Mars Mag 15

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STAEDTLER Double-ended lettering pens

• Double-ended brush lettering pens for expressive hand lettering styles with thick or thin strokes

• One pen - two tips; flexible brush tip and fine tip

• Great effect with tip-to-tip blending

STAEDTLER Brush set

• Synthetic brushes

• Excellent elasticity and shape retention

• Durable, synthetic fibre

STAEDTLER Acrylic paints

• Highly pigmented, brilliant colours

• Thin with water for subtle washes

• Easy to blend with smooth consistency

Ergosoft®

• Coloured pencil in ergonomic triangular shape for relaxed and easy drawing

• Unique, non-slip surface with name field

• Especially soft and richly coloured lead

BACK TO SCHOOL LUNCHBOX IDEAS

PIZZA PUFFS

Ingredients

• 1 loaf (453 grams) frozen pizza dough, thawed 20 slices pepperoni

• 230 grams part-skim mozzarella cheese, cut into 20 cubes

• 1/4 cup butter

• 2 small garlic cloves, minced

• Dash salt

• Marinara sauce, warmed

• Optional: Crushed red pepper flakes and

Directions

Preheat oven to 200°. Shape dough into 1-1/2in. balls; flatten into 1/8-in.-thick circles. Place 1 pepperoni slice and 1 cheese cube in center of each circle; wrap dough around pepperoni and cheese. Pinch edges to seal; shape into a ball. Repeat with remaining dough, pepperoni and cheese. Place seam side down on greased baking sheets; bake until light golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Cool slightly. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add garlic and salt, taking care not to brown butter or garlic; brush over puffs. Serve with marinara sauce; if desired, sprinkle with red pepper flakes and Parmesan. Can you freeze Pizza Puffs?

Cover and freeze unbaked pizza puffs on waxed paper-lined baking sheets until firm. Transfer to a freezer container; seal and return to freezer. To use, preheat oven to 200°; bake pizza puffs on greased baking sheets as directed, increasing time as necessary until golden brown.

Nutrition Facts

1 pizza puff: 120 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 189mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 0 fiber), 5g protein.

CHICKEN & BACON ROLL-UPS

Ingredients

• 1 can (300 grams) chunk white chicken, drained

• 1 carton (225 grams) spreadable garden vegetable cream cheese

• 1 cup salsa, divided

• 4 pieces ready-to-serve fully cooked bacon, crumbled

• 6 flour tortillas (20 cm), room temperature

Directions

Mix chicken, cream cheese, 1/2 cup salsa and bacon; spread over tortillas. Roll up tightly; wrap. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Just before serving, unwrap and cut tortillas into 1-in. slices. Serve with remaining salsa.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 43 calories, 2g fat (1g saturated fat), 4mg cholesterol, 100mg sodium, 4g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.

MINI BURGERS WITH THE WORKS

Ingredients

• 115 grams ground beef

• 3 slices American cheese

4 slices white bread (heels of loaves recommended)

• 2 tablespoons prepared Thousand Island salad dressing

• 2 pearl onions, thinly sliced

• 4 baby dill pickles, thinly sliced

• 3 cherry tomatoes, thinly sliced

Directions

Shape beef into twelve 1-in. patties. Place on a microwave-safe plate lined with paper towels. Cover with another paper towel; microwave on high for 1 minute until meat is no longer pink. Cut each slice of cheese into fourths; set aside.

Using a 1-in. round cookie cutter, cut out 6 circles from each slice of bread. Spread half the bread circles with dressing. Layer with burgers, cheese, onions, pickles and tomatoes. Top with remaining bread circles; secure with toothpicks.

Nutrition Facts

1 burger: 68 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 11mg cholesterol, 153mg sodium, 5g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 0 fiber), 4g protein.

REUBEN STROMBOLI

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 491 calories, 32g fat (10g saturated fat), 50mg cholesterol, 1566mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 4g fiber), 18g protein.

Ingredients

• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed

• 2/3 cup Thousand Island salad dressing, divided 3 tablespoons dill pickle relish

• 230 grams thinly sliced deli corned beef

• 230 grams thinly sliced deli pastrami

• 4 tablespoons spicy brown mustard

• 8 slices Swiss or fontina cheese

1-1/2 cups sauerkraut, rinsed and well drained

• 1 large egg white, lightly beaten

• 2 teaspoons caraway seeds or sesame seeds

Directions

Preheat oven to 200°. On a lightly floured surface, unfold puff pastry. Roll into a 14x11-in. rectangle. Spread 1/3 cup dressing to within 1.3 cm. of edges. Sprinkle with relish. Layer with corned beef, pastrami, mustard, cheese and sauerkraut. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet, seam side down; tuck ends under and press to seal.

Brush with egg white and sprinkle with caraway seeds; cut small slits in top. Bake until top is golden brown and pastry is cooked through, 40-45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with remaining dressing.

CREATIVE CHRISTMAS TREE

Christmas is just around the corner. But do you have the space for a great big Christmas tree?

Here’s the good news: Christmas trees don‘t always have to be a traditional large fir tree. It‘s quick and easy to make a creative tree from branches, which can be hung on the wall and will fit into even the smallest apartment. And home made decorations from wood and FIMO will provide a personal touch. This combination of rustic wood and delicate FIMO ornaments creates a charming look.

What you need

Product Article no. Quantity

FIMO® soft 8020 Oven-bake modelling clay - Single product white 8020-0 1 FIMO® 8700 05 Acrylic roller - Blistercard containing an Acrylic roller 8700 051 Lumocolor® permanent glasochrom 108 20 Waterproof dry marker - Single product white 108 20-0 1 Lumocolor® permanent glasochrom 108 20 Waterproof dry marker - Single product red 108 20-2 1 Additionally required: Smooth working surface (glass or ceramic), doily, anthracite acrylic paint, cotton wool pads, cook’s string and natural twine, letters for embossing, different cookie cutters, wooden discs with holes, branches in a range of lengths, fairy lights

STEP 1

Here’s the good news: Christmas trees don‘t always have to be a traditional large fir tree. It‘s quick and easy to make a creative tree from branches, which can be hung on the wall and will fit into even the smallest apartment. And home made decorations from wood and FIMO will provide a personal touch. This combination of rustic wood and delicate FIMO ornaments creates a charming look.

STEP 2

Place a block of white FIMO soft on a smooth working surface (glass or ceramic) and roll out into a 2 mm sheet using the acrylic roller.

Then cover part of the sheet with the doily and roll over with the acrylic roller again.

Carefully remove the doily. The pattern should now have been embossed onto the sheet. Cut out different shapes using the cookie cutters.

STEP 3

You can also add words or names to your FIMO decorations. Little letter stamps are great to use for this.

Place the letters of your word in the holder (back to front!) and press them gently into the FIMO soft.

Use the ball modelling tool to pierce a hole at the top of each decoration. Harden the FIMO decorations in the oven for 30 minutes at 110° C / 230° F. Leave to cool.

STEP 4

You can highlight some of the pretty embossed details you have created using anthracite coloured acrylic paint.

More paint will stick to the indentations than to the surface, creating a contrasting pattern. Apply acrylic paint to the areas you want to highlight and wipe the surface using a cotton wool pad.

Leave to dry completely.

To attach your decorations to presents or to your Christmas tree, thread pieces of cord, cook’s string or natural twine about 20 cm long through the holes and tie at the top.

BACK TO SCHOOL

Famous Christmas Paintings

The Census at Bethlehem – Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Sistine Madonna – Raphael

Winter Landscape – Caspar David Friedrich

Snow at Argenteuil – Claude Monet

The Mystical Nativity – Sandro Botticelli The Adoration of the Shepherds – Caravaggio

The Adoration of the Shepherds – El Greco Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence – Caravaggio

The Adoration of the Shepherds – Giorgione

When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. - CLAUDE MONET

PAINT A LANDSCAPE

PASTEL OR

GREAT CHRISTMAS BOOKS FOR KIDS

Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words and language, as well as develop early literacy skills. It teaches them to value books and stories as well as sparking your child's imagination and stimulating curiosity.

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” WALT DISNEY

Geisel,

over 200 million

Dr. Seuss

Geisel graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was editor of the school’s humor magazine, and studied at Oxford University. There he met Helen Palmer, his first wife and the person who encouraged him to become a professional illustrator. Back in America, Geisel worked as a cartoonist for a variety of magazines and in advertising.

The first children’s book that Geisel wrote and illustrated, “And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street,” was rejected by over two dozen publishers before making it into print in 1937. Geisel’s first bestseller, “The Cat in the Hat,” was published in 1957. The story of a mischievous cat in a tall striped hat came about after his publisher asked him to produce a book using 220 new-reader vocabulary words that could serve as an entertaining alternative to the school reading primers children found boring.

Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of such children’s books as “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” is born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904.

who used his middle name (which was also his mother’s maiden name) as his pen name, wrote 48 books—including some for adults—that have sold well

copies and been translated into multiple languages.

books are known for their whimsical rhymes and quirky characters, which have names like the Lorax and the Sneetches and live in places like Whoville.

BE INSPIRED WITH

From gifts to Christmas tree decorations, it can all be done with FIMO. We thought we would give you a bit of inspiration to get you on your way.

ART SESSIONS WITH RIAAN

Born in 1972 in Windhoek Namibia, Riaan loved art from an early age.

As a self-taught artist Riaan has strived to always do his best and learn as much as he can about his craft. Today Riaan is an illustrator, creating art for advertising agencies, book illustrations, wine lables and various other applications.

His skills range from fine art, illustration, 3-dimensional art to sculpting. https://www.creativesouthafrica.co.za

Episode 30

In this session you will learn how to draw a portrait of an old man using STAEDTLER's Mechanical Pencil.

Episode 31

In this session you will learn how to draw a Cat using STAEDTLER's Ballpoint Pens

Episode 32

In this session you will learn how to draw a parrot using STAEDTLER's Fibre Tip Pens

Episode 33

In this session, you will learn how to draw a dreamcatcher using STAEDTLER's Metallic Markers.

Episode 34

In this session, you will learn how to draw a girl using STAEDTLER's Watercolour pencils.

Episode 35

In this session, you will learn how to draw a woman standing in a door using STAEDTLER's tradition® pencils.

36

In this session you will learn how to draw a cat using STAEDTLER's Ergo Soft Colouring Pencils

Episode 37

In this session, you will learn how to make a collage using STAEDTLER's scissors, glue and watercolour paints.

Episode 38

In this session you will learn you will learn how to draw abstract flowers using STAEDTLER triplus® fineliners.

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