Arts Craft

Gather up all the spools you can find, big, little, thick, and thin; no matter how many, you can use them all. There is no end of fun to be had with these always-on-hand, easily fo...

Fig. 25—The newspaper boat made water-proof and sailing on real water. You can fold a thirteen-and-a-half-inch square of newspaper into a fine boat measuring thirteen inches from s...

Comes in black and white, about twenty-seven inches wide--a heavy stiff material, smooth on one side and rather rough on the other. It is more commonly used for hat foundations tha...

Have you seen the little people who live up in the trees? Little twig people who dance and swing and bob about, who nod and bow and flutter hither and yon; some astride funny twig...

Fig. 183—The Christmas tree with home-made decorations. Fig. 184—The Christmas star. is the photograph of a Christmas tree whose trimming is entirely home-made. The brilliant color...

A natural flower, some tissue-paper, a pair of scissors, a spool of thread, and nimble fingers are all you need. There are no patterns, only circles and squares and strips of paper...

Whether the hat is made in one piece or with a separate brim, the same method is used. First, as always, the paper pattern. If the brim is to roll closely on one side and much high...

Brace wire or frame wire Tie wire Sprung wire Pliers

A coarse straw-like material, light in weight, brittle, and very expensive, used in blocking; frames are also made from it without blocking. Must be dampened before using. Not reco...

A handful of straws, such as are used for lemonade and soda-water, several large sheets of writing-paper, and some small-sized pins—these are your materials. A pair of sharp scisso...

You can make cunning, soft, downy hens and roosters simply of raw cotton and clothespins . The little creatures may be pure white, dark colored, or part dark and part light, accord...

Use a one-quart wooden berry-box for the china closet . Turn the empty box facing you, and slide the prongs of a clothespin up through the open crack at the lower right hand of the...

Don't throw away your old envelopes; see what amusing toys can be made of them simply by folding and cutting. No paste or glue is needed, and any one of the toys given here can be...

Just a glance at a pile of ordinary every-day kindling wood could hardly suggest to one the possibilities existing in the crude material for building all sorts of interesting and r...

Make your building cards of ordinary writing-paper. You may have as many cards as you like, though twelve are all that are used to make the things shown in our photographs. Fig. 1—...

From old visiting cards you can build all the different houses and furniture seen in the accompanying illustrations. Fig. 156—The little tropical house in Uncle Sam's newly acquire...

Have you seen the little people who live up in the trees? Little twig people who dance and swing and bob about, who nod and bow and flutter hither and yon; some astride funny twig...

Fig. 183—The Christmas tree with home-made decorations. Fig. 184—The Christmas star. is the photograph of a Christmas tree whose trimming is entirely home-made. The brilliant color...

Fig. 25—The newspaper boat made water-proof and sailing on real water. You can fold a thirteen-and-a-half-inch square of newspaper into a fine boat measuring thirteen inches from s...