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Webkinz Costume: Witch
What you need: Black felt, pointy paper cup, black construction paper, brown paper bag, black paint, black button, black thread, needle, scissors, black ribbon What you do: 1. Paint the paper bag black. This is going to be your witch’s dress. 2. When the bag is dry, cut a hole for your pet’s head out of the bottom of the bag. Cut two arm holes on the sides. Glue the black buttons in a line down the front of the bag. 3. Put the bag onto your pet and cinch the waist with the black ribbon. 4. Paint the pointy paper cup black. This is your witch’s hat. Cut a circle from the black construction paper and use it as the rim of the hat. 5. Cut your black felt piece in half. Glue a piece of ribbon to the top of it. When the glue is dry, tie it around your pet’s neck (this is your witch’s cape). 6. Your pet is ready for a spook-tacular Halloween!
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What Are Those Puffs of Smoke?: An Interview with Nuts & Bolts
Hi, Ella McWoof here with a follow-up on those rumors buzzing around Kinzville about an enchanting new arrival of something big to the W Shop. I wanted to get to the bottom of this so I went to a well-known news source: the construction beavers, Nuts and Bolts. Fellas, what do you say about the rumor? Bolts: Sorry, Ella, we’ve been sworn to secrecy! Ella: So there IS something big happening! Can you tell us about those puffs of smoke that have been spotted near the W Shop? Nuts: No! Yes! No! I mean…well, we’re not the greatest at keeping secrets (just look at us spilling the beans about Building Kinzville a few weeks ago!) so we’re going to keep quiet about this! Ella: Nuts, on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you about this upcoming reveal? Nuts: An eleven! Bolts: Shh, Nuts! Ella, you’re going to have to wait for a few weeks to find out what all the fuss is about, but trust us, it’s a really exciting new addition to the shop for Deluxe Members! Nuts: Tell your readers to start dreaming of a magical space they can make their own… Bolts: … Read more
Halloween Webkinz Costume: Gift Box
What you need: Square box, wrapping paper, clear tape, bow, scissors What you do: 1. Cut the top and bottom out of the square box (have an adult help if you need it). 2. Wrap the sides of the box in wrapping paper. 3. Tape two strips of wrapping paper in front of and behind your pet on the top of the box (to make it appear that your pet is popping out of the box). 4. Add a bow to the top of the gift. 5. For extra fun, add a gift tag!
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Alex’s Scientific Journal: The Shipwreck is NOT Haunted!
Alex Tiger here with a page out of my scientific journal! My friends totally believe that that shipwreck is haunted, which just can’t be true. I know it’s spooky to think that there are actually ghosts aboard, but that’s nothing a bit of evidence can’t solve. Here are my scientific reasons why the ship may seem haunted but actually ISN’T: Strong winds shaking the ship. That shuddering noise we all heard? Gusts of wind! Plus when it whistles through the boards it sounds like moaning. Cool breezes off the water. Some people say that when you feel a chill, that means you walked through a ghost, but I don’t think so. The ship is on a beach, and that means cool breezes make it to shore—even through a boat’s cabin door! We felt a sea breeze, NOT a ghost. See? There’s nothing to be afraid of. I’m going to present my findings to my friends (especially Sparky, he was so scared!) and then they’ll see there’s no way there’s such a thing as a ghost!
Webkinz Costume: Butterfly
What you need: Duct tape in a pretty color, craft paper, scissors, ribbon, pipe cleaner What you do: 1. Cut your craft paper into strips that are about 1 foot long and 3 inches across. 2. Lay a piece of colored duct tape (about a foot long) sticky-side-up on the floor. Put a piece of craft paper design-side-down, overlapping the duct tape. 3. Add another piece of duct tape, sticky-side-up on the other side of the craft paper strip. Keep alternating between craft paper and duct tape. 4. Add duct tape across all of the tape pieces (to cover up the sticky sides). 5. Fold the duct-tape-and-craft-paper piece in half. Cut out butterfly wings. 6. Attach a piece of ribbon to the back of your wings. Tie the ribbon around your pet’s waist. 7. Attach pipe cleaners to your pet’s head. 8. Your pet will look beautiful!
The ‘Kinz Make a Startling Discovery
Oh my gosh! It’s Sally Cat and do I ever have some freaky news to share with you! Sparky and Alex went back to that haunted shipwreck that we discovered the day of Sparky’s party. Why did they go back? It’s a mystery to me! Apparently they had another spooky experience, despite Alex’s insistence that there is some scientific reason for the noises and the shaking. So today Stoogles and I decided to do a little research. We went to the library to check and see if there were any reported cases of a haunted shipwreck on the shores of Kinzville. And guess what? It turns out that for years there have been cases of strange happenings around that lake! Residents of Kinzville have reported seeing a ghostly creature floating around the lake, groaning as if in pain! Theories are that it is the Pirate Ghost, searching for his lost love! How wild is that? I think that what we heard the other day were the sobs of the heartbroken Ghost Pirate! A real live (well, dead) ghost – right here in Kinzville!
A Most Mysterious Secret
Hello darlings, it’s Ms. Birdy here with a VERY strange story that just happened to me! I was excited to redecorate one of my rooms so I spoke to Hailey and Elwin, my favorite Kinzville interior decorators, and explained how I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted, but I wanted it to be thrilling and different! (I even suggested bright pink walls! Can you imagine?). But when I said so, Hailey leaned in quite close and said, “Here’s a secret, Ms. Birdy! If you really want to redecorate your room in a thrilling way, wait a few weeks, sign up for a Deluxe Membership and call us back! Trust me, it’ll be worth it!” She then showed me a photo of what must be a new room divider. I’m usually not one to listen to special sales offers like that, but I like the look of that elegant divider and young Hailey made a very convincing argument. I’m planning to sign up and call them back then and see what all the fuss is about!
Webkinz Halloween Costume: Mummy
This cute mummy costume is totally easy to make! What you need: Sheet of white felt, scissors, pet What you do: 1. Cut the white felt into strips. You want to cut lengthwise, and make the strips about the width of a marker. 2. Wrap the strips around your pet. Tie them in the back, or simply tuck them in to hold them in place. 3. Make sure to leave at least one of your pet’s eyes visible. It’s creepier that way!
Alex & Sparky: Back to the Boat
Alex Tiger here. The other day at Sparky’s birthday we had a really scary adventure! While we were by the lake, there were some very strange sounds coming from this old boat that had washed up on the shore. Everyone freaked out and ran away, but I am convinced that there must be a reasonable explanation. Maybe it was just the wind running through the old shipwreck. So today I persuaded Sparky to come back to the boat with me to investigate. He really didn’t want to go, but I thought it would be good to bring someone else along – not because I was scared or anything – I just wanted to show him that there was nothing supernatural making that noise. As we got close to the shipwreck, everything was calm, although Sparky was a bit shaky. I talked Sparky into climbing up onto the deck of the ship with me and I was just about to show him that it was nothing but an old boat when suddenly it started shaking and that groaning sound started up again. Then a cold breeze blew out of the cabin on the ship. I wanted to investigate but Sparky … Read more
Webkinz Costume: Racecar Driver
Tell your pet to get ready to zoom around this Halloween! What you need: Kleenex box, scissors, glue, paint, ribbon, stapler, black construction paper What you do: 1. Cut a Webkinz-sized circle at the top and bottom of your Kleenex box. The box will fit around your pet (if cutting the bottom of the box is tricky, ask your favorite adult assistant for help). 2. Paint your Kleenex box an interesting color. Go for something vibrant and eye-catching! 3. When your Kleenex box is dry, cut out four circles from the black construction paper. These are your wheels. 4. Glue on the wheels. 5. On either side of the Webkinz-shaped hole, staple the ribbons in place. These are the straps. 6. Decorate the rest of your car with stickers, different paint colors – whatever you like. Get your pet ready to race!
Webkinz Costume: Cookie
Is your pet the sweetest thing you’ve ever seen? Maybe a cookie is the right kind of costume idea! What you need: brown Bristol board OR white Bristol board and light brown paint, dark brown or black felt, scissors, ribbon, fabric glue, snack-sized plate What you do: Using a plate as a template, trace two circles onto your Bristol board. If the board is white, paint it brown and let it dry. These are going to be cookies. Cut dark brown triangles out of your felt. They’re going to be chocolate chips on your ‘cookie’. Attach ribbon to the back side of one cookie. Let it dry. Attach it to the back side of the other cookie. Let it dry. Do the same again on the other side of the cookie (you want to space the ribbon enough so that it sits on your pet’s shoulders when you put the cookie costume on them). Dress your pet up for a night of fun!
Sparky’s Birthday Surprise
Whoa – so it was my party today and it was CRAZY! You will never believe what happened! It was all going really well. I got some great presents and my Uncle took us deep down into the mines, which was really spooky – perfect for a Halloween party! Then, my Uncle planned out this cool scavenger hunt. We teamed up to find unusual objects on the list. I was paired with Cowabelle and as we got close to the lake behind the Tournament Arena (we were looking for an oar) Nibbles and Roberta came running out of the trees, looking terrified. They said that there were strange noises coming from this old shipwreck on the shore. Just then Salley and Stoogles appeared and said they had heard something too. Polly and Alex and Laurabeard and Molly all arrived at the lake then so we decided that we would all check it out. After all, as Alex said, it couldn’t really be anything scary, right? I mean, that stuff is just in stories. Quietly we all crept through the woods toward the boat and just as we got to the tree line, the boat … Read more