FREE RESOURCES in an ezine   WHIZZ KIDS EZINE     Other ezines Pivotal Public Speaking Friday Fun Thought for the Day Pivotal Personal Best Pivotal Families Pivotal Teachers   FOR WHIZZ KIDS   Books   Books and reading   Arts, crafts and activities   Fun and games   Homework   Jokes and Riddles           Visit the Kids Book Blog                                                       Fruit & Veggie Spot the difference         Make your own comics with MakeBeliefscomix.com.  Click on the picture to get started  ... This is the face I created on Mr. Picassohead.  You can make your own ... click here   Paper folding ...   The Taj Mahal (Advanced!)   Kids in the Kitchen Make Scarlett’s Yummy Fairy Cakes       Make these cute and clever origami frogs Download     Colour-in Poky Kids will enjoy colouring  this delightful picture of Poky   Make your own certificates online for any-one and for any reason you like         Click on the picture Incredible free icons to use in all your projects. Here is a sample: the mammoth set Make this pretty Candle Holder Download       I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles...   Try this: Flower power Peek inside a flower this spring to see how one of the most successful surviving plants on earth Try this: Beautiful blooms Celebrate spring in style with this fun flower activity. Great skipping rhymes - click on the picture     Keeping yourself safe with pets   Scroll down for a cute jigsaw to put together ................................................. Guess the name of the song. ................................................ Paper Doll Party Hat Party Bugle Pop-Up Card: Bird Porsche 911 Queen's Crown Space Shuttle Sphynx Statue of Liberty Stealth Aircraft Sydney Opera House Taj Mahal Tank     How to Draw an Ant Cartoony ants are easy to draw if you see them as simple lines and shapes, as I did in Nit Wits #17 ("Antagonizing Ants").         I Love Bugs Cup Make this cute pencil cup out of a Play-Doh container. Find out how.   Find out how to Make your Own Compass.     Gardening - Growing Vegies   Vegetables are one of the most rewarding things to grow in a garden because you get to enjoy the end result of your hard work by eating it! Read the directions for each vegetable carefully to get the maximum yield from each plant and watch over them for signs of disease or bugs. A little TLC (Tender Loving Care) will go a long way to make your veggies the best on the block. Click here for how to grow vegies and other things in the garden Mini Homemade Dolls   Use your sense of style and a few spare craft supplies to whip up a collection of these colourfully clothed dolls. The hole in the Ozone Layer :  What you can do Encourage people with cars to have their air conditioners fixed by mechanics who are certified to handle. Protect your skin and eyes from harmful UV rays when you’re outside. Read more Make a Fork Wind Chime      You can recycle old forks into a wind chime!               These are just two of the creations on the Lego Website called Cool Creations.  Visit it by clicking here.  Activity: Pizza box solar oven   Get roasting and toasting using your own solar-powered oven!   Click here Learn how to draw a kite Free drawing lesson by Joy Sikorski. It will also teach you the basic construction of a diamond shape kite by drawing one yourself! Preserving Autumn Leaves Do you have a tree in your street that is dropping pretty autumn leaves? You could collect them and this website will show you how to preserve them. 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive Listen to Boowa sing the song in his deep voice and watch the cartoon. Check it out here... 1.  Choose a level - Easy, Hard of Very Hard 2.  Click on a circle and listen to the sound.  Then click another circle to match the sound. 3.  Keep going until all the circles have been matched. Play Animal Sounds Pterodactyl Paper Sculpture By Creativity Portal Create your own mini Jurassic Park with this creatively fun Pterodactyl paper sculpture based on Joy Sikorski's free dinosaur drawing lesson.     Blast Off a Rocket Test a rocket engine, then build a rocket.  Read more.     Colouring fun Animal and Plant Alphabet, Letter A          Click on the letter picture   Simple Animation  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/artscentre/animation.htm  How to make a simple animation, using a flick book. All you need is a small plain paper pad and a pencil or crayons. FluxTime Studio  http://www.fluxtime.com/index.php  Create your own animation online and collaborate with other animators  worldwide to create characters and stories. Cartoonster  http://www.kidzdom.com/tutorials/  Learn how to make your own animations.   Mirage Flipbook  http://www.greatestplaces.org/ sketchbook/top.html  Tutorial about how to create a flipbook.   Flipbook Movies http://www.eggplant.org/ideas/visual/ animation/flipbook.html  Lesson where students learn how to create flipbook movies.     Animation Station     ....................................................................... The Recycling and Beyond activity pages have it all— a story, games, and information! Learn more. >> Fun Foods This silly-looking snack may appear to be moving at a snail's pace, but it goes together -- and disappears -- quick as a wink.   MAKE PAPER PLANES Contrary to popular belief, airplanes don't float on the air, they're sucked up into it.   Visit this website for a template and instructions to make a paper plane... Catching criminals with colour (experiment)     This experiment  uses chromatography to show you how forensic scientists can catch criminals with ink.     Help Lydia the Librarian find books for the kids before they get upset and leave! The better your memory the better you’ll do at Lightning Librarian [More fun and games]         Book Review: The Family Book There are so many different types of families, and THE FAMILY BOOK celebrates them all in a funny, silly, and reassuring way. Review continues/ Buy the book   [More on Books and reading]             Explore Saturn's Moon Enceladus Until recently, Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus was thought to be cold and dead. But close observations by the Cassini spacecraft have revealed dramatic features and has sparked new widespread interest in this frozen world, making it a prime target in NASA's search for life. Uncover the many unique features of Enceladus and watch the story unfold. Launch Enceladus Explorer [More homework support]               ______________________ Make this beautiful Candle Holder [More crafts and activities] __________________________         Kids in the Kitchen Make these delicious Crunchy baked bananas