Would You Rather Wednesday!

Hey readers,

Get ready for another Would You Rather Wednesday! Check out the scenarios below and decide which one you would rather do.

Would you rather: 

1. Be able to create a new holiday OR create a new language?
2. Eat a raw potato OR eat an entire lemon?
3. Live in the desert OR live on a deserted island?
4. Be really fast OR be really strong?

Let me know your answers in the comments below!

Have a great day,

-Mariam, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com 

Craft: Cool Block Crafts!

Hey readers,

Check out these awesome block crafts. You can create these by using any kind of building blocks you have at home!

Have fun!

Mariam, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com

Listen to a Chickadee Story!

Hey readers,

Read a story about a time traveling pirate space ship in the November issue of Chickadee! Click play below to listen to The Amazing Space-and-Time-Travelling Pirate Ship Race Car Box by Maureen Fergus and Illustrated by Nneka Myers.

The Amazing Space-and-Time-Travelling Pirate Ship Race Car Box by Maureen Fergus (read by author), Chickadee November 2020

Happy listening!

-Mariam, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com

Guinness World Records Day Giveaway!

**THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. WINNERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. THANK YOU FOR ENTERING!**

Enter for a chance to win this book!

Today is Guinness World Records Day!

The Chickadee blog is celebrating this fun of day of record-breaking by giving readers a chance to win a copy of the Guinness World Records 2021 book!

In this edition, learn about the cutest and most dangerous creatures in the animal kingdom. Find pop culture with world records from your fave actors and musicians. Get the scoop on the best athletes in the world. This book is interactive too—you can travel through the Solar System and see the planets with a free augmented-reality feature! You can also test your own record-breaking skills with a special “Against the Clock” chapter that will guide you through challenges you can safely do in your own home.

Want to learn more? We’re giving Chickadee readers a chance to WIN 1 of 5 copies of this book.

To enter, tell us in the comments: For Guinness World Records Day, what world record would you like to break? Please leave your name and age, too!

Contest deadline: December 2, 2020 at 11:59pm.

Prize courtesy of Guinness World Records.

For full contest rules and regulations click here.

Good luck!

Cheesy Bites Recipe

Hey readers,

Get cheesy with this yummy Cheesy Bites recipe! Check it out below.

You’ll need:

• 250 mL (1 cup) macaroni pasta
• 30 mL (2 tbsp.) butter
• 30 mL (2 tbsp.) flour
• 125 mL (1/2 cup) milk
• 375 mL (1 1/2 cups) shredded cheese
• hot dog pieces (optional)
• chives (optional)
• mini muffin tin

How to make:

1. Ask a grown up to help you cook and drain the macaroni.
2. Melt the butter on the stove. Stir in the flour.
3. Slowly stir in the milk. Simmer until it bubbles.
4. Add most of the cheese. Stir until melted.
5. Stir in the macaroni.
6. Cover the mixture and refrigerate it overnight.
7. Heat oven to 190 degrees celsius (375 F). Fill muffin cups with the Mac and Cheese mixture. Sprinkle on the rest of the cheese. Optional: Add cooked hot dogs and chives, too!
8. Bake for 15 minutes, or until cheese bubbles. Let cool before digging in. Yum!

Enjoy!

-Mariam, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com