Cheerleaders

With teir pom-poms, dance routines and big smiles cheerleaders bring glamour to American football matches. Go girls, go...!!

Glamour:

Girls all over the USA dream of being a cheerleader. It is glamorous and fun, but it can also be dangerous. The world of cheerleading is very competitive, so girls have to be determined to succeed. It's a good thing to have on your CV.

Pom-pom girls

Another term for cheerleader is "pom-pom girl". Coloured pom-poms are part of the show! Pom-poms were invented in the 1930 and were made of paper. Today ther are mado of resistant vinyl.

No snacks!!

Cheerleaders have to look perfect so they must not gain wight. The clubs monitor each cheerleader's shape and size.

Pure muscle

Cheerleading is a physical activity. Cheerleaders are strong and supple. Intense training routines ensure that their abdomen arms and legs are 100% muscle!

Cheer shorts

Stretchy shorts are pervfect for cheerleading. The uniform has changed a lof: until the 1960s, cheerleaders wore long wool skirts which gradually got shorter and shorter!!

A cool hat for a hot day

This hat won't melt in the sun! The artist, maor Zabar, who designed it, was ill and had to follow a special diet. He couldn't eat many of his favourite foods - including ice cream - so he transformed them into felt hats. Today, Maor is cured but he continues to create his food hats!!!

Crazy Cube

This puzzle is for all those intelligent people who can solve the standard 3x3x3 Rubik's cube!! with 11x11 squares per side, it's a mathematical monster!! Do  you think you can do it??ç

Sweet Shoes

NO, you can't eat these shoes!
Chris Campbell, an American fashion designer, made them. They are decorated with syntetic cookies, ice-cream sundaes and chocolate cakes. Clients can customize their shoes, but they are expensive!! These shoes cost 250 dollars!

A delicious dress

You might love chocolate, but would you like to wear chocolate clothes? This model is wearing a dress painted with 50 kg of chocolate. It took two weeks to make for a chocolate show in London last year. But wearing is not easy: you have to keep cool or the dress melts!

England loves Saint George

You've heard of Saint Patrick, but do you know Saint George?  George is the patron saint of England: legend says that he killed a dragon in the third century. On the day of George's death, there's a festival in Trafalgar Square in London. There's food, drink, music and flags.... but no dragons!!!

Eye beauty

Would you go to school with decorations glued to your eyelashes? These eye accessories are the work of Natalie Russo, a 20-year-old designer from Seattle, USA. Natalie uses beads, wire and feathers to make her fun creations. She says that they are so light that you forget you are wearing them. Are you tempted? Eye am!

Chinese new year, London

Chinese New Year is on 31 January, but London will celebrate it in February with a big parade, a lion dance and Chinese food. Each year, more than 300,000 people go to the West End of London to wish each other "Kug Hei Fat Choi" or ( Happy New Year). It's the largest Chinese New Year event outside Asia!!!