ANNUAL
SPRAOI ANNUAL 2013
Spraoi means Christmas fun is here! Puzzles, stories, games and jokes — they’re all inside, so dive right in! Let the fun begin! Happy Christmas, everyone!
Folens Publishers, Hibernian Industrial Estate, Greenhills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24 www.folens.ie
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2011
ISBN 978-1-78090-387-3
9 781780 903873 Printed in Ireland
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Colour By Numbers............................ 25 Readers’ Jokes................................... 26 How Many?........................................ 27 Spot The Difference........................... 28 Faigh Na Focail................................... 29 Ponc Go Ponc.................................... 30 Art and Craft: Happy Reindeer Hat..... 31
Contents Spot The Difference............................. 5 Colour In Shapes................................. 6 How Many?.......................................... 7 The Christmas Quiz.............................. 8 Picture Cross....................................... 9 Make-A-Word..................................... 10 Reader’s Recipe!................................ 11
Spell Check........................................ 32 Only Joking!....................................... 33 Find Them.......................................... 34 Maze.................................................. 36 Dathaigh............................................. 38 How Many?........................................ 39 Add-A-Letter...................................... 40 The Colours Quiz................................ 41 Letter Scramble.................................. 42 Aimsigh Na Difríochtaí....................... 43
Dathaigh............................................. 12 Memory Game................................... 13 How Many?........................................ 14 Aimsigh Na Difríochtaí....................... 15 Reindeer............................................. 16 Dot To Dot.......................................... 19 How To Draw..................................... 20 Art and Craft: Glittery Paper Chains... 21 Sudoku Magic & Memory Game........ 22 The Book Quiz.................................... 23 Animal Adventure............................... 24
merry christmas 3
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How Many?........................................ 68 Reader’s Recipe!................................ 69 Matching Pair..................................... 70 Sudoku Magic.................................... 71 Santa Claus’s Visit.............................. 72 Pathfinder.......................................... 74
Contents
The Little Lost Reindeer..................... 44 How Many?........................................ 48
Make-A-Word..................................... 75 The Animal Quiz................................. 76 Where Are They?............................... 77 Competition Time............................... 78 Solutions............................................ 79
Maze.................................................. 49 Find Them.......................................... 50 The Sports Quiz................................. 52 Matching Pair..................................... 53 Bake It! Gingerbread Men.................. 54 How Many?........................................ 55 Rhyming Pairs................................... 56 Wordsearch........................................ 57 Make-A-Word..................................... 58 How To Draw..................................... 59 TV & Film Quiz................................... 60 Bubble Words.................................... 61 How Many?........................................ 62 Numbers Fun..................................... 63 Maze.................................................. 64 Aimsigh Na Difríochtaí....................... 65 How To Draw..................................... 66 The Ireland Quiz................................. 67
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Let’s find out some more about these very special animals which Santa depends on to pull his sleigh!
Reindeer live in Greenland, Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska and Canada. Reindeer are migrating animals, which means they move from one place to another – from north to south in the winter, and from south to north in the summer. They travel up to 5,000 kilometres a year, the longest distance travelled by any land mammals. So they are perfect for the job of pulling Santa’s sleigh! They can run as fast as 80km per hour. They have broad hoofs which help them to walk in the snow. 16
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WORDSEARCH
Find all the words hidden in the grid. They can be found in straight lines forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally. The leftover letters will spell out the mystery answer.
C N Y L E S N I T
L S T R E A M E R
A E N O C W O N S
N L G O S W O B T
O D C N O S E S H
B N D N A L R A G
B A A B E L L S I
I C Y R I A F A L
R D N E L B U A B
ANGEL BALLOONS BALLS BAUBLE BELLS BOWS CANDLES
FAIRY GARLAND LIGHTS RIBBON SNOW CONE STREAMER TINSEL
ANSWER:
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