CONTENTS
| PART I PARTIES, SHOWS AND ENTERTAINMENTS | |
CHAPTER I | PAGE |
| A Fourth of July Lawn Frolic | [3] |
Ground Decoration, [3]; Firecracker Invitation, [4]; PantomimeCharades, [6]; To Make the Sun-bonnet, [7]; Shuffle Race, [10];Hurling the Lance, [10]; Daylight Fireworks, [11]; BalloonAscension, [11]; The Myth, [12]; Pandora Box, [12]; The Balloons,[13]. | |
CHAPTER II | |
| A Wonderful Circus at Home with Moving Animals | [15] |
Mademoiselle Rosebud, [16]; To Give the Horse Power to Move, [18]; Bob, the Wonderful Elephant, [20]. | |
CHAPTER III | |
| A Novel Easter Party with New Easter Games | [33] |
Egg Tennis, [33]; Number of Eggs, [33]; To Prepare the Eggs, [34]; Shower of Paper, [36]; The Rackets, [38]; The Game, [39]; Butterfly Game, [42]; Magic Dye Kettle, [43]. | |
CHAPTER IV | |
| A Doorway Punch and Judy Show | [45] |
The Stage, [45]; To Make Punch’s Head, [46]; Punch’s Dress, [50]; Judy’s Head, [51]; The Baby, [52]; Drama of Punch and Judy, [53]. | |
CHAPTER V | |
| Hallowe’en Merrymaking | [55] |
Novel Ways of Telling Fortunes, [55]; Invitation Rings of Grass,[55]; Black Cats, [56]; Pair of Old Slippers, [58]; Cups andBowls, [59]; The Wedding Race, [61]; The Vesper Rite, [65];Bean Bag Test, [66]; The Witch Screen, [66]; Fairy Airships,[70]; Blarney Stone Game, [71]. | |
CHAPTER VI | |
| Dance of Titania, Queen of the Fairies | [75] |
CHAPTER VII | |
| Thanksgiving Party | [85] |
Apple, Orange and Pumpkin Games, [85]; Game Court, [90];The Game, [92]; Rapid-Transit Thanksgiving Story, [92];Pumpkin Lantern, [93]; Forfeit, [95]. | |
CHAPTER VIII | |
| Impromptu Moving Pictures for Thanksgiving | [97] |
Puritan Woman’s Dress, [98]; Puritan Man’s Costume, [98]; The Properties, [101]; A Pantomime, [102]. | |
CHAPTER IX | |
| A Valentine Entertainment with Original Valentines | [103] |
The Post-Office, [104]; Valentine Stamps, [107]; When the Bell Rings, [107]; Heart Valentine, [109]; World Valentine, [109]; Daisy Valentine, [110]; Love’s Palette, [111]. | |
CHAPTER X | |
| The Wild West Show on a Table | [113] |
A Panorama, [113]; Pasting Pictures, [120]; The Performers, [120]; A Tent, [123]. | |
CHAPTER XI | |
| Roof Picnic with Brook to Cross and Flowers to Pick | [127] |
Sunflowers, [127]; Hollyhocks, [129]; Roses, [130]; Peaches, Plums and Apples, [130]; On the Roof, [131]; Country Picnic, [132]; Crossing the Brook, [133]; Japanese Tag, [134]. | |
CHAPTER XII | |
| The Magic Peep Show | [137] |
The Slides, [138]; The Cow Jumped Over the Moon, [139]; Life in Fairy Waters, [141]; Easter Chicks, [143]; Three Blind Mice, [144]; Dance of the Dolls, [145]; The Bouquet, [147]; The Little Sun-bonnet Girl, [149]. | |
CHAPTER XIII | |
| Plant Your Garden if You Can | [153] |
A New Flower Game, [153]; Marking Out Flower Beds, [157]; Flags, [157]; The Rackets, [158]; The Game, [159]; A Tally Card, [159]; To Determine Choice of Sides, [160]. | |
CHAPTER XIV | |
| Jolly Little Santa Claus with His Reindeer and Sleigh | [163] |
The Sleigh, [164]; Reindeer, [165]; Santa Claus, [168]; Christmas Gifts, [170]; Christmas Cards, [172]. | |
CHAPTER XV | |
| A Living Christmas Tree | [173] |
How to Prepare, [173]; The Peaked Hat, [174]; To Decorate, [177]. | |
CHAPTER XVI | |
| How to Get Up a Girls’ Fair | [179] |
A Managing Committee, [179]; Blackbirds, [181]; Packages for the Blackbirds, [184]; Express Office, [186]; Letters, [187]; Post-Office, [187]; Decorations, [187]; Postmaster, [192]. | |
CHAPTER XVII | |
| Camping Out in Your Back Yard | [194] |
Camping Outfit, [194]; Tent, [197]; Table, [198]; Safe, [199]; Spring, [200]; A Fine Pail, [201]; Camp-fire, [201]; A Boat, [202]; Out Fishing, [204]. | |
CHAPTER XVIII | |
| Outdoor Fun with Home-Made Tether Ball | [207] |
The Pole, [207]; The Cover for the Ball, [207]; A Court on the Grounds, [211]; A Pattern for the Rackets, [214]; The Object of the Game, [215]. | |
PART II | |
| MINIATURE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD | |
CHAPTER XIX | |
| The Pyramids of Egypt | [219] |
Cheops’s Home, [219]; The Pyramid, [220]; Carving the Wonderful Sphinx, [225]; Making the Date Palm, [227]; Making the Camels, [228]. | |
CHAPTER XX | |
| The Colossus of Rhodes | [233] |
Island of Rhodes, [233]; To Make the Colossus, [234]; Mark the Features, [238]; The Pedestal, [240]. | |
CHAPTER XXI | |
| The Pharos of Alexandria and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus | [245] |
The First Lighthouse, [245]; The Building Lot, [246]; The Foundation, [248]; The Marble Steps, [252]; An Artificial Island, [254]; The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, [255]. | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
| The Statue of Zeus at Olympia | [259] |
Throne of White Cardboard, [263]; Upper Dais, [264]; Footstool, [265]; Inlaying the Throne with Ebony, [267]; The Drapery, [267]; Winged Victory, [268]. | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
| The Temple of Diana at Ephesus | [269] |
Ionic Column, [269]; The Ground Plan, [270]; The Outer Row of Columns, [271]; A Cella, [271]; The Goddess Diana, [272]; Marble Steps, [274]; The Side Steps, [276]. | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon | [279] |
The King’s Wife, Amytis, [279]; The Foundation, [280]; To Make the Twelve Openings, [281]; The Babylonian Arches, [283]; Last Platform, [285]; To Find the Centre, [285]; Planting Shrubs and Trees, [287]; Building the Steps, [289]; Stone Broad-fronted Bulls, [293]; Two Statues, [294]; The Shrubbery, [297]. | |
PART III | |
| THINGS TO MAKE FOR HOME, GIFT DAYS AND FAIRS | |
CHAPTER XXV | |
| New Christmas Decorations | [303] |
Paper, [303]; Holly, [304]; Holly Berries, [307]; Wreaths, [310]; For Mistletoe, [310]; Stems, [311]; Ropes of Evergreen, [312]. | |
CHAPTER XXVI | |
| Doll House of Pasteboard | [315] |
Windows and Doors, [316], 317; Doorknobs, [317]; Window Glass, [318]; Window Sash, [319]; The Frieze, [322]; A Rug for the Living Room, [323]; Book Shelves, [324]; Tissue Paper Curtains, [324]. | |
CHAPTER XXVII | |
| The Making of a Bayberry Candle | [326] |
Bayberry Bushes, [326]; The Leaves, [329]; The Berries, [330]; Ready for the Candles, [330]; Bayberry Wax, [331]; Candle Moulds, [331]; Candlewicks, [334]. | |
CHAPTER XXVIII | |
| Water Toys—Little Wax People that Swim and Ride on Rafts | [338] |
Patterns for the Little People, [338]; A Toy Life Rope, [340]; The Bathing Place, [341]; For the Raft, [341]; A Little Lumberman, [344]; Launching the Raft, [345]; Making the Mermaid, [345]. | |
CHAPTER XXIX | |
| How to Weave without a Loom | [349] |
Method Invented by the Author, [349]; A Weaving Board, [349]; Directions for a Blue and White Cotton Rag, [350]; To Weave, [352]; To Lengthen the Warp, [353]; To Make a Heavier Rug, [357]. | |
CHAPTER XXX | |
| How to Make Your Own Easter Cards and Gifts | [358] |
Cards Representing Easter Flowers, [358]; The Cross, [360]; The Tulip Bud, [361]; The Dainty Bloodroot, [363]; Easter Egg Card, [363]; Easter Bells, [364]; To Make the Turtle, [366]; The Pig, [367]; The Spoon, [368]; An Umbrella, [369]; The Doll’s Chair, [370]; Strawberry, [371]; Doll’s Cradle, [372]; Bird’s Nest, [373]; Sail Boat, [373]; Napoleon, [375]; Josephine, [379]. | |
CHAPTER XXXI | |
| Home-Made Candlesticks | [385] |
The Clay, [385]; Modelling Tools, [387]; Strong Table, [387]; China Saucer, [388]; A Close Coil, [389]; The Handle, [393]; Blending of Decoration, [394]; How to Preserve Unfinished Work, [395]; Glazing, [395]; Other Methods of Coloring Pottery, [396]. | |
CHAPTER XXXII | |
| What to Make of Bananas, Oranges and Apples | [399] |
An Orange-skin Coracle, [400]; A Canoe Made from a Banana Skin, [401]; Apple Lantern or Fairy Lamp, [403]. | |
CHAPTER XXXIII | |
| Little Paper Columbus and His Paper Ship | [405] |
Columbus’s Ship, [406]; To Make the Mizzenmast, [408]; The Bowsprit, [408]; The Forward Deck, [409]; Deck-Fence, [410]; A Spar, [410]; The Mainmast, [411]; The Sails, [411]; A Paper Flag, [412]; Main-Topsail, [412]; Crow’s Nest, [412]; The Jigger Sail, [413]; Wigwams, [416]; Ferdinand and Isabella, [417]. | |
CHAPTER XXXIV | |
| How to Make Friends with the Stars | [418] |
Ursa Major, [418]; Ursa Minor, [420]; A Fairy Tale about the Starry Bears, [421]; Cassiopeia, [421]; Leo, the Lion, [422]; Northern Crown, [423]; Castor and Pollux, [423]; Orion, [424]; Taurus, [425]. | |
CHAPTER XXXV | |
| Stencil Painting and How to Make the Stencils | [426] |
Dyes, [426]; A Portière, [427]; To Make a Design for Stencilling, [428]; Stencilling Cheese-cloth Curtains, [433]; The Tassels, [435]; Laundering, [438]. |
PART I
PARTIES, SHOWS, AND
ENTERTAINMENTS
CHAPTER I
A FOURTH OF JULY LAWN FROLIC
THIS is not to be a formal lawn party, but a genuine, fun-provoking Fourth of July frolic with every one in comfortable dress appropriate for active games. There is to be no dancing, no tennis, nothing in the way of ordinary entertainment except, perhaps, the refreshments, and they too should be as nearly in keeping with the day as possible.