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Welcome to I’m so excited to welcome you to your new Hoopla magazine! There is so much fun to be had inside this issue – make splatter art wrapping paper, learn some amazing magic tricks, cook up delicious party treats and experiment with jelly.

You can enjoy puzzles, riddles, jokes and colouring, and don’t forget to fill in part one of a monthly journal that’s all about you!

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Meet the Hoopla gang!

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GOOD NEWS

A poo museum, a nine-year-old chess champ and great eco news.

ART PROJECT

Drip, flick and splat paint to create some fun wrapping paper.

OUTDOORS

Swimming in the open air is a fun way to cool off in summer.

FOOD

Prepare for sticky fingers as you make these sweet party treats!

PUZZLES & RIDDLES

Put on your thinking caps for some party-themed puzzles.

THINK ABOUT...

Having fun is great, but would you want to have fun ALL the time?

AWESOME ANIMALS

Sniff out some amazing facts about fun-loving dogs.

SNAP HAPPY

A super-close-up look at a plant with a smiley face inside.

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DISCOVERY…

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YOUR JOURNAL

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Experiment with jelly and learn some amazing party magic tricks!

Write about yourself in the first part of this monthly journal.

STORY & COLOURING

A rhyming tale about lost socks, plus a sunny colouring page!

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LETTERS & COMPETITION

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QUIZ

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ANSWERS

Share what you’ve been up to and find out how to win a prize.

Test your nature knowledge with our fun photo quiz!

Find all the answers to our quizzes, puzzles and riddles.

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Poozeum opens!

This is the biggest fossilised poo ever discovered!

Nine-year-old chess champ A nine-year-old girl has been picked to compete at an international chess competition.

George calls coprolites

“prehistoric time capsules” because they

help us to understand the diets and environments of ancient creatures.

George with a coprolite

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The 67.5 cm fossil comes from a T.rex and is one of 8,000 fossilised poos, called coprolites, collected by George Frandsen. He has been fascinated by coprolites since he was a teenager and has now opened a museum in Arizona, USA, called Poozeum, to display his collection.

Bodhana Sivanandan joins the England women’s team for the Chess Olympiad in Hungary in September.

Bodhana, who says she wants to become a chess grandmaster and win a world title, said: “I’m so pleased to be picked for

England. It’s a great honour.”

At the World Youth Championship in 2023, she took the under-eight titles in classical, rapid, and blitz chess – winning all 33 games she played.

Good luck, Bodhana!

ELEPHANT TALK

Elephants give each other names!

of African elephants in Researchers studying the calls sounds for each individual.

Kenya found they use specific phants recognise and They also discovered that the ele m, while ignoring those react to a call addressed to the addressed to others. rk out whether Now the scientists want to wo er things too, elephants have names for oth like food, water and places.

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Habitat boost

Teen inventors

The Scottish government has set a new record in restoring peatland, which is home to lots of animals and plants that can’t live anywhere else. In the terstock.com last 12 months, over © Shut 100 km2 was restored.

Victoria Ou and Justin Huang have now been given a grant of $50,000 to help them make it even better!

An important wetland habitat for lizards, butterflies and unique plants is being restored!

Peatland isn’t very common around the world. In the past, peatlands have been damaged because peat makes a great fertiliser and can even be burned as fuel.

Luckily, many countries are putting a stop to this, and Scotland is doing a brilliant job of reversing the harm that peat extraction has caused!

Two 17-year-olds from Texas, USA, have come up with an invention to remove microplastics from water.

The device creates a special kind of sound wave, which is too high for humans to hear. As water flows through the device, these ultrasonic sound waves push back the plastic particles while letting the water through, separating up to 94% of microplastics from the water.

Small plastic particles are becoming very common in our water, but hopefully this grant will help Victoria and Justin build an even bigger and better microplastic cleaning device very soon!

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Get cre tive!

g n i p p a Wr r e p a P Create your own Jackson Pollock style wrapping paper.

This project is super fun and a good way of making your own wrapping paper rather than using shop-bought rolls. The paper can be reused and adds a nice personal touch to any gift.

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You will need

Large white paper/ wallpaper lining paper

• Paints/inks • Plasticjaryosghurt pots/ glass Paintbrushes

• • Sticks

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• Clean used spray • •

bottles Masking tape Floor protection, such as newspaper or a large plastic sheet (or you could work outside!)

Squirt paints into plastic tubs or jars. Add a little water and stir until it’s the runny consistency of single cream. For DIY spray paints, add paint and water to recycled spray bottles and shake to mix. Coloured inks also work well.

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Next, dip a stick or twig directly into the paint and dollop or flick onto the page.

Jackson Pollock

was one of America’s best-known modern painters.

He poured, splattered, splashed and dripped paint onto canvas, rather than applying it slowly.

He found this technique worked best when the canvas was laid flat on the floor.

Ask a grown-up to take a photo and send it to us at hello@hooplamag.com

Continue with any of these techniques or invent your own, until you are happy with the finished gift wrap. Let the paper dry somewhere safe. If working outside, weigh it down so it doesn’t blow away or tear.

Have fun wrapping!

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

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Why not try a DIY spray paint bottle next? Shake it up, then spray onto your paper. Move around, standing or crouching, to get good coverage.

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For your first layer, try the ‘paint splatter’ technique.

Simply dip a brush into a colour and throw or splatter onto the paper.

The closer you splatter to the paper, the bigger the paint marks will be.

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Great outdoors Once you know how to swim, you’ll never forget.

Whether you’re swimming on holiday or at your local pool, having a splash around is fantastic fun!

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imming buil ds strong mus cles! It also gets yo ur heart pumping, w hich makes you fitter.

LET’S PLAY! 1 One great game to play in the water with friends is Marco Polo. Here’s how to play...

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You will need three or more players. One player will be ‘Marco’. They will cover their eyes and count to ten. The other players move as quietly as they can to different areas of the pool.

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Once Marco has counted to ten, they must keep their eyes closed while trying to find the others.

The players can move away from Marco but need to move as quietly as possible.

GO WILD...

Sun fun!

Find a way from the start to the centre of the Sun! Check your answer on page 34.

START

That ’s a

Swimming outdoors in nature, also called wild swimming, is lots of fun – and good for you.

Swimming in cold water releases chemicals in your brain which make you feel happy!

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As Marco searches, they call out “MARCO!”, and all the other players must reply “POLO!” This helps Marco find a player to tag, who then becomes Marco and the game starts again.

OTHER GAMES: Take a ball and play water volleyball, or use dive sticks or coins for a dive challenge or treasure hunt.

Cold water and currents can be dangerous. If you find yourself struggling while swimming, remember the ‘Float to Live’ advice. Lean back, tilt your head back, try to relax and breathe normally. Once you feel calmer, call for help.

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BRIGADEIROS

d popular Brigadeiros are a traditional an r festive events.

Brazilian sweet treat made fo better to eat!

They are fun to make and even

You will need Makes 8 big ones or 10 small ones • 1 can of condensed milk • 3 heaped tablespoons of

• Greaseproof paper (optional) • 1 tablespoon of icing sugar

• Butter (to grease up those

A D U LT H E LP NE E DE D

cocoa powder

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fingers to shape and roll)

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Place the condensed milk into a saucepan and sieve in three heaped tablespoons of cocoa powder.

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At this stage, the mixture is very hot. Leave it to cool for at least an hour.

Mix thoroughly, then place the saucepan on a low heat and stir continuously. Keep stirring until the mixture becomes super thick. When the mixture leaves the bottom of the pan as you stir it, turn off the heat.

Why couldn’t th e te d d y b e a r finish his cake?

B e c au s e h e was stuf fed!

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Once the mixture has cooled, sieve in the icing sugar.

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Using a metal spoon, stir well until all the specks of white icing have disappeared into the mixture.

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Place your choice of sprinkles on a plate ready for action. The mixture will be very sticky to handle – grease your hands with butter.

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Using a teaspoon, take a blob of the mixture and gently roll it in your sprinkles.

Mould it into a round ball with your fingers. Press lightly or you will end up with a big sticky delicious mess!

Box of treats!

Colour in the white brigadeiros so there is one of each colour in every row, column and block of four squares.

Check your answer on page 34.

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Party puzzles!

Have fun with these brilliant brainteasers.

Turn to page 34 to check your answers.

Perfect pair!

Can you find two party hats that are exactly the same?

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Word wheel Starting at number 1, write down the first letter of each item pictured to find the punchline to this joke...

What kind of music is scary for balloons?

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What are the best pizza jokes?

Cheesy ones!

Follow th e strings!

Write down the colour of the balloon attached to each string.

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Party plates

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Which one of the plates of food would look like this from above?

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Fun is a short three-letter word and seems simple.

Fun is also something that we all want to experience, isn’t it?

Can you have fun all the time, or do you think you can have too much fun? Something that seemed straightforward is actually a big idea that makes us think!

What do YOU think…?

What are the top three things in your life that you find FUN? Write or draw your ideas...

Now look at what you wrote or drew and think about what makes something fun!

My ideas about what makes something fun...

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Ask other people what their top three fun things are.

Here are some other people’s ideas about what they think is fun.

Tick the statements that you agree with:

ALL people want to have fun all the time!

People don’t always feel like having fun.

You can’t make someone have fun.

I think something that challenges me is fun.

I think cooking is a fun activity.

Everyone finds a birthday party fun!

I have fun when I’m playing.

I have fun at school when I Iearn something ne w.

Something fun makes you laugh.

I think you can make something fun that might not seem fun to start with!

I think different people find different things fun.

Sometimes, something you found fun one day isn’t fun another day.

Something fun should be enjoyable.

Fun can be found when you are playing, working, eating, on your own or with other people. Whatever you find fun, it needs to be enjoyable, entertaining or pleasurable in some way, otherwise it is no longer FUN.

Fun biscuit!

Fun seems good but, if you could eat

a special biscuit that meant you had fun all the time, would you eat it?!

Yes

No

Being creative can be fun!

Can you give a strong reason for the choice you made about whether to eat the fun biscuit?

Maybe

Remember, STRONG reasons are detailed...

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? e m i t e h t L L A Fun Having fun all the time might sound like something you’d enjoy, but some people might find it exhausting!

Would fun stuff still be fun if we did it all the time? Or is it OK to not be having fun sometimes?

I think...

because...

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Watch and think If you can, with permission from an adult, watch the fun theory film together.

Fun piano staircase!

bit.ly/4d2XKAZ This film is suggesting that people can be encouraged to change their behaviour – in this case, choosing to use the stairs and get more exercise rather than use the escalator, by simply making the stairs more fun!

When you are watching the video, think about these three questions:

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2

Would you find the piano stairs fun?

Can you choose to find something fun?

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Does having fun make people happier?

Think CLUB

t c e l f e r o t e c n Cha Look back at ideas that you wrote at the start about what makes something fun!

Do you still agree with yourself?

You may have found, when talking to your friends and family, that different people find different things fun. Are there some things that all people find fun? Or does it depend on how you are feeling and whether you are ready to have fun? Perhaps you decide how much fun you really have!

Draw or write your final thoughts about fun.

Should we try making more everyday things fun? Could you have fun tidying your bedroom?! Maybe you could try to do it in record time or sing or dance while you’re tidying! Boredom is the opposite of fun. Can you think of ways you could switch from feeling bored to having fun?

What would people do more of if it was made fun? Send your ideas

for how to make something fun to hello@hooplamag.com and you might even see them in the next issue – wouldn’t that be fun?

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L A M I N A

like to have fun, It’s not just people that ve to play with animals do too! Dogs lo mans! their toys – and their hu

Smell ya later!

Sniffer dogs are the world’s best detection units, sniffing out explosives, hidden weapons and even missing people. They are taught that when they find something with a particular smell, they are rewarded with playtime with their favourite toy.

Sniffer dogs can even tell the difference between identical twins, by picking up tiny differences in their smells!

What type of dog sneezes?

Achoo-wawa!

CHIHUAHUA Pet dogs are descended from an ancient species of wolf. It is thought they first began to live with people at least 15,000 years ago, guarding them from wild animals and helping them hunt prey in exchange for food and warmth around the campfire.

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GREAT DANE

Dogs often enjoy some of the same sorts of games we do, like playing with balls, tug of war and hide and seek. Sibling puppies also love to tumble around having play fights!

What do you get when you cross a sheepdog with jelly?

The Collie wobbles!

Dogs great and small!

Thousands of years of selective breeding, where humans choose which dogs to breed based on their characteristics, has created lots of different dog breeds, from the tiny Chihuahua to the massive Great Dane!

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Puppy puzzle Find these dog breed names in the grid! They might be written forwards, backwards, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Check your answers on page 34.

Labrador Pug Bulldog Boxer Chihuahua Husky Collie Great Dane Poodle Corgi

I only answer to ‘Your Highness’

Paws for thought There are hundreds of dog breeds, but can you name these ten? Use the clues from the dogs to help you! Fill in the letters below, one is done for you, and check your answers on page 34.

C

Did somebody say sausages?

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Don’t let me loose in a china shop!

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A I’m a barrel of laughs if you’re lost in the snow

1. Bloodhound 2. Boxer 3. Bulldog

I’m not afraid of the big bad wolf

4. Dachshund (sausage dog)

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5. Golden retriever 6. Irish wolfhound

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7. King Charles spaniel Bonjour! I’m told my fabulous ears are as beautiful as a butterfly

8. Papillon (butterfly) 9. Springer spaniel 10. St Bernard

Boing, boing, I’m full of bounce

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Go on, put ’em up!

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G I can follow any scent, it doesn’t have to be blood

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Throw this, throw this, I just love bringing it back!

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P A N S Y P P HA

Smiley grass!

This super-close-up photograph shows a cross-section of a blade of marram grass (the long tough grass that you see holding sand dunes together).

It has been stained with fluorescent dyes to show the structures inside the leaf. What look like smiley faces with ‘eyes’ and a blue ‘mouth’ are the plant’s internal plumbing system – leaf veins which water moves through.

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Discovery

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Let’s PARTY Have some fun with these super science investigations and ‘magic’ party tricks!

Try these

Did you know? gether by gelatine, a Most jelly is held to g, stringy proteins. tangle of lon ured over gelatine, When hot water is po energy, unravel and the proteins absorb water. As the jelly move around in the se their energy and cools, the proteins lo ing lots of water tangle up again, trapp between them.

wibbly wobbly jelly

experiments!

Get set…

The wonderful wob ble of a set jelly is it flowing slowly – when it’s pushed and prodded gently , it springs back to its original shape. Un like baking a cake, setting a jelly is reve rsible. If you warm it up, it will become liq uid again.

Collect round food packaging, such as yoghurt pots or paper cups. Clean and dry them, then use them to make flat, round fruit jellies. Add pieces of a different fruit to each jelly. Try orange, apple, grapes, kiwi, pear, pineapple, papaya and banana.

Not all the jellies will set – some contain chemicals that chop the protein strings into pieces!

If the proteins in jelly are too short, they can’t tangle up again and trap water, so the jelly doesn’t set. Can you work out which fruits contain the protein-chopping chemicals?

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Tall treat Jelly is great fun because it sets in the shape of its container. But did you know that it’s really hard to engineer a jelly more than 10 cm tall that can stand up on its own?

What’s the best thing to put in a jelly?

Your teeth!

Try it yourself!

You could try to strengthen your structure by adding other edible items to your jelly, like sponge fingers or breadsticks!

Will it wobble?

Does jelly wobble underwater? To find out, make a small jelly in a cupcake case and turn it out in a large bowl. Fill the bowl with water. Tap, prod and shake the jelly.

What happens?

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ScienceMAGIC Amaze your friends and family with these awesome party tricks!

Moving coin

ggle a Can you ji ught tho coin using e?! power alon

You will need

• An empty wine bottle or other glass bottle of a similar size

• A two pence piece

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Before you start the trick, put the empty bottle and coin in the fridge for at least 15 minutes.

Wet the two pence piece then place it on top of the wine bottle, like a lid.

Holding the bottle firmly with both hands (so that your palms are in contact with the glass), stare at the coin and tell your audience you will use the power of your mind to make it move…

After a while, the coin should

t! start to vibrate and jump abou

at the power Your audience will be amazed trick works of your mind, but actually this uction is the because of conduction. Cond t to another transfer of heat from one objec t from when they are touching. The hea gh the glass your hands is transferred throu . As the air to the cold air inside the bottle s the coin warms up, it expands and pushe up as it escapes the bottle.

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Drink trick our

ust y Can you tr ind a tongue? F fool and volunteer this tasty them with t. experimen

You will need

• Three glasses • Icing sugar • A teaspoon • Red food colouring

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Add one teaspoon of icing sugar and a splash of warm water to each glass.

Stir until the sugar has dissolved, then fill up the glasses with cold water.

Add about two drops of food colouring to one glass, and half a teaspoon of food colouring to another glass. Leave the final glass clear. Stir them well.

See a hole in your handric!k imple t Play this s eer, or t on a volun ! on yourself

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rs, bright colours with sweet flavou can like fruit. Now ask them if they tguess the flavour of the stronges gest coloured drink. They might sug strawberry or another red fruit ugh because of the colour, even tho you know it has no flavour at all!

Did you manage to fool them?!

Ask a volunteer to sip each drink and tell you which one they think is the sweetest.

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They will probably think that the strongest-coloured drink is the sweetest as we associate

You will need

• A sheet of A4 paper

Roll the piece of paper into a tube and tell your volunteer to place it between their thumb and forefinger about halfway along its length, as shown.

Tell them to look at their hand through the tube, keeping both eyes open.

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their hand Your volunteer sees a hole in their eyes from This is because the tube stops receives a working together, so their brain . The brain then different image from each eye a strange picture. combines the images and forms t, tell them to try If they don’t see the effect at firs ards their face. moving their hand further tow

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BEING me

My mood journal

My name is...

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A picture of me!

years old

I live with...

I’m good at sharing!

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Things I’ve enjoyed recently...

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One fun thin g happened tod that ay was...

I had fun digging up the flower bed!

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My favourite an

Here’s my drawing of one...

I like reading books about...

Things I like about me...

I’m good at sharing!

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Story corner

Who ate my socks?

This morning I had a bit of a shock – I couldn’t find my right school sock!

I found the left one then looked around, But the matching sock could not be found...

Behind my desk and the chest of drawers, Under the couch and behind all the doors, I even checked the cupboard under the stair, And you’ll never guess what I found there!

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There was a little fellow, about two feet tall, All covered in fuzz like a little dustball.

The monster looked like he was having fun, He’d made a nest of my socks – and was eating one!

He had a frightened look upon his face when I stuck my head into his hiding-place.

“What are you doing?” I exclaimed.

“When my socks go missing, I get blamed!”

The little chap looked at me in surprise And stuttered, “I do apologise!

I’m a sock troll, and for me it’s a treat To eat these things you put on your feet!

“I didn’t believe that anyone cares Because these tasty treats always come in pairs.

I could eat both but that wouldn’t do, So I always leave one sock for you!

“Woollen socks are chewy and tasty, Little cotton socks are soft like pastry, Sweet and sour polyester is sure to please, And sweaty sports socks taste like cheese!”

I told him, “I think eating socks is fine, But I need these ones, and they’re mine!”

The sock troll cheered up when I said, “You can eat Dad’s socks instead!”

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Colouring calm!

Pens, pencils or crayons at the ready for some colourful relaxation!

Colour challenge Can you say which colour ink each of the words is written in? It’s harder than you think! Your brain gets muddled as it tries to read the words instead of naming the colours.

e an d What ’s orang parrot? sounds like a A carrot!

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Letters

Hi, I’m Tanj!

Write to me at hello@hooplamag.com Tilly, aged 7, with her picture of a unicorn cat!

Dhillan, aged 7, drew his stuffed toy.

his Finlay with a drawing of Alex. b e ar n am e d Opal, aged 10, drew this picture of her toy called Floppy!

W i n!

Send in a photo of you doing one of the activities from the magazine to be in with a chance of winning Dino Dad, the fantastic new book by Andy Day.

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Ruby thought her life was completely normal, until she discovered her dad can change into a dinosaur and travel to a secret island called Dinotropolis!

Dino Dad is a magical adventure featuring real-life fascinating dino facts.

Send in your photo with ‘Fun competition’ as the subject of your email to hello@hooplamag.com or post it to us at Hoopla magazine, Unit 7 Global Business Park, 14 Wilkinson Road, Cirencester GL7 1YZ. Don’t forget to include your name, age and address. Photos may appear in the magazine.

Deadline: September 6th 2024. Congratulations to Dhillan (above), you have won two books!

Qu iz

Put your nature knowledge to the test!

1 Name that bird!

a) Woodpecker b) Pied wagtail c) Magpie

Answer:

4 isWhat this

summer fruit?

a) Peach b) Plum c) Pear

Answer:

5 Pick the puffin! a)

b)

c)

d)

2 What sort of flower is this?

Answer: a) A lily b) A sunflower c) A sweet pea

Answer:

is this 6 What amphibian?

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a) A frog b) A newt c) A toad

Is this a bee or a wasp? a) A bee b) A wasp

Answer:

Answer:

Write your answers in the boxes and check them on page 34.

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A ns we r s Page 9 Sun fun!

Page 13 Follow the

Page 20 Paws for

strings

a Orange

c Purple

b Green

Page 11 Box of treats!

Page 13 Party plates C is the plate viewed from above.

Page 13 Riddles 1) Your age 2) A doughnut 3) None, they all burn shorter!

Page 12 Perfect pair

These are the matching hats.

Page 19 Puppy puzzle R Q M P H M J E E N G X V Z F N L C O L L I

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D H D X O M R D O I

Page 12 Word wheel

The words are penguin, octopus, pencil, mouse, umbrella, strawberry, igloo and carrot, so the punchline to the joke ‘What kind of music is scary for balloons?’ is ‘Pop music!’

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1) c – a lthough they’re both mostly black and white, magpies are much larger than pied wagtails.

2) a – these lilies are known for their lovely scent. ees tend to be 3) a – b hairier and less bright yellow than wasps.

4) b – plums are a juicy late summer treat, but they are also eaten dried, as prunes! uffins are great 5) d – p swimmers and can dive as deep as 60 m.

6) c – t oads have drier, bumpier skin than frogs and also have shorter legs, making them more likely to crawl than hop.

R A P M U M N T

At parties, my favourite game is meow-sical chairs!

Coming in next month’s

M ke m gnifice n eye m sk t !

Shhh!

Next month we’re thinking about secrets and spies!

Hunt for hidden n ture clues!

Write yourown coded mess ges!

Findout bout secretive foxes!

What do you call a painting by a cat?

A paw-trait!

nock .

K n o c k, k ere?

Who’s th Woo. ?

Wo o w h o ’re G la d y o u too! e x c it e d ,

y Quirk s ble t o u Q

’t W hy d o n s lions th e c i r c u lowns? e at t h e c th e y B e c au s e ny! t a s te f u n What ’s Ea r th without a r t in it?

Eh! Life is like riding a bicycle.

To keep your balance you must keep moving.

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Albert Einstein, physicist

How much does it cost to go swimming with sharks?

An arm and a leg!

Why are elephan ts W hy a r e always ready for a swim? mountains Because they alr e a dy so funny? h a v e th ei r trunks on!

They ’re just hill areas!

Mindful mo ments Try saying these at the start of each day to help you find fun and happiness…

• I’m excited about all the new fun

possibilities that could happen today.

• Today I will enjoy being where I am.

• My happiness comes from inside me.

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