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Octopi have blue blood – and they don’t even
have to be royal! Maya Reid-Cain, 9

e our
Mmmm! You smell lovely – or you will once you’ve mad
les
perfume! Keep sending your jokes, reviews and pet profi

Sudoku Riddle
Fill the spaces with numbers from 1 to 9 so that every row, Can you find something
­column and 3x3 box contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.
yummy hidden in this
riddle? Cats love it! YOUR JOKE
6 8 2 4
My first is in rock but not in stone Knock knock Knock knock
Who’s there? Who’s there?
3 6 My second is not in catch but is in
thrown Banana Banana
My third is in came and in went Banana who? Banana who?
7 9 6 2 5 8 My fourth is in camping but not in
Knock knock Knock knock
tent
My fifth is the first letter of meant Who’s there? Who’s there?
2 6 8 Banana Orange
Banana who? Orange who?
9 7 5 3 6 Orange you
glad I didn’t say
banana?
6 4 9 Gregory
­Woodward, 7

5 4 1 7 3 9
YOUR REVIEW
2 5 Cars 2
Good news James Bond fans – here’s a
1 3 7 2 For answers see
tomorrow’s G2
film you will not want to miss. When
familiar tow-truck Mater meets ­secret
agents Finn McMissile and Holly
Shiftwheel, he finds out about their

HOW TO WHAT TO DO
1 Find a bottle to store your
5 Strain the mixture through a
sieve and squeeze the perfume
top secret mission,
researching evil

MAKE ­perfume in – an old shampoo

bottle or water bottle would
out of the petals. mastermind
­Professor Z and his

ROSE be fine. 6 Fill the bottle with your new

PETAL
PERFUME
Mum’s birthday looming?
Granny coming to visit? How
about making some rose petal
perfume as a gift to keep them
sweet? Or better still, keep
it for yourself!
YOU WILL NEED
• A plastic or glass bottle
• Two handfuls of rose
petals
• Two cups of water
• Sticky labels
2 Measure the cups of
water and pour them
into a saucepan.
3 Place a lid on the pan
and bring the water to a slow
boil (but make sure an adult is
­helping you).
4 Turn off the heat and add
the rose petals. Leave the
mixture until cool.
rose petal perfume!
7 Think of a name for your
­perfume, write it on a label
and stick it to the jar.
Why not get out your art box and
decorate your perfume ­bottle?
For more great ideas and activities like
this, check out The Style Queen Creativ-
ity Book by Andrea Pennington (Carlton
Books). You can buy it from the Guardian
Bookshop for £7.99 (rrp £9.99) with
free UK p&p. Call 0330 333 6846 or visit
guardianbookshop.co.uk
henchmen.
Meanwhile,
Lightning
­McQueen and the
rest of the gang join
the World Grand Prix,
run by Miles Axelrod, ­because of the
new fuel he’s invented. But the bad guys
have found out the petrol’s only
weakness and they start killing all of the
racers on the track! Can Mater stop
them? Packed with laughs, explosives
and death (sniff), this is a must see!
Myles Gilbert, 8
Send your reviews to
g2kids@guardian.co.uk with
“G2 ­review” in the subject line for a
chance to see it in print or online.
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