The McCarty Metro - Metro Kidz

KIDS OF ALL AGES! SEND ME YOUR DRAWINGS, CARTOON, JOKES, RIDDLES AND OTHER STUFF TO reply@mccartymetro.com. I WILL PUT THEM ON THE NEXT METRO KIDZ PAGE!

NEXT MONTH ISSUE WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER

OPTICAL ILLUSION

How many human faces can you find in this picture? How did you do?

JULY 4TH HISTORICAL RIDDLES

What quacks, has webbed feet, and betrays his country? Answer
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What protest by a group of dogs occurred in 1773? Answer
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Why did Paul Revere ride his horse from Boston to Lexington? Answer
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What would you get if you crossed a patriot with a small curly-haired dog? Answer
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What's red, white, black and blue? Answer
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Where did George Washington buy his hatchet? Answer
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What kind of tea did the American colonists thirst for? Answer

A fun 4th of July game for your party. Pick a panel of judges (the oldest members of the family are the obvious picks) and have them become the official judges for a chalk contest. Break your guests into two teams (or more, depending on how many people are at the party) and give them each one or two containers of sidewalk chalk. Tell them to create a sidewalk picture that shows something patriotic, and tell them the flag must be included in the picture.

Give them a time limit (depending on the group, time limits might range from 10-45 minutes) and then have the judges declare a winner after they have carefully examined everyones' work of art.

You could have art-themed prizes for the winners.

METRO BOGGLE
Find 7 things associated with the 4th of July
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E	P	T	S	R
S	I	R	D	E
T	G	A	T	U
O	L	S	I	L
H	F	W	H	B

BOGGLE ANSWERS

TIME TO GET YOUR THINKING CAP ON....

Can you answer these questions with 3 A's.
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1. Don't slip on the peel of this yellow fruit

2. Country north of the United States

3. Large desert in Africa

4. The capital city of Cuba

5. Canal that connects two large oceans

_ A _ A _ A

ANSWERS

THE METRO 7 ERRORS
Find the seven differences between these two pictures.
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			ANSWERS

Hopefully, all our Metro Kidz received many A's on their report cards in June. How many A's can you find in the designed to the right?
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Your Answer:
Your Name:

CONGRATULATIONS TO LAST MONTH'S KIDS QUIZ WINNERS

Conratulations to: Cory C,

THE McCARTY CRYSTAL BALL

Please enter a yes/no question and it will respond!
Warning: the crystal ball has a tendency to be sarcastic!

COOL SITE OF THE MONTH - MIND LAB

A really great interactive exploration of seeing and perception using well-known optical illusions. Folks familiar with the Exploratorium exhibitions Seeing and Mind will note the similarities.

http://jvsc.jst.go.jp/find/mindlab/english/index.html

USE THESE PATRIOTIC TREAT HOLDERS TO ADD TO YOUR 4TH OF JULY PARTY

UNCLE SAM HAT
TREAT HOLDERS

THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

Styrofoam cup

Red and blue felt

Red paint

Paintbrush

Silver chenille stem

Scissors

White craft glue

Black marker

THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

Place cup, open end down, on top of the red felt and trace with a marker. Cut around the traced circle leaving a ¾” border around it. Fold the circle and cut a slit in the center of the circle to allow your scissors to get in. Cut out the inside circle, leaving about a ¼” border around the inside of the trace line. Set felt circle aside.

Paint red stripes all the way around the outside of the cup, stripes should run up and down. Let dry completely. Cut a strip of blue felt about 1.5” wide. It should be long enough to wrap around the brim of the cup. Glue felt strip around the outside of the top of the cup. Lay red felt circle on to work surface, black trace line should be facing up. Line the lip of the cup with white glue and press down onto black trace line. Let dry.

Turn cup over and place on work surface. Use silver chenille to bend into star shapes, trim where needed. Glue onto the blue hat band.
When everything is dry, fill with treats.

AUNTIE MARGARET SEZ:
To make our treat cups sturdier, especially if using outside, glue a heavy washer to the bottom of the cup.