year, according to the calendar (5)21 Heavy metallic element (4)

Two sets of clues — and two sets of answers — for one grid

Really, really hard

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: 5 or 2?

To make the chick’s body, blow up a balloon and cover it in papier mache. Make the papier mache mix by mixing the cold water and flour, then stirring in the boiling water. Let it cool down for a few minutes. Tear the newspaper into strips about 2cm wide, dip in the paste and cover half the balloon. Leave it to dry in a warm place and, when it is, add another layer of newspaper. You’ll need about five layers to make a sturdy chick.

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When the papier mache is dry, carefully pop the balloon with a safety pin and paint it yellow.

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This crazy animal is made from bits and pieces of five other creatures — can you work out what they are?

Finished reading the Comic? Recycle it!Make an Easter chick

While the paint is drying, cut out a pair of feet from the orange card. When the paint is dry, glue these on to the biggest end of the chick’s body.

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Very carefully, pierce a hole in the middle of the papier mache body to start making the chick’s mouth. Use the scissors to cut outwards and make a big mouth. A diamond shape is best.

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Cut two strips of orange card and stick them around the mouth. Draw on a pair of eyes with black pen and, once dry, cover with a coat of PVA glue to make your chick look shiny.

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Spot the differenceThere are 10 differences between the two pictures — see if you can find them all

THE JOKER

Why can’t you

tease egg whites?

They can’t take a

yolk!

Say this five times quickly ... Sam’s slithery snake, Sally’s slithery snakeSent in by Lucy Creamer, nine, from Lincolnshire

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A riddle … Q: I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

A: The bird’s shadow

Across7 Animal or person that can become a mother (6)8 Show something that was hidden (6)9 Plunge head-first into water (4)10 TV programme for small children that is set on Blue Moon L22 (5,3)11 Long word for long! (7)13 Place where people stay over-night when they travel (5)15 Look at something for a long time without moving your eyes (5)17 Store of electricity you put into things such as torches and radios (7)20 The part of the road where you can walk safely (8)21 Sticky barbecue food you chew off bones (4)22 Breakfast food (6)23 Why we did something or why something happened (6)

Make a felt finger puppet

stick them down with glue.

one of the body pieces and

Place the paws and ears on to

bottom open for your finger.

sewing close to the edge, but leave the

facing each other. Attach them together by

YOU WILL NEED:• Felt• Scissors• Fabric glue or PVA glue• Cotton• Needle

and a nose from the felt.

two paws, two ears

out two body pieces, Using the pattern as a guide, cut

will be worth it.and the finished product

fiddly, but take your time

and embroider the face. It’s a bit

Using black cotton, copy the picture

Then, on the other body piece, carefully sew the nose on.

pieces together with the messy sides

Put the two body

detail on the paws and ears.

stitches to add the

Add some more

whole variety of animal finger puppets.shapes and faces you can make a

With slight changes to the pattern

Stash your Easter eggs in a friendly-looking chick and no one will be able to steal them!

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NOSE

1 Break your chocolate bars into small pieces and put them in a microwaveable bowl.

Ask an adult to put them in the microwave for two minutes, or until they have completely melted. The chocolate and bowl will be very hot so leave it to cool for five to 10 minutes once an adult has taken it out of the microwave.

2While you’re waiting for it to cool, cut a long strip of card 3cm wide. Make this strip

into a ring big enough to hold the egg upright (see photo to the right) and secure with sticky tape.

3Work out where you want the sweets to be on the face

4 The melted chocolate is going to be your glue — use a teaspoon to dab a bit on to

the egg where you want your sweet to stick. Once you’re finished, lie the egg down in the fridge for five minutes.

5While you wait, cut two feet from your card and use sticky tape to secure them to

the ring you made in step two.

6Once the edible glue has set, place the egg on the ring — your egg face

masterpiece is now ready to show off!

The Doodler Add your own shapes and colours and finish the drawing we have started

IT’S A FACT!

The giant

squid has the

largest eyes

in the world

IT’S A FACT!

The average

laying hen lays

257 eggs a year

• Easter egg• A bar of chocolate • A microwave — STOP! Ask an adult to help.

• Card• A ruler• Scissors• Lots of sweets• Sticky tape

YOU WILL NEED:

THE JOKER

How do monsters

like their eggs?

Terri-fried!

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A question

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What does the word “pangea” mean?a) An extinct type of lizardb) A Saxon name for an ovenc) A horse’s stable in ancient Greeced) The one mass of land that Earth used to be before the continents drifted apart

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THE JOKER

What do stylish

frogs wear?

Jumpsuits!