Pizza oven? Check.
Lawns? Check.
Sausage sizzle? Check!
Gnomes? Check!
Star employees? Ooh, Winston's dad!
Pizza? Demolished!
Flamingos? Australian!
Hammerbarn, here we come!
Monday, 1 August 2022
Bluey Camping Adventure Activity Book
Let's go on a camping adventure and be outdoor explorers! Bluey has put her camping guidebook on the CBeebies website so British people can go on a very Aussie camping trip in the garden, in the bush or at home!
Kukembeleza & Jua
Kukembeleza is Furaha's favourite resident of Angel Love, and Jua is his yellow-furred teddy bestie. These two are inspired by the Care Bears, as with all the other residents of Angel Love.
Me, You, And Jack Frost
The very end of Autumn had swept upon the residents of Carousel Village. The wind was getting colder, and the smell of freshly baked gingerbread men cooling on windowsils wafted through the air. The most excited out of all the residents of Carousel Village were Furaha (although she and her family are not really residents at all) and Socks, who just realised that on the 12th of January, the first snowfall of the year would come. Socks and Furaha were wandering round the village seeing all the other carousel horses putting up decorations and baking fresh biscuits. A big snowflake banner was placed above the street, coloured blue with three white snowflakes. “Nice job with the banner there, Fizzy Dude,” Furaha called to her white-bodied pony friend. “No problem!” called Fizzy Dude, “A little tweaks here and there and-” “No worries, mate, I helped also,” said Fizz Apple, her sister. Fizz Apple had ditched her usual Summer hat for a woolly Winter hat and boots. “You look awesome,” said Socks, “How did you dress like that?” “Knitted them myself,” said Apple Fizz proudly.
While passing Oven Bake’s cafe, Furaha and Socks were enticed by the smell of fresh gingerbread cooling on the windowsill. It was joined by a plateful of strawberry muffins with pink chocolate chips. “Yum, what nice ingredients! Maybe we could try some.” said Furaha. “I’m so hungry, I’m just dying for one,” said Socks. Just then, Oven Bake appeared. “Like them? I’m proud to bake them for such a festive occasion such as Winter, I can’t wait to greet the first snowfall of the year.” “We can’t wait, too!” said Socks, “There’ll be lights and snowy games and those muffins!” “Can we have some?” asked Furaha. “Okay, here you go,” said Oven Bake, handing them a muffin and a gingerbread man each. They tasted exceptionally delicious. “Mmmmmmm! Your baking is such a treat, Oven Bake. It’s a wonder you always wear those bunny oven gloves.” Oven looked on her hoof, and saw she was wearing one of the bunny oven gloves Furaha mentioned. Furaha and Socks were giggling under their breath. “Oh! Silly me, I AM wearing bunny oven gloves!” laughed Oven Bake.
Furaha’s mother and father, Kiburi and Ua, heard all the noise. “What on earth is going on?” asked Kiburi. “Your daughter and I are just excited for the first snowfall tomorrow!” said Socks. “It’ll be great!” cried Furaha. “Apple Fizz, Fizzy Dude and Oven Bake all agree.” “Including me!” called a voice. It was Baby Cloud, scampering up to them like a hurricane. “I can’t wait, I just can’t wait!” His face fell. “But…I’m not very sure I can progress at sledging.” “You’ll be fine! Tell you what: we’ll teach you. How’s that?” “Yes yes yes!” squeaked Baby Cloud, jumping up and down. “You’re very helpful towards all the little carousel horses, Furaha,” said Ua, “In fact, you’re almost like a real grown up childminder towards them.” “Thanks,” said Furaha, “I’m always a great friend.” “A great childminder?” asked Socks. “A great companion!” they both said, and they burst out laughing.
At home, Furaha helped Socks decorate her house with tinsel and baubles and popcorn chains. Everything looked just perfect for Winter. Furaha liked the small lion bauble that hung halfway through the tinsel, because it proudly displayed her African heritage. “How on earth did you get such a lovely bauble?” asked Furaha. “I’ve had that bauble since the day I was born,” said Socks, “I loved it to bits, and I still do anyway. I’ve kept it all the way up until my teenage years, which is now!” “How can you be a teenager if you’ve grown out of being a kid?” asked Furaha. “You’re immortal, you have an immortality spark, and I…well…” And Socks sadly trudged up the stairs with a heavy sigh of mournfulness. Furaha looked worried, and dashed up the stairs after her.
Furaha saw Socks sitting on her bed. Furaha sat next to her, a reassuring friend she was. “Why are you upset, Minty? Surely you haven’t the need to grow up?” “I know, but someday you’ll grow up and leave me forever, and soon I’ll be dead! I can’t believe this is all happening. Why should I be thinking about death during such a happy time? I feel…childish!” “There’s no need to!” said Furaha, “You see, I think people should never grow up. They have a child inside them, and they should let it out whenever they have the chance. What do you think, Socks?” Socks slowly turned her head to Furaha and wiped her tears away. “Sure, if you know what I mean.” “I know what you mean. And being a kid forever…” said Furaha, standing up and bouncing on the bed, “...is fun!” Socks smiled and began bouncing with her. The two girls were squealing with delight as they bounced and bounced, until they finally collapsed onto the bed in a heap, laughing and yawning. Socks and Furaha snuggled into bed, and Furaha ran out to turn off the lights before running back under the covers again. “Goodnight, Socks,” she yawned, “Happy Winter.”
But all through the night, the snow didn’t come, and by the next morning, Socks was already shaking Furaha awake. “Wha…what?” she asked, rubbing her eyes. “Look - no snow!” said Socks. Furaha looked. Socks was right, there was no pure, fluffy white snow in sight. A large crowd was gathered outside, talking in a puzzled manner. Furaha and Socks rushed outside to see everyone confused. The wind was cold, but why was there no snow? “We can’t have Winter without snow!” cried Apple Fizz. “Me neither, dude,” said Fizzy Dude, “I think I’m never going to ride my toboggan ever again!” “Who will give me sledging lessons?” whimpered Baby Cloud. “And who’s going to taste my famous hot chocolate and gingerbread men?” asked Oven Bake. “I can find out the solution.” said Furaha. The crowd gasped. “You?” asked Apple Fizz, “But you’re too small!” “I know, but I’ve dealt with problems before. There were many forces of evil, but don’t worry, I’m on the way to help. I’ll bring Socks with me if that’s fine with you.” “I hope the journey isn’t dangerous,” said Ua. “She’ll be fine, dear,” said Kiburi, “You’ll see.” He turned to Furaha. “Furaha, I’m wishing you luck on this journey. When you come back, there’ll be plenty of snow for everyone.” The crowd cheered and stamped their hooves as Furaha and Minty set off for the loving cloud world of Angel Love.
The two friends took the cloudy stairs up to Angel Love, where lots of caring teddy bears roamed the streets, enjoying themselves and looking very colourful indeed. Kukembeleza, the orange-furred teddy bear, and his best friend Jua, the yellow teddy bear, were standing on the edge of one of the clouds looking through their Careoscope at the Arctic. “Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear,” said Kukembeleza. “Don’t just begin every sentence with oh dear,” said Jua, “There must be a reason why the Arctic’s under a lot of environmental warming these days.” “It’s not that,” said Kukembeleza, “Something’s happened to Jack Frost, the bringer of the snow!”
In ran Furaha and Socks. “Hi, Kukembeleza!” said Furaha, for Kukembeleza was Furaha’s favourite of all the teddies in Angel Love. “We have a problem. There’s no snow in Carousel Village.” “No snow, you say?” asked Kukembeleza, “We seem to have a problem too. There’s no snow in Angel Love either. We even looked through the Careoscope and saw that there’s no snow around the world either. And I think we know the reason behind all this.” “What’s the reason?” asked Furaha and Minty. “The reason? Well, here’s the reason: Jack Frost, the bringer of Winter, has been put under an eternal sleeping spell by his evil brother Jim Fire. Without him, Winter will be history!” “Jim Fire?” asked Socks, totally misunderstanding. “No, Jack Frost!” said Jua, “Someone’s got to wake him up, or else!” “I will.” said Furaha, stepping forward. “Me too,” said Socks. “But one of you has no powers! How will you cope?” “We can outwit the cold, can’t we, Socks?” asked Furaha. “We can!” said a determined Socks. “Then you shall head straight to the Love You Transporter immediately.” said Kukembeleza.
Ah, the Love You Transporter. It has the power to transport anyone to wherever they want. Of course, Furaha has powers but this was for a mega emergency. Furaha and Socks stepped into the transporter and Jua set the dial to ‘Arctic’. He pressed the heart-shaped button and Furaha and Socks were off! “Good luck!” called Kukembeleza. “We’ll have all the luck we can!” called Furaha as they disappeared. The next moment, Furaha and Socks were sent falling out of a foggy sky towards a patch of whiteness down below. Furaha held Socks’ hoof, and they closed their eyes as they plummeted into the deep snow and tumbled downhill into a snowy patch below. When they opened their eyes, they were covered from head to toe in snow. “Socks, look!” said Furaha. Socks looked around her. There was the Arctic, all gleaming in snow and ice. “Wow. I’ve never been to a place like this before.” gasped Socks.
Two Months To Hallowistmas
I wonder what wrapping paper I'll choose for the Terrifying Trivia Book and the Petrifying Puzzle Book?
I.B.F.Fs: Let's Dance
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One day in March, Zura, Fang, Luna and I were at a cafe with our family. We were enjoying some chocolate cake after we had a delicious and healthy helping of green salad. I liked these sorts of meals. Following a healthy green meal with a sweet brown slice of cake could put someone’s appetite to great measures. However, on this day, Fang was about to confess something that’ll change the way he feels about doing what he hates forever…
“I aced all my exams yesterday,” said Zura, “You won’t believe how excited I was when Mr Bonehead said I came top!” “That’s wonderful, my sweet Nile jewel,” said Palm. “Well I’d like to confess that I accidentally wore my pyjamas back to front when I went to bed last night,” said Luna. We all laughed at this, and Luna blushed. “Kind of sounds funny when you think about it. Wearing your pyjamas on back to front. Sounds funny, it really is.” “Well..er..” Fang had nothing to say. “Come on, Fang, speak up,” I said. “Don’t force him,” whispered my mum. “Sorry, mum,” I said. I let Fang take a while to think about what he was trying to say. Then he finally let it out: “I haven’t cleaned our room in a week.” “WHAT?!” we all shouted in chorus, causing everyone in the cafe to stare at us. There was a long silence. Then the customers got back to doing what they were doing before.
“Fang, don’t tell me. You haven’t cleaned our room.” I sarked. “Usually we do it together, but not this time, I was told to do it on my own, but I can’t do it alone.” “We could always do it together. That’s what siblings are for,” said Zura. “Yes, but this is different. My mum wants me to clean my room so I can be independent enough to do it on my own.” Joan blushed, and everyone had to laugh again. Joan knelt down to me and whispered in my ear: “Look, Sophie, I’m giving you three chances.” “To be good?” I asked. “No, to put Fang into a dance sort of mode. You must do that to him until he gives in and cleans his room.” “Okay, Joan,” I said. “That’s a promise.”
Later, we reached the zebra crossing, and waited until the cars stopped to let us cross. When the red signal turned to green, we crossed, and I slapped Fang on the back. At once, he started to dance like a pro, sliding across the zebra crossing like he was Michael Jackson. Everyone in the cars cheered, whooped and praised his unlimited dance moves, and when we got to the other side, Luna and Zura were already applauding him. “Good moves, Fang!” cried Luna. “That’ll serve him right, won’t it?” asked Joan. “Yeah, serves you right, Fang!”
When we got to the post office to collect a parcel, Fang couldn’t stop dancing in and out of aisles selling sweets and baby products and papers. “Fang, stop that dancing right this minute, you’ll embarrass us!” cried Frank. “Relax, Frank,” said Joan, “It’s Sophie’s way of giving him his just desserts.” Fang was dancing so much that a huge crowd came to see what was going on. They filmed him with their cell phones and chanted “Fang can dance! Fang can dance!” Soon, Luna, Zura and I were joining in with the chanting too, but it was not until we were dragged out of there my our harassed parents, and the crowd had to leave, moaning in annoyance.
Fang was still dancing as we crossed the town square, but soon, he began to freeze a few times and then slow down and bend over like a clockwork mouse. “Phew, like a dream.” said a relieved Frank. “Sophie, will you gladly pick him up and take him back to the car?” asked Zura, trying to hold in her giggles. “Yes,” I said. A group of children watched us and laughed as I picked up Fang and carried him back to the car. “Hey, looks like your brother can’t look after himself!” cried one of the kids, but I just stuck my tongue out and struggled to carry Fang back to the car. Once we did, I had to throw him in and put on his seatbelt before I had to do mine.
We were laughing all the way back home, but then I had the surrogate task of dragging Fang into the house and up the stairs, and all the way into our room. It was a mess! There were toys and games and books everywhere. “Go on, Sophie, wind him up,” said Luna. I pretended to wind Fang up, and he sprang to life once again. “Alright,” he said with a few short puffs of breath, “I promise! I promise I can clean my room.” “Only if we do it together,” I said.
So we got to work cleaning the games, toys and books off the floor and back where they belonged. Sure, there was the odd mistake here and there, but eventually, we managed to make the room shiny and clean. We high-fived each other, and Fang hugged me lovingly. “Thanks, I wasn’t able to clean my room without you guys.” he sighed. “We’ll always be there for you. When you have a problem, we’ll be able to sort it out right then and there.”
“Hey, kids!” called Darone from downstairs. We ran downstairs to see Darone looking at something on GooTube. “You’ll never guess what they uploaded on there today!” We looked. There was a video of Fang dancing in front of a ginormous crowd, and the crowd chanting “Fang can dance! Fang can dance!” We couldn’t help chanting along too, and Fang blushed proudly, for whenever he felt like dancing, those words rang in his head:
“Fang can dance! Fang can dance!”
THE END.
Dance Mode
MUM!
DAD!
BINGO!
And of course, BLUEY! Are back for more adventures down under, and sure enough, they have already invented a new game - Dance Mode. It's an embarrassing game where you get there chances to dance in public if Bingo slaps your tail. Upon last chance, you can do it in front of a big crowd! Whatever you're embarrassed by whether wearing your schoolteacher's jumper or wetting yourself in the school toilets, you know Bluey's here to make it all better!
Crocodile Cards
Deep in the swamps of Landundee, there lived two crocodiles named Andrew and Scazar. All they ever did in their dull swamp home was sit there in the murky water looking bored with nothing to do. They just had nothing exciting in all their lives. All they ever got to do was eat swamp gunge soup for dinner and play endless dull games of SwampBall. Now, all they ever did was sit, sit, sit, looking bored, bored, bored. It’s no fun being a crocodile.
One day, Andrew noticed something in the distance. It was the town. “Come on, Scazar,” he said, “Let’s get a job there and escape the boring old mess!” “But what about if there are any predators around here?” asked Scazar. “Don’t worry, I’m sure they can accept new jobs there!” laughed Andrew. “Oh. Then maybe I guess I’ll like my new job.” said the always-nervous Scazar. “You’ll love it once you go around human beings!” laughed Andrew. “We don’t bite around humans - oh well, just in case they call pest control.”
So they crawled out of the murky brown water and marched two by two into the town. At first, all the people in the town didn’t notice, because they were too busy going about their daily lives. Andrew and Scazar wanted to find a job - and fast! They saw two signs in the distance: “WANTED! Hiring new teachers for school job.” near the school, and “Hiring new owner of local butcher’s shop - come and get your gullety fill here.” “I’ll take a job at the butcher’s,” said Andrew. “I’ll take a job at the school,” said Scazar.
In a few moments, Andrew got a job at the butcher’s. He did a good job selling meat to the customers who came in, but he couldn’t take his eyes off the sausage strings that were hanging off the hook. He couldn’t resist, so he grabbed the sausages and chowed on them, loving the taste of raw meat. Raw meat was better than human meat, because it didn’t taste bitter. However, it wasn’t long before he was fired by the angry manager of the butcher’s shop, who thought his teeth were too sharp and his appetite too huge for a job like this.
Meanwhile, Scazar got a job at the school as a teacher. The children were amazed to see a crocodile in a professor’s hat teaching science and maths and social studies. When he was asking a question, however, he showed rows and rows of sharp white teeth. The children thought his teeth were too sharp and scary, and ran out of the classroom screaming. The head of the school had to fire him too, because his looks were too frightening for all the pupils.
When Andrew and Scazar met up in the village square, everyone was screaming and running for their lives, back into their houses or someplace bizarre in the street. “See? This is what I’m talking about,” said Scazar, “No one loves us!” “I guess we’ll have to go back to our boring old lives in our boring old swamp, with no way home or whatev-” “Not yet! Look!” called Scazar. Before them, on a table outside of a cafe, was a pack of playing cards left behind by a frightened man in a coat and a bowler hat. This gave Andrew and Scazar an idea.
Soon, they were back in their swamp playing a game of snap on the deck. “Snap! I win!” called Andrew, putting his card down in front of Scazar’s. “Oh, you win again.” said Scazar. “It’s fun to not be bored!” “Yeah, even if you’re alligators living in a murky, boring swamp!” said Andrew. Soon, the other crocodiles wanted to play too, and soon, a casino was opened up on the edge of the swamp, where the crocodiles could play snap whenever they wanted. Life was now as sweet as scales.
THE END.
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