INDEX
A
Adjusting warp, [19]
African hut, [306]
Alligators, clay, [193]
Amusements, Mayday, [237]
Andirons, [142]
Anemones, [296]
Angling, Easter, [231]
Animals, tissue-paper, [75]
Apple, Indian, [209]
Apple, Jap, [211]
Apple-seeds, [261]
Apple tower, [214]
Apple toys, [206]
Arch, door, [177]
Armor, alligator, [197]
Arrow-heads, [122]
Arrow-shaft, [123]
Arrows for Mayday, [238]
Assumption, Cathedral of, [175]
B
Baby alligators, [193]
Bag, school, [31]
Bags, fortune, [262]
Ball game, May, [251]
Ball of twine, [27]
Banana, clay, [201]
Band, spinning-wheel, [8]
To adjust, [9]
Banners, Japanese fish, [171]
Barrel-hoop, [62]
Basket of shavings, [36]
Basket, to make wood, [62]
Basket, to weave splint, [68]
Baskets as moulds, [187]
Baskets, May, [248]
Beads, [182]
Bed, Japanese, [168]
Beds, blankets for dolls', [26]
Bell and ball game, [251]
Bellows, [153]
Binding basket edges, [40]
Binding off, [71]
"Bird Wish," 337
Birds, tissue-paper, [75], [93]
Birds, to feed, [267]
Bird's head, finger, [277]
Birthday festivals, [170]
Blackbirds, finger, [280]
Blanket, Navajo, [20], [125]
Doll's bed, [26]
Blood root, [296]
Blouse, Russian, [181]
Boats, rose petals, [320]
Body, alligator, [196]
Bonnet, war, [116]
Bonnet-wire stem, [95]
Boots, Russian, [182]
Bouquet-holder, [58]
Bow, [124]
Bow case, [124]
Bowls, [292]
Bows for Mayday amusements, [237]
Breakfast, Japan, [168]
Broom, show, [172]
"Build the Tower," 282
Butt, rifle, [152]
Button-mould, [171]
C
Calumet, [119]
Calyx, tissue-paper, [96]
Camp-fire, [342]
Cap, rose petal, [328]
Card-board, pot hooks of, [145]
Carnation-pink, [86], [87]
Case, handkerchief, [41]
Cathedral of Assumption, [176]
"Chai," Russian, [181]
Chamois skin gown, [125]
Chase, paper, [345]
Chicken, tissue-paper, [75]
Chieftain's shield, [120]
Children, talking, [268]
Chimney samovar, [184]
"Chin Chopper Chin," [282]
Churn, [160]
Circle, to cut a, [88]
Clay, [187]
Clay alligators, [193]
Cleaning for spinning-wheel, [8]
Cloak, old colonial, [155]
Cloth, magic, [264]
Clothes-line, possibilities of, [162]
Clover, four-leaved, [260]
Coat of armor, alligator, [197]
Coiled pottery, [187]
Colonial kitchen, toy, [133]
Colorless vases, [292]
Combinations, flower, [291]
Common grasses, [53]
Conventional designs, [330]
Cork churn lid, [160]
Counter, store, [308]
Cradle, papoose, [130]
Crane, [137]
Crazy bull, [116]
Crosses, paper, [178]
Crowding, flower, [290]
Cupola, Russian cathedral, [178]
Curtain-bee frolic, [48]
Curtain, sash, [34]
Curtains, primitive reed, [43]
D
Daffodil, tissue-paper, [99]
Dance, egg, [230]
Dasher, churn, [160]
"Deer," [338]
Design, ornamental, [67]
Designs, conventional, [330]
Dinner, straw ride, [339]
Distaff, [7]
Doll, Japanese, [174]
Doll, Russian, [180]
Dolls' beds, blankets for, [26]
Dolls, feast of, [172]
Dolls' hammock, [56]
Dolls, new race of, [103]
Door-way, Russian cathedral, [177]
Door-way screens, [149]
Dress, Mary's, [217]
Dress, May-pole to, [252]
Dress, Miss Muffet's, [108]
Dress, paper-chase, [348]
Dutch windmill, [214]
E
Eagle feather of paper, [121]
Easter egg games, [227]
Edges, basket, [40]
Egg games, [227]
Elephant, tissue-paper, [83]
Encampment, Indian, [111]
End-pieces, [63]
F
Face, Miss Muffet's, [106]
False scent, [347]
Faucet, samovar, [182]
Feast of dolls, [172]
Feather, eagle paper, [121]
Feathers, for goose, [221]
Fence, paper, [168]
Fenced in garden, [168]
Ferns, [297]
Festivals, Japanese, [169]
Finger church, [275]
Finger plays, [273]
Finger steeple, [275]
Fire, tissue-paper, [114]
Fireplace, [138]
Fish, Japanese paper, [170]
Five little pigs, [285]
Flax, [10]
Flintlock rifle, [151]
Floors, Japan paper house, [167]
Floral tent, [307]
Florida playhouse, [298]
Floor, colonial kitchen, [136]
Flower lifter, [294]
Flowers, to arrange, [289]
Folks, finger plays for little, [273]
Food, alligator, [198]
Fortune bags, [262]
Four-leaved clover, [260]
Fresh flowers, to arrange, [289]
Fringe, to make hammock, [30]
Frog, jumping, [264]
Frolic, curtain-bee, [48]
Frolic with roses, [320]
Funny little apple toys, [206]
G
Games, egg, [227]
Garden, fenced in, [168]
Garden, rose girls, [325]
Germantown wool for Navajo blanket, [20]
Ghost writing, [259]
Girl, rose, [323]
Gold nuggets, [254]
Good Indian, [115]
Goose, Mother Goose's, [220]
Gown, chamois skin, [125]
Grass, napkin ring, [59]
Grasses, common, [53]
Grasshopper house, [53]
Green leaf boat, [322]
Green leaves, [291]
Groceries, [312]
Gun, flintlock, [151]
H
Hallowe'en revels, [259]
Hammock, dolls', [56]
Handkerchief case, [41]
Handle, basket, [40]
Handle, churn, [160]
Hares, [345]
Hut, African, [306]
Hat, witch's, [257]
Head, Washington, [202]
Headdress, Indian, [116]
Heddles, how to make loom, [17]
Hepaticas, [296]
Hibiscus, [86]
Holder, bouquet, [58]
Home-like rag rug, [154]
Home-made loom, weaving on, [15]
Hooks, pot, [145]
Hounds, [345]
Houses, Japan paper, [162]
House, grasshopper, [53]
Hub, spinning-wheel, [149]
I
Indian apple, [209]
Indian Encampment, [111]
Indian pot, [143]
Indian travois, [118]
J
Jap apple, [210]
Japan, paper houses of, [162]
Japanese doll, [174]
Japanese paper, [162]
Japanese umbrella, [173]
Jars, flower, [293]
Jumping frog, [264]
K
Kago, [172]
Keeping store, [308]
King, May, [245]
Kitchen, toy colonial, [133]
Kneading clay, [187]
Knitting needle, gun-barrel, [152]
"Knives and Forks," "Here are my Mother's," [279]
Koi, Japanese, [171]
Kremlin, [175]
L
Lake, open air, [323]
Lamb, Mary's, [219]
Lanterns, paper, [167]
Leather boots, [181]
Leaves, green, [291]
Leaves, tissue-paper, [193]
Legs, alligator, [198]
Lifter, flower, [294]
Lifting for Pasch eggs, [227]
Line, clothes, [62]
Lingerie, Miss Muffet's, [107]
Little apple toys, [206]
Little bellows, [153]
Little Miss Muffet, [103]
Little paper houses, [162]
Little pigs, famous five, [285]
Loom, weaving on home-made, [15]
M
Magic cloth, [264]
Marvel pictures, [215]
Mary, [215]
Material, reed curtain, [43]
Mats, table, [41]
May baskets, [248]
Mayday amusements, [237]
May-pole, [252]
Menagerie, game of, [343]
Miniature cathedral, [176]
Miss Muffet, tissue-paper, [103]
Moccasins, [117]
Modelling in tissue-paper, [75]
Money, store, [314]
Morning glory, tissue-paper, [86], [94]
Mother Goose's goose, [220]
Mother's knives and forks, [280]
N
Navajo blanket, [20]
Navajo blankets, [125]
Nail, staple, [46]
Napkin-ring, grass, [59]
Nasturtiums, [290]
Nature study, tissue-paper, [86]
Netting, rope, [65]
Nuggets, gold, [254]
O
Odd things in Russia, [175]
Odd utensils, [144]
Odd colonial clock, [155]
Old-fashioned flintlock rifle, [151]
Old oaken bucket, [250]
Open air lake, [323]
Open air play houses, [298]
Ornamental design, [67]
Oven, [139]
P
Paint, for Japan houses, [165]
Painting, rose petals for, [328]
Paper chase, [345]
Paper houses of Japan, [162]
Paper lanterns, [167]
Paper modelling, in tissue, [75]
Paper, store wrapping, [313]
Papoose, [130]
Parker, Thankful, [146]
Party, rose girls, [326]
Pasch eggs, [227]
Pattern, blanket, [24]
"Peel," [144]
Pet turtle, [327]
Pewter ware, [154]
Picnic, straw ride, [333]
Pictures, marvel, [215]
Pigs, five little, [285]
Pin loom, how to make, [16]
Pine-shavings, [36]
Pipe of peace, [119]
Play house, open air, [298]
Plays, finger, [273]
Pocket-books, store, [314]
Pole, May, [252]
Possibilities of a clothes-line, [62]
Pot hooks, [145]
Pot, iron, [143]
Pottery, [185]
Practice on spinning-wheel, [11]
Primitive reed curtains, [43]
Q
Queen May, [245]
Queer little teeter-tarter, [273]
R
Race of dolls, new, [103]
Rag rug, home-like, [154]
Rare frolic, [320]
Reed curtains, primitive, [43]
Revels, Hallowe'en, [254]
Rice ball, [171]
Rifle, [151]
Ring, grass napkin, [59]
"Rock," [7]
Roll, clay, [189]
Roll of splint, [68]
Rolling, egg, [235]
Roof, Russian cathedral, [177]
Rookwood pottery, [187]
Rope netting, [65]
Rose girl, [323]
Rose petal boats, [320]
Rug, [154]
Rules, Pasch game, [234]
Russia, odd things in, [175]
Russian doll, [180]
S
Sally Walker's hood, [208]
Samovar, [182]
Sash-curtain, [34]
Scales, store, [309]
Scent, false, [347]
School-boy, [31]
Screens, doorway, [49]
Seed-top grasses, [61]
Shafts, arrow, [123]
Shapes, pottery, [192]
Shavings, armful of, [36]
Shield, Indian, [120]
Shoes, Miss Muffet's, [107]
Shovel, [144]
Shuttle, [19]
Sides, to weave basket, [39]
"Simon Says," [335]
Spindle, [5]
Spindle-frame, [5]
Spinning, [3]
Spinning wheel, [3]
Spinning wheel, colonial kitchen, [147]
Splint basket, to weave, [68]
Splint, roll of, [68]
Spokes, splint basket, [69]
Staple-nail, [46]
Straw, bonnet wire, [95]
Store, keeping, [308]
Stories, telling, [343]
Stoves, Russian, [180]
Straw ride, [333]
Straw ride picnic, [333]
Study, tissue-paper, nature, [86]
Sun-bonnet, Mary's, [218]
Sun-bonnet, Miss Muffet's, [110]
Supplies, store, [312]
Supplies, straw ride picnic, [341]
Swift dog, [116]
Swing, [338]
Symmetry, [295]
T
Table egg rolling, [235]
Table mats, [41]
Table, moulding, [188]
Talking children, [268]
Tangle, word, [337]
Targets, Mayday, [240]
Tassels, [66]
Tea, how Russians make, [188]
Teeter tarter, [273]
Tenor, singing, [269]
Tent, floral, [317]
Thankful Parker, [146]
Things to make of common grasses, [53]
Thread, when broken, [12]
Time-piece, old fashioned, [159]
Tinfoil, [153]
Tissue paper, moulding in, [75]
Toaster, [144]
Tomahawk, [120]
Tools, moulding, [188]
Tower, apple, [214]
Tower, finger, [282]
Toy colonial kitchen, [133]
Toys, apples, [206]
Toys, tissue-paper, [75]
Transparent vases, [292]
Travois, to make, [118]
Tree, Indian encampment, [129]
Trimming, [73]
Trousers, Russian, [181]
Turkey, tissue-paper, [81]
Turning eagle, [116]
Turtle, pet, [327]
Twine, what may be made of ball of, [27]
U
Umbrella, Japanese, [173]
Umbrella play house, [299]
Uprights, spindle-frame, [5]
Utensils, colonial kitchen, [144]
V
Variety of candy, [317]
Vases, [292]
Vases, colorless, [292]
Violets, [296]
W
Walker, Sally, [208]
Wampum, [131]
War bonnet, [116]
Ware, pewter, [154]
Warp, to adjust, [19]
Washington, clay head of, [202]
Weavers, [68]
Weaving on home-made loom, [15]
Weaving splint basket, [70]
Weights, clock, [159]
Wheel, spinning, [3]
White-ash splint, [74]
Wig, Miss Muffet's, [106]
Wigwam, playhouse, [301]
Wigwam, to make, [112]
Wild flowers, [295]
Wild violets, [296]
Windmill, Dutch, [214]
Windows, Russian cathedral, [177]
Wing feathers, [222]
Wish, bird, [337]
Witch apple, [256]
Wood-basket, [62]
Wood chopper, finger, [277]
Word tangle, [337]
Woof, [20]
Wool, Germantown, [20]
Wrapping paper, [313]
Wreaths, rose petal, [331]
Z
Zulu doll, [115]
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. There is no figure 75.
Page xi, "Witche's" changed to "Witch's" (Witch's Hair)
Page xii, CHAPTER XXVI, "Play-House" and "Play-Houses" changed to "Playhouse" and "Playhouses" to match usage in text.
Page 193, "tanger" changed to "tanager" (cardinal, the scarlet tanager)
Page 206, "fellows" changed to "fellow" (little fellow differs)
Page 273, CHAPTER XXIV came after the chapter title, FINGER-PLAYS FOR LITTLE FOLKS, in the original text. These were switched to follow the form of the rest of the book.
Page 308, "Flay" changed to "Fly" ("Fly away, Jill,")
Page 337, "payed" changed to "played" (easily played as the)
Page 353, "Face, Miss Muffet's" was moved from the last place in the "E" section to the first place of the "F" section.
Page 354, the section titles for "I" and "J" were added to the text.
Page 355, since the text capitalizes all uses of Pasch, the index was changed to reflect this (Lifting for Pasch eggs) and also on page 355 (Rules, Pasch game)
Page 355, "Pocketbooks" changed to "Pocket-books" to match usage in text (Pocket-books, store)
Page 357, "play-house" changed to "playhouse" to match usage in text (Wigwam, playhouse)