The spool slipped over the stick is grasped by the right hand, and the left hand starts the merry-go-round and keeps it in motion by twirling the stick to which the cardboard strip is fastened.
The boy and girl riders, shown in [Fig. 313] are of the right size so you can trace them off upon a piece of tracing-paper and then transfer to cardboard. After cutting them out of the cardboard, color both sides with crayons or water-colors, and glue them to the turned-up ends of the cardboard strip.
The Teeter-Board ([Fig. 311]) is made of the same kind of a strip as that used for the merry-go-round ([Fig. 312]). Tack this strip at its center to the side of a spool, and mount the spool in a cardboard frame in the same way that the spool wheels of the cart are mounted ([Figs. 308] and [309]); but make the peg axle to fit tight in the spool hole. Prepare a boy and girl rider similar to those made for the merry-go-round ([Fig. 313]).
The teeter is operated by turning the end of the spool axle first one way then the other.
Figs. 316 and 317.—Details of Swing Seat.
The Doll Swing shown in [Fig. 314] has a cardboard base, with two spools fastened to it 4 inches apart to support the framework. Tack the base to the ends of the spools. The framework uprights are tightly rolled tubes of paper 10 or 12 inches long, and the top crosspiece is another paper tube 4 inches long. Stick the lower ends of the uprights into the spool holes; then fasten the crosspiece to their tops by running pins through it and into the upright ends ([Fig. 315]), and then lashing the connections with thread as shown in [Fig. 314].
