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From the Editor’s desk…

An activity a day and more for all ages

Holiday special

Dear colleagues and families,

Summer has started. It’s holiday time for the school and college going. Time to take a break with family. Very few beat the heat and head towards the hills. Most actually stay at home.

How do we keep people engaged with interesting activities? This special issue of Scribbles is a Holiday Special – we have interesting activities for people of all ages, from 5 years onwards. Many of the activities meant for children/ teens would capture the interest of the elders with young hearts.

For the adults, we have some brain racking puzzles to solve.

The size of Scribbles has been reduced to a puzzle book size, so that you can carry it with you wherever you are travelling.

Do send us your feedback.

Happy holidays and may you have lots of fun with this issue.

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Activity 1 Tracing Shapes (Age: 5+)

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Activity 2 Vegetable print (Age: 5+)

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Activity 3 Crossword (Age: 6+)

Complete the crossword. Use the picture clues to help you.

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Activity 4 Matching (Age: 6+)

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Activity 5 Word Search (Age: 6+)

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daffodil

puddle

sunshine

green

rainbow

tulips

growth

raindrops

umbrella

SpringWord Search

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Activity 6 Maths Facts colouring (Age: 6+)

Solve the simple sums and then colour the picture using the key on the right!

0 grey1 yellow2 blue3 green

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Activity 7 Step by step drawing (Age: 6+)

Draw & Colour

Young children will feel a real sense of achievement mastering simple drawing activities. A fun pastime that adults are sure to enjoy, too!

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Activity 8 Maze (Age: 6+)

Mazes are a very simple yet fun activity and an excellent way of practicing penmanship skills by encouraging children to stay within the lines.

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Activity 9 Crack the code (Age: 8+)

Example: 1. =t, =u, =g, =s, means tugs.

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Activity 10 Water Colour (Age: 8+)

Paint your right hand with blue water colour and print it below. Look at the sample and design your hand print to make a peacock.

Instructions:

DANCING PEACOCK

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Activity 11 Join the dots (Age: 8+)

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Activity 12 Art from waste (Age: 10+)

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Activity 13 Maze (Age: 10+)

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Activity 14 Secret code challenge (Age: 10+)

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Carrot Kosambari is a healthy salad which can be prepared in no time. You just need grated carrots, coriander leaves, grated coconut and lime juice. If you have no time to prepare any sabji for chapati, then you can have this as your side dish.

Ingredients:1 big sized carrot grated finelyGrated coconut 1tbspFinely chopped coriander leaves 1tbspFinely chopped curry leaves 1tspLime juice 1/2 tspPepper powder 1tspSalt to tasteAsafoetida a pinchSugar 1tsp

Procedure:

1. Mix carrot, grated coconut, coriander, curry leaves. Then put pepper powder, sugar, salt and asafoetida.

2. Finally put lime juice and mix the salad well.You can serve this with rice or chapati.

Carrot Kosambari

Activity 15 Cooking without fire (Age: 12+)

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Activity 16 Crossword (Age: 12+)

Across2. The day before Saturday7. The day before Wednesday8. The fourth month9. The month when we celebrate Father’s Day10. Last day of the week13. The only month that ends with H14. The seventh month15. The month with just 3 letters16. The ninth month17. First day of the week.

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12. Children’s Day month

13. The day after Sunday.

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Activity 17 Crossword (Age: 14+)

Across3. a type of lizard found in warm regions4. a rope with a loop at one end used for

catching cattle6. a recording of moving images8. a dance with loud music11. a small, crunchy chip made from tortilla12. paved garden area15. wild dog from Australia18. small stringed instrument in the guitar family19. the trunk of the human body23. the relationship between two numbers24. house built from blocks of ice25. musical instrument with black and white keys26. Italian sauce usually made with basil, olive oil

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Five-O!All the answers in this crossword have five letters and end in O!

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of performances5. a game in which numbers are called out7. large flying elephant with big ears 9. forbidden10. tropical fruit13. short of introduction14. large African animal often found in rivers16. goods carried on a ship17. style or fashion from the recent past, often

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Activity 18 Buzzword (Age: 14+)

Use crossword-type clues, search through a honeycomb of letters, and unscramble the anagram.

In the honeycomb, the shaded O and the six letters surrounding it spell COSTUME, which matches one of the clues below.

Try to find 7-letter words for the remaining clues.

Circle the centre letter of each word.

1. special set of clothes costume

2. soft cotton cloth _____________

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4. alike ___________

5. wheeled toy with footboard _________

6. observer ___________

7. ugly, terrifying creature ____________

Now unscramble all 7 of the centre letters to spell the BUZZWORD.Greeting _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Challenging maze

Activity 19 Maze (Age: 14+)

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Here is a brain exer cise whose aim is to stim u late the con nec tions or asso ci ations between words in your tem po ral lobe.In the left col umn you have a pair of words. Your goal is to fi nd a third word that is con nected or asso ci ated with both of these two words.The fi rst pair is PIANO and LOCK. The answer is KEY. The word key is con nected with both the word piano and the word lock: there are KEYS on a piano and you use a KEY to lock doors. Key is what is called a homo graph: a word that has more than one mean ing but is always spelled the same.Ready to stim u late con nec tions in your tem po ral lobe(s)? Enjoy!

1. LOCK — PIANO2. SHIP — CARD3. TREE — CAR4. SCHOOL — EYE5. PILLOW — COURT6. RIVER — MONEY7. BED — PAPER8. ARMY — WATER9. TENNIS — NOISE10. EGYPTIAN — MOTHER11. SMOKER — PLUMBER

Activity 20 Word Connect (Age: 14+)

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Activity 21 Kakuro Puzzle (Age: 14+)

Kakuro are a number puzzle which require the use of simple addition (and, for harder puzzles, multiplication) to fit the correct numbers into the grid. They are a fun way to practice your maths and logic skills!

Fill in the blank squares with numbers from 1 to 9, so that the numbers add up to the total required both horizontally and vertically. Each number can only be used once in each row or column. You will need to use both your adding and logic skills!

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Activity 22 Sudoku (Age: 15+)

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Sudoku 9X9 PuzzleEvery row, column and mini-grid must contain the

numbers 1 through 9. Don’t guess - use logic!

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Activity 23 National Leaders Tree Illusion (Age: 16+)

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Short Riddles1. Why can’t a man living in the USA be

buried in Canada?

2. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?

3. One big hockey fan claimed to be able to tell the score before any game. How did he do it?

4. You can start a fi re if you have alcohol, petrol, kerosene, paper, candle, coke, a full matchbox and a piece of cotton wool. What is the fi rst thing you light?

5. Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do?

Algebraic riddle on Diophantus

We know little about this Greek mathematician from Alexandria, called the father of algebra, except that he lived around 3rd century A.D. Thanks to an admirer of his, who described his life by means of an algebraic riddle, we know at least something about his life.Diophantus’ youth lasted 1/6 of his life. He had his fi rst beard in the next 1/12 of his life. At the end of the following 1/7 of his life Diophantus got married. Five years from then his son was born. His son lived exactly 1/2 of Diophantus’s life. Diophantus died 4 years after the death of his son.How long did Diophantus live?

Activity 24 Cool Math (Age no bar)

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Activity 25 Find the differences (Age no bar)

‘Find the differences’ puzzles are something special. Two beautiful hand-drawn pictures with some small differences between them. Find 12 differences and then colour the pictures.

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Let’s now exercise our Frontal Lobes (that deal with working memory and attention, among other things) and Parietal Lobes (visual interpretation).

Quick! Count the number of times the number “6” appears below.

Then, count the total of both “3”s and “7”s, trying to add the total number of both as you see either (this is, don’t just count all the “3”s, and then the “7”s).

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The most important thing here is not to get the right answer, but to try. This type of exercise has been used by the military to improve attention for decades (now there are more advanced, computer-based, tools, but this keeps being fun).

Activity 26 Can you count? (Age no bar)

Quick! Count the number of times that the letter F appears in the following sentence:

“Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.”

How many did you find? Check out the solution and explanation in answer page.

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Activity 27 Origami (Age no bar)

Origami is making cool stuff - with only a sheet of paper! Paper-folding is a wonderful hobby, and a wonderful group activity... and for kids it has so many benefits socially and for the developing mind.

The origami lily, also know as the iris, is a beautiful design. It takes a little

1. Start with your paper coloured side up. Fold in half, then in half again, as shown. Crease well, then open out again.

2. Turn the paper over and fold in half diagonally and in both directions. Crease well and open out once again

3. Holding the points shown, bring them both down to the centre point on the bottom line and flatten

5. You’ll need to repeat step 4 on all four of the flaps of the waterbomb base. The model will now look like this.

6. On the uppermost diamond, fold the outside corners into the centre line, crease well then open.

7. Fold the model in half and open.

9. Repeat steps 6,7 and 8 on each if the four sides. The model should now look like this.

10. Now fold down each of these triangles, on all four sides.

11. Rotate model upside down.

12. Fold the outer flaps toward the centre and flatten.

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Activity 27 Origami (Age no bar)

longer than the other simple flowers, but stick with it, because the end result is worth it!

Make the lily with colourful or patterned paper so it looks its best, and you could make a few of different sizes to group together if you like... it creates a lovely display.

4. Fold the top triangle into the centre and unfold. Using this crease, open out the triangle and flatten.

8. Using the crease made in step 6 and 7, lift the bottom point of the model (the uppermost layer only) up to the top point, bringing in the sides of the model at the same time, as shown.

13. Repeat step 12 on all four sides of the model. The model should now look like this.

14. Fold down all petals. Completed Lily!

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Here you have a few fun brain exercises to train our attention and working

memory (the ability to keep information current for a short period while using

this information). Give them a try! They are not as easy as they may sound.

1. Say the days of the week backwards, then in alphabetical order.

2. Say the months of the year in alphabetical order. Easy? well, why don’t you

try doing so backwards, in reverse alphabetical order.

3. Find the sum of your date of birth, mm/dd/yyyy. Want more exercise? Do the

same with friends’ and relatives’ date of birth.

4. Name two objects for every letter in your complete name. Work up to five

objects, trying to use different items each time.

5. Wherever you are, look around and within two minutes, try to find 5 red

things that will fit in your pocket, and 5 blue objects that are too big to fit.

Activity 28 Brain Exercise (Age no bar)

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Activity 29 Zig Zag (Age: 16+)

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The object of this puzzle is to trace a single path from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the grid, travelling through all of the cells (tracking through the numbers in the sequence 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, etc) in either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction.

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Activity 30 Wordsearch: Feel the Heat (Age: 16+)

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Can you find all the listed hot words in the grid? They may run backwards as well as forward, in either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction, but always in a straight, uninterrupted line.

ASHES

BARBECUE

BONFIRE

CHILLI PEPPER

CINDERS

COALS

FIREPLACE

FIREWORKS

FURNACE

GRIDDLE

HEARTH

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MICROWAVE

MUSTARD

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RADIATOR

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STOVE

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For Him, Her & Them

Rack your brain pages

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Brain Teasers

1) What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

2) Find a number less than 100 that is increased by one-fifth of its value when its digits are reversed.

3) A farmer is trying to cross a river with a bag of corn, a hen, and a fox. The farmer’s boat is only big enough to take himself and one other item per trip. The hen cannot be left alone with the corn or she will eat it. Likewise the fox cannot be left with the hen, or the hen will be eaten. How does the farmer get all three items across the river?

4) How many times can you subtract the number two from the number fifty?

5) It’s a stormy night and a plane takes off from Santa Cruz airport in Mumbai. The storm worsens, and the plane crashes - half lands in India, the other half lands in Pakistan. In which country do you bury the survivors?

6) What’s full of holes but can still hold water?

7) Can you think of a common word that contains double C, double S and double L? Can you think of a second one?

8) What number comes next in the following sequence? 2 4 8 10 20 _

9) Without it, I’m dead. If I’m not, then I’m behind. What am I?

10) If you wrote all of the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper, how many times would you have written the number 3?

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Simple as A,B,C ?

Each of the small squares in the grid below contains either A, B or C. Every row, column and each of the two long diagonals are exactly two of each letter. To help you solve this problem, we have provided as many clues as we think you will need! Can you tell the letter in each square?

Across1. The As are between the Cs.2. The Cs are between the Bs.3. The Bs are in adjacent squares.4. The Cs are further right than the As.5. The Bs are further right than the As.6. Each B is directly next to and left of a C.

Down1. No two squares containing the same letter are adjacent.2. The Cs are between the Bs.6. The Bs are lower than the Cs.

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Vase Trading

Ram bought an antique vase last year and sold it for 10% more than it cost.

Shyam bought an antique lamp, couldn’t get rid of it, and sold it for 10% less

than he paid. Then, just to compound the problem, Ram bought another vase

at exactly the same price as the fi rst, couldn’t get rid of it, and took a 10% cut;

and Shyam bought an identical lamp and sold it for 10% more than he paid,

which was the same price he paid for the fi rst one.

Which of the two men made money or lost money on that series of deals?

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Mind Over Matter

Given that the letters are valued 1-26 according to their places in the alphabet, can you crack the mystery code to reveal the missing letter?

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Look for the K-words

All answers begin with the letter K.

1. Mountain in Karakoram range

2. Island of south west Japan

3. Jewish blessing

4. U.S. Santa Claus

5. Native Hawaiian

6. Lakeland market town in England

7. Large prawn

8. One time Chancellor of Germany

9. South African desert

10. Scene of greatest volcanic eruption

11. Chinese martial art

12. Fate (Hindu)

13. Danish money

14. Sacred book of Islam

15. Moscow citadel

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Every square will contain one number and one shape and no combination may be repeated anywhere else in the puzzle; so, for instance, if a square contains a 3 and a star, then no other square containing a 3 will also contain a star and no other square with a star will contain a 3.

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How many ways?

How many different routes can you find from A to B by following the arrows?

Imagine you are a caterpillar and are crawling down the veins of an enormous leaf, like the one shown below. Unfortunately, a fellow caterpillar has chewed its way through the main part of the leaf, so to get from one end of the leaf to the other you have to crawl along the lines following the arrows shown.

How many different ways are there of doing this?

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Square up to it

Here is a word written both vertically and horizontally. Complete the word square in such a way that it reads both across and downwards with good English words.

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From PAPER to NOVEL

Can you turn PAPER into NOVEL in only six steps, changing one letter at a time? Of course, each change must result in the creation of another completely acceptable words.

P A P E R- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -N O V E L

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Activity 14 : 1. A clock 2. An envelope 3. A bottle

1. LOCK — PIANO > KEY

2. SHIP — CARD > Deck

3. TREE — CAR > Trunk

4. SCHOOL — EYE > Pupil (Exam and

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7. BED — PAPER > Sheet

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9. TENNIS — NOISE > Racket

10. EGYPTIAN — MOTHER > Mummy

11. SMOKER — PLUMBER > Pipe

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3. western (E)

4. similar (L)

5. scooter (C)

6. witness (W)

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Buzzword: Unscramble all the centre letters:

O E E L C W M to spell WELCOME !

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Activity 26

Almost everyone guesses three. Why? It seems that the brain cannot correctly process the word “OF”. The letter F usually makes the “f ” sound, like in “fox”. However, in the word “of”, it makes a “v” sound. Somehow, your brain overlooks the word “of” as it scans for the sound of “f ”.

Activity 24

Cool Math Game There is an easy equation to reflect several ages of Diophantus: 1/6x + 1/12x + 1/7x + 5 + 1/2x + 4 = x So the solution (x) is 84 years.

Short Riddles1. Why should a living man be buried?2. If you take 2 apples, then you have of course 2.3. The score before any hockey game should be 0:0, shouldn’t it?4. A match, of course.5. There are more Chinese men than Japanese men.

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Brain Teasers1) Short

2) 45 (1/5 of 45 = 9, 9 + 45 = 54)

3) The farmer takes the hen across first, and leaves her on the other bank. Next, he comes back,

loads the fox onto his boat, and takes him back across the river. He drops off the fox on the

opposite bank, picks up the hen, and brings her back to the original bank. He swaps the hen

for the corn, and returns to the far bank with the corn - leaving it with the fox. Then, he

returns once more to the original bank to get the hen. Once he brings her across, all four are

happy to be on the other side!

4) Once. After that, you’d be subtracting from 48.

5) You don’t bury survivors!

6) A sponge

7) Successfully. Unsuccessfully.

8) 22 (the sequence alternates +2, x2)

9) Ahead.

10) 120 (100 threes in the hundreds place + 10 threes in the tens place + 10 threes in the ones

place)

Simple as A, B,C ?

Mind over Matter The sum total of the values of the letters in the top left, top right and bottom right squares is equal to the sum total of the values of the letters in the bottom left and central squares. Thus the missing value is 13, so the missing letter is M.

C B B A A C

ABCCAB

A

B A A C C B

BBAACC

A B C B C A

C B B A C

Each of them wound up with 99% (11/10 x 9/10) of their original investment.

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Whatever next?!A - White numbers in black squares decrease by one each time, except for the top right square, which increases by one. Black numbers in white squares move clockwise around the central square, which remains unchanged.

Look for K-words

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5 2 3 1 4

3 4 2 5

4 1 2 5 3

3 5 1 4 2

2 4 5 3 1

1. K2

2. Kyushu

3. Kiddush

4. Kriss Kringle

5. Kanaka

6. Koeswick

7. King prawn

8. Kohl

9. Kalahari

10. Krakatoa

11. Kung Fu

12. Karma

13. Krone

14. Koran

15. Kremlin

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b. 11ways

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