So Mother broke open the wee envelope with its crow stamp on it, just as crow always wrote his letters and she read:
“Dear Katherine,
Jimsi and Henry have found lots of nice things to do in The Happy Shop’s Magic Book of wall paper. I am going to tell you some jolly things to play with the papers too. I wonder if you wouldn’t like to make pin-wheels, first of all. Wall paper makes wonderfully lovely pin-wheels. (Maybe Jimsi and Henry know how to make pin-wheels—)”
“No, we don’t,” interrupted Jimsi and Henry. But Mother went on:
“To make pin-wheels, just cut out a square of wall paper about seven inches square. Cut each corner upward toward the centre of the square till within a half inch of it. Then fold every other corner of the cut paper over toward the centre and run a pin through. Fasten the end of the pin point in a rubber at the end of some pencil or little stick and the pin-wheel is done. If you hold the pin-wheel out straight and run along fast as you can, the pin-wheel will turn like the arms of a wind-mill. It’s fun. Try it.
After you make one pin-wheel and see how it goes, take two differently colored squares of fancy papers—red and blue or green and yellow or plain and flowered and put these together, color outside. Then fold the pin-wheel and see what lovely play-things you can make. It might be nice to make a pin-wheel store.”
The Butterfly Cut from Folded Paper, the Basket Cut from Folded Paper
The Bird Cut from Folded Paper with Wings Cut from a Second Piece of Folded Paper