What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . e and animals from scraps ofvelvet glued on cardboard was a pleasant occupation whichinterested our great-grandfathers and great-grandmotherswhen they were children many years ago. A favorite picturewas of a boy and a St. Bernard, in which the boys head,hands, collar, and pantaloons, and the dog, were made of whitevelvet painted, The boys tqnic was black velvet, and its belt a 290 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ? strip of red paper. The dogs eye was a black pin-head. Thewhole was mounted on a wooden stand with wooden supportsat the back, one runni
What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . e and animals from scraps ofvelvet glued on cardboard was a pleasant occupation whichinterested our great-grandfathers and great-grandmotherswhen they were children many years ago. A favorite picturewas of a boy and a St. Bernard, in which the boys head,hands, collar, and pantaloons, and the dog, were made of whitevelvet painted, The boys tqnic was black velvet, and its belt a 290 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ? strip of red paper. The dogs eye was a black pin-head. Thewhole was mounted on a wooden stand with wooden supportsat the back, one running up to the boys head and the otherto the tip of the dogs tail. With some scraps of white andblack velvet, and a little patience and ingenuity, one couldmake all the animals on a farm and many in the Zoo. Hand Dragons All the apparatus needed for a Hand Dragon consists of a little cardboard thimble or finger-stall, on which the features of a dragon have been drawn in pen and ink or color. This is then slipped over the top of the middle finger, so that. Hand Dkagons the hand becomes its body and the other fingers and thumbits legs. With the exercise of very little ingenuity in themovement of the fingers, the dragon can be made to seemvery much alive. The accompanying picture should explaineverything. Various games can be played with the fingers. Tinycaps and hats can be made, features drawn with ink on thefingers and little tissue paper dresses made. A whole playcan be acted or sung by these tiny finger marionettes. Other Uses for CardboardOnce you have begun to make things out of cardboard,you will find no end to its possibilities and should be in no INDOOR OCCUPATIONS 291 more need of any hints. After building, furnishing, andpeopling a dolls house, a farm or a menagerie would be aninteresting enterprise to start upon. E. M. E. has a stud ofninety-two horses, each named, and each provided with ahorse-cloth, a groom, and harness. She has also severalregiments of soldiers and a
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