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SWEETCORN! There’s no ‘butter’ friend – YOU NEVER FAIL TO PUT OTHERS FIRST. Your a-maize-ing attitude is contagious and can turn any frown upside down. Being the girl for giggles, your mates turn to you for a guaranteed good time.
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WILLARD WIGAN is a nano-genius! This record-breaker’s sculptures are so tiny, they fit inside the eye of a needle - just like this NIKE trainer!
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Makes approx. 75 biscuits!
The bite-sized biscuits you need
100g unsalted butter 50g caster sugar 1 egg yolk 1 /2 tsp vanilla extract
What to do: PICS Jason Timson, Getty Images.
Step 1
Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until LIGHT AND FLUFFY, then add egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add in the flour and salt, and beat on low speed until A DOUGH forms.
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140g all purpose flour Dash of salt Jam of choice
Step 2
Place the dough between two large sheets of parchment paper, then ROLL OUT THE DOUGH to approximately 2mm in thickness. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until the dough is firm enough to cut.
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Step 3
When the dough has chilled, PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 175°C and line baking trays with parchment paper. CUT OUT the dough using mini, scalloped-edge, circle cookie cutters roughly 2.5cm in size. Using a mini heart cutter (or a straw if you don’t have one), cut out the centre from half of the biscuits.
Step 4
Bake for 10-12 MINUTES, or until the edges begin to brown. This will depend on the size of cookies as well as your oven, so keep an eye on them.
Step 5
Once cooked, transfer to A WIRE RACK TO COOL before decorating.
Step 6
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Place your choice of JAM into a piping or ziplock bag, then cut a SMALL HOLE from the tip.
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Step 7
Carefully PIPE THE JAM onto the centre of the base biscuits, then gently TOP THEM with the cut-out halves.
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You’ll need:
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Step 1
On A4 paper, draw nine rectangles down (about 3 x 5cm each), by four rectangles across, then cut them out.
Step 3
Step 2
On your craft foam, draw a rectangle 6cm long by 4.5cm wide and cut it out.
Take seven of the sheets you just made and fold them in half. Staple together along the middle of the crease.
Top Tip
The cover needs to be slightly bigger than the pages, so trim your pages if they poke out.
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Glue the folded crease of the notebook pages to the middle of the cover.
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Step 6
Step 7
Bring the thread up and round from the back of the notebook so it fits neatly round the cover. Tie off your thread to secure in place, trimming off any excess.
Design your covers however you like with paints and you’re done!
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Playing HIDEAND-SQUEAK with a hamster can take fur-ever
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When you finally decide where to order A TAKEAWAY from
This kitty will go anywhere for a CAT NAP
No prizes for guessing this pooch’s FAVE FILM of the summer
Just call me Bark-bie!
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My songs aren’t boar-ing!
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When THIRST takes over and water won’t do
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I’m not a Payne!
MOVIE MESS
I'm blushing!
"A few months ago, I went to the cinema with my best friend. I’d bought a large popcorn and as I went to sit down, I tripped over and spilt it everywhere. It looked like it was raining popcorn in the cinema! So embarrassing!"
Cray cringes to crack you up
ICE POOP
Polly
"I was walking on the beach with an ice cream when a pigeon flew past and pooped! It landed right on top of my ice cream and I didn’t notice until I went to take a bite. It was my fave flavour too, raspberry ripple. Cringe!"
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R STANGE! CRI "I was doing a duet on stage with someone called Will Heard – he’s a great singer, but has crazy dance moves. As we were singing and dancing, he smacked the microphone into my mouth and it chipped my tooth. I ran upstairs and realised my whole tooth had come out!"
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Can you figure out which famous figure has taken a tumble?
Send your Drama Llama cringes to: Email: hello@girltalkmagazine.com Write to: Girl Talk, Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, London W6 7BT
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Briar: “My PUPPY. She’s so happy and just loving all the time, so the I start playing with her, my second mood changes. I have a teacup multi-poo called Malibu. She’s literally my baby and I’m obsessed with her. A little ball of joy.”
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