Stacey Lane's Full-Length Plays

A Bee Cs Published in Spider March 2022 Move your bee across the honeycomb game board by calling out words that start with the letter “b” that fit in the category printed on each hexagon. text © 2022 Cricket Media

Creepy Campout Published in Spider October 2021 and Make and Play July 2023 (in Mandarin) Art by Vicki Bradley To discover what the uneasy campers are thinking about during their cold night in the woods, match the glowing eyes with the letters that they stand for. text © 2021 Cricket Media, art © 2003 Vicki Bradley

Bubble-Blowing Beasts Published in Spider September 2022 While learning how creatures use bubbles for survival, figure out which letters in the scientific facts are covered up by bubbles. Then cross out those letters at the bottom to reveal which mystery animal plays with bubbles. text © 2022 Cricket Media

Buckaroo Breakfast Published in Spider April 2021 and Make and Play February 2023 (in Mandarin) Follow the picture pattern to lead the cowpoke to the chuck wagon in this wild west maze. text © 2021 Cricket Media

Bushy-Tailed Brainteasers Published in Spider September 2023 Try to solve four silly squirrel-themed riddles. Then check your answers with the grille cipher secret decoder, and discover how to share your own secret message. text © 2023 Cricket Media

Dessert Disaster Published in Spider September 2023 Art by Laura González In this silly short story about missing ingredients, some wrong words are used. Changing only one letter transforms each wrong word into the right word. Put the wrong letters in the blank spaces to reveal the answer to the riddle. text & art © 2023 Cricket Media

Extra Special Extraterrestrial Published in Spider May/June 2020 Art by Anne-Marie Bourgeois Turn two pie pans and a plastic cup into a flying saucer, complete with a puffy little green pilot. text © 2020 Cricket Media, art © 2020 Anne-Marie Bourgeois

HOGoween COWstume SHEEPnanigans Published in Spider October 2022 Art by Michele A. Noiset Figure out the answer to a jolly fall farm joke by using the secret code to match the treats with the letters that they stand for. text © 2022 Cricket Media, art © 2012 Michele A. Noiset

Ophelia’s Last Word: Big Buggy Bubbles Published in Spider September 2022 Art by Michael Chesworth Blow humongous double bubbles with this recipe for super-strong bubble solution and these steps to assemble a giant bubble wand. text & art © 2022 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Blowhole Your Nose Published in Spider February 2021 Art by Michael Chesworth Have a whale of a good time transforming a new tissue box into a magnificent sea creature. text & art © 2021 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Broken Crayon Goo Published in Spider May/June 2021 Art by Michael Chesworth This simple recipe for slime uses only nontoxic ingredients and gets its confetti-like burst of color from crayon shavings. text & art © 2021 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Chimp Chomp Published in Spider July/August 2022 Art by Michael Chesworth Fresh fruit and animal crackers are even tastier when they are arranged into a tropical scene. text & art © 2022 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Cooking Clues Published in Spider April 2022 and Make and Play February 2023 (in Mandarin) Art by Michael Chesworth Match the illustrations in the maze with what the text says the cook is doing to follow the right path and discover what dish is being prepared. text & art © 2022 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Cool Spool Scroll Published in Spider January 2023 Art by Michael Chesworth Build a secret decoder out of empty thread spools. Then hide a secret message on strips of paper wrapped around the spools. Write the hint on the outside and give the secret decoder a spin to mix up the words. text & art © 2022 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Corncob Lob Published in Spider October 2022 Art by Michael Chesworth Turn a cardboard box into a hungry hog. Make corncobs out of toilet paper rolls and painted bubble wrap. Keep score as you toss the corn to the piggy. text & art © 2022 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Cozy Campfire Published in Spider September 2020 Art by Michael Chesworth Pretend your living room is a campground when you construct this fun, fake fire. text & art © 2020 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Extreme Jellybean Cuisine Published in Spider July/August 2021 Art by Michael Chesworth This microwavable chocolate bark recipe is easy, colorful, and oh so sweet. text & art © 2021 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Hidden Hungry Monsters Published in Spider October 2021 and Make and Play July 2023 (in Mandarin) Art by Michael Chesworth This is no ordinary word search! After circling all the scary beasts, the letters that are left un-circled spell out the answer to the riddle. text & art © 2021 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Holiday Hooray Published in Spider November/December 2022 Art by Michael Chesworth In this game that celebrates multicultural holidays, try to cover four consecutive spots. When flipping heads, place your coin on any empty spot. When flipping tails, remove another player’s coin and place yours in its spot. text & art © 2022 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Marvelous Martian Maker Published in Spider March 2022 Art by Michael Chesworth In this high-speed dice game, race to be the first to complete a drawing of an extraterrestrial using the numbers on the dice to dictate what body part to draw in what color. The first player to grab the correct crayon gets to draw. text & art © 2022 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: A Melty Mystery Published in Spider January 2021 Art by Michael Chesworth Use the clues to pair each critter with a specific dessert. Then solve the mystery of who left the freezer door open. text & art © 2020 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Ramp Racer Champ Published in Spider July/August 2023 Art by Michael Chesworth Build a fast race track with numbered tunnels at the bottom. Then play a game to see which toy car will rack up the most points. text & art © 2023 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Splendid Spin Drum Published in Spider May/June 2023 Art by Michael Chesworth Construct a double-headed drum out of household items. Keep a beat by making the strings swing. text & art © 2022 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Veggie Rabbit Published in Spider January 2021 Art by Michael Chesworth Serve vegetables and dip with style when you shape your snack into a bonny bunny face. text & art © 2020 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Wild Water Quick Flip Trick Published in Spider April 2021 Art by Michael Chesworth With science on your side, hold a cup of water upside- down over a friend’s head without spilling any water. text & art © 2021 Cricket Media

Quilt Quest Published in Spider January 2023 Challenge your opponent’s memory skills by arranging and rearranging quilt patterns. Earn tokens of the materials needed to sew a quilt. The first player to collect each kind of token wins. text © 2022 Cricket Media

Race to Victory Published in Spider July/August 2023 In this construction strategy game, race to be the first to complete a racetrack with randomly selected curved and straight road pieces. text © 2023 Cricket Media

Snack Ness Monster Published in Spider January 2023 Art by Dana Drew Beech Transform an ordinary bagel and cream cheese into the mysterious Loch Ness Monster. text © 2022 Cricket Media, art © 2022 Dana Drew Beech

The Strangest Sculpture Published in Spider May/June 2021 Ask a friend for certain types of words to fill in the blanks in this story about an unusual art contest. Then share the super silly story. text © 2022 Cricket Media

Tail Tally Published in Click September 2020 Hold on! In this game, place a coin that lands on tails on any animal that has a tail and a coin that lands on heads on any tailless animal with the goal of being the first to fill a full line in any direction. text © 2020 Cricket Media

Tundra Tongue Twisters Published in Spider January 2023 Art by Jill Weber Bet you can’t say this cool collection of nice icy tongue twisters three times fast! text © 2023 Cricket Media, art © 2005 Jill Weber

Wrong-Side-Up Wildlife Published in Spider April 2021 Use the clues to identify the topsy-turvy critters. Then take the letters that are circled in your answers and unscramble them to discover which animal spends most of its life upside-down. text © 2021 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Snowman Slush Published in Spider November/December 2021 Art by Michael Chesworth Make a festive fridge magnet of a melting snowman out of school glue. text & art © 2021 Cricket Media

Ophelia’s Last Word: Sam’s Shimmer Published in Spider October 2023 Art by Michael Chesworth In this wizard-themed dice game, strive to be the first to get rid of all your sequins by placing them on numbers that add up to exactly what you rolled and removing the other player’s sequins. text & art © 2023 Cricket Media