Craft: Make a Birdfeeder by Shabnam M.

Enjoy spring and nature this month! Watch the birds. Make a birdfeeder!

You will need:
-Peanut Butter
-Rice
-Oatmeal
-Peanuts
-Cashews
-Crisp Rice Cereal
-An adult's help
-A wooden cylinder
-string
-Berries from a tree in your yard (for this, do some research and watch the birds in your yard. If they eat those berries, you should include them)
-Birdseed (you can get birdseed at a pet store. Ask for wild bird seed.)

What to do:

1. Spread peanut butter over the surface of the wooden cylinder.

2. In a square pan, mix the rice, oatmeal, crisp rice cereal and birdseed.

3. In a blender, grind the peanuts and cashews (with and adult's help). After you are done, add the peanuts and cashews with the other grains. Add the berries.

4. Roll the wooden cylinder with the peanut butter in the pan. The cylinder should get fully covered with your mix.

5. Use the string and hang the cylinder from a strong tree branch or anywhere else birds come a lot.

6. The birds will love it!

Learn a dua today!

Subject:
Against distress

Arabic transliteration:
Anni massaniya-sh shaytuna bi-nusbin was adhab

English meaning:
Certainly the Devil has touched me with fatigue and agony

You will need:
Nachos
shredded cheese
spicy or mild salsa

What to do:

1. Put some nachos on a plate.
2. Spread two tablespoons of salsa on top of the nachos.
3. Sprinkle on the shredded cheese.
4. Place the plate in the microwave and heat for 1 minute.
5. Enjoy and celebrate spring!

Koala on the Roof by Shabnam M.

"There's a koala on the roof!" I shouted. It was a cute, gray animal looking scared. I wonder how it got there? Don't koala's live in Australia?

My brother Khalid came running. "What do koala's eat?" he asked. "Oh yeah" I said. "Eucalyptus leaves! Smart thinking, Khalid."

"Hmm..." Where in the world would I find eucalyptus? Certainly not in the kitchen.

Mom was cooking there, so I couldn't go rummaging around.

So I decided tp go to the Nature Center nearby. I snapped on my helmet and "Woosh!", my bike was on the way!

When I got there, I panted, "I need eucalyptus!"

"Why" asked the person there. I answered, "Because there's a koala on the roof!"

"I don't believe you" said the secretary. The secretary grabbed some eucalyptus leaves and followed me with his bike.

When I got home, I showed him the koala. "Oh man" he said. "It's from the zoo. We better call the zoo officials right away!" He stepped inside to call the zoo.

I could tell the koala was sniffing. He got up and stepped. One, two, three steps then he stopped. One, two, three, stop. One, two, three, stop.

He went very slowly down the roof. I don't blame him; I would too.

Then he suddenly munched a eucalyptus leaf and I grabbed him down.

The zoo officials came in a second. The secretary got on his bike and went back to the Nature Center. I handed the official the koala. "Thanks" he said.

That was my koala rescue!