CHAPTER XVIII
OUTDOOR FUN WITH HOME-MADE TETHER-BALL
WITH an outlay of a few cents you can make this entire tether-ball game and make it well. The common hollow rubber ball should be two and a half inches in diameter—about the size of a tennis ball. You will not need any money for the two rackets, which are cut from old boxes or shingles.
The Pole
may be a stationary clothesline post, a small, unused flagstaff, an extra long clothesline pole, a long curtain pole, or a very long, straight bean pole, and for smaller children the handle of an old long-handled broom will answer.
Use strong, soft twine to make
The Cover for Your Ball
Cut twelve pieces, each twenty-four inches in length; place all the lengths straight and evenly together; then tie a string around the entire bunch, an inch and one-half from the centre ([Fig. 270]). In this figure and several other diagrams the single strands of twine are not drawn in detail, because, should every separate thread be outlined, much confusion might ensue.
| Fig. 270.—Tie all the strands of the string together. | Fig. 271.—Tying the strings for the tether-ball covering. | Fig. 272.—The braid for ball loop. |