The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 26

C10 The Ottawa Citizen, Sunday, May 10, 1992 You'll never forget Mother's Day if you remember that it's always the second Sunday in May! Why do cows wear bells? Because their horns don't work! (Submitted by Megan Hamilton, 6, of Cornwall.) If you were about to die and all you had was 50 cents, what would you buy? 8 in 4 What flies but never goes anywhere? A flag. (Submitted by Jennifer Malcolm, 6, of Kanata.) Knock! Knock! Who's there? Ken. Ken who? Ken I come in? (Submitted by Christine Smith, 11, of Pembroke.) 0 Lifesavers. (Submitted by Joannah Atkinson, 1 1 of Eganville.) 7F. 3 9 1 'a i Mil if 7 word! 1 MOTHER'S DAY iw- other's Day has been around since 1914.

That was when a group of American women were able to convince the United States government to declare a 0, 7 special day for mothers. Ever since, it's been up to kids to make Mother's Day special. Our readers shared their plans with us: Jeremy Straud of Hammond planned to give his mom flowers, breakfast in bed and a card that lists five things he's going to do for her this month. Candace Kavanagh, 9, of Kanata, gave mom a special box she made out of plastic, canvas and yarn. Tara Parks' mother celebrates her birthday today as well as Mother's Day.

Tara said she would give her mom breakfast in bed and then clean the house. Allison Shaver, 9, of Ottawa Is another breakfast maker. Laurie MacEachern planned to clean her room and wash the dishes for her mom. The kids in the Grade 23 class at W. Erskine Johnston Public School in Kanata had big plans for Mother's Day.

Jessica Bassett said she was going to a pancake breakfast with her mother. Heather Hui made her mom a card out of fabric. Geoff Carran said he was going to give his mom a necklace and make breakfast for her too. Debbie Birch's grandmother came from England to help celebrate the day. David Taggart says he is giving his mother something to put in the drawers to make her clothes smell nice.

There's still time to do something special for your mom today. It can be as simple as making her a card or giving her a hug. Whatever you do for your mom, make sure you tell her, "I love you." Thanks to our artists this week: Top, Jeff Conn, above, Kimberly Ong, far left, Mabel Lee, 1 1 and near left, Cristie Vito, 1 1 I sl A' i 4 A 4 The Kids' Page The Ottawa Citizen 1101 Baxter Rd. Ottawa, Ont. K2C3M4 MAKE MOM A FAN BROOCH Start by cutting a colorful page out of an old magazine.

Cut a rectangle from the magazine page about 7 cm wide and 20 cm long. Make a small fan by folding the paper accordion-style. Use closed scissors to curl small pieces of ribbons and strips of. paper and insert them into the folds at the base of the fan. Tape the bottom edges of the fan together (securing the ribbons in the folds) and glue to a small rectangle of cardboard.

Attach a safety pin so Mom can wear the brooch with pride. The winner of Cineplex Odeon movie passes for the whole family is Mabel Lee, 11, of Nepean. We drew her name from our Mother's Day mail. In two weeks, we'll have a page about your room. What have you done to make it a special place? Is.it your's alone or do you share with a brother or sister? Later, we'll have a page about inventions.

Send us your drawings and ideas for inventions you wish existed. Send your jokes, drawings and letters to: If we use your stuff, we'll send you a Citizen lunchbag. Please put your name, age, telephone number and full address, including postal code, on everything you send in. Today's reader is David Taggart, 9, of Kanata. We need more drawings of our readers to put in this space.

ii Janis Nostbakken is a children's TV producer, author and founding editor of Chickadee Magazine. Her column introduces young readers to the wonders of magic, experiments, cooking or crafts. blank sheet of paper holds lots of possibilities. You can draw a picture or write a story on it, turn it into an ii, airplane or origami animal. If that's not enough, use it 3.

Of course! All you have to do is fold the sheet in a series of accordion pleats as though you are making a fan. Then stand the accordion on a tabletop and rest the glass on top of the pleats. Can you think of any other ways of supporting the glass with a single sheet of paper? Fold fooler How many times can you fold a piece of paper in half? Ten, 20, 30 times? Guess again and then see if you're right by folding a sheet of paper (any size or thickness will do) in half over and over again. Be sure you divide the paper in half evenly with each fold. Guess what? You'll never be able to-fold any piece of paper in half more than nine times.

(For more paper-folding fun, see today's Craft Corner.) i 1 i Li :1 You can do all sorts of fun things with a blank piece of paper to try these challenges. A Balancing Act 1. Start with a sheet of writing or construction paper and a plastic drinking glass. 2. It's easy enough to balance the paper on the glass by simply placing the sheet on top of it.

But can you balance the glass on the paper?.