The playwork book . in autumn. Get about twenty ofthe same size, and cut a semicircle of firmcardboard and sew them on to it, so thatthe fan holds very firm, then over yourstitches sew on smaller leaves of varyingcolors. You will find this makes a mostbeautiful ornament for your mantelpiece. Figures 48 to 55 are windmills, somevery easy and some more difficult, but allvery interesting toys. A PIN-WHEEL OR WHIRLIGIG Materials Required:— A square of stiff writing paper, an old pen-holder,skewer, or a straight twig, a strong pin or a slim up-holstery nail with a large head, scissors. This pinwhee
The playwork book . in autumn. Get about twenty ofthe same size, and cut a semicircle of firmcardboard and sew them on to it, so thatthe fan holds very firm, then over yourstitches sew on smaller leaves of varyingcolors. You will find this makes a mostbeautiful ornament for your mantelpiece. Figures 48 to 55 are windmills, somevery easy and some more difficult, but allvery interesting toys. A PIN-WHEEL OR WHIRLIGIG Materials Required:— A square of stiff writing paper, an old pen-holder,skewer, or a straight twig, a strong pin or a slim up-holstery nail with a large head, scissors. This pinwheel is made of a piece of firmwriting paper. Cut the paper into a per-fect square, and fold it diagonally from 66 THE PLAYWORK BOOK corner to corner and smooth out again,then cut along your folds to within an inchof the center. Now cut a tiny round ofstrong paper or a piece of a postcard abouthalf an inch across and take a strong shortpin and put it through the middle. Thenpush your pin through each right-hand cor-. •III »L Figs. 48 to 50. ner of your square of writing paper, andlastly through the center of the square, andtake a piece of stick or a penholder andpush the point of the pin in till it is half-way in. You will find your windmill willturn as you run, if you hold it out straightin front of you. If you can get two good A TIN WHEEL OR BUZZER 67 sticks you can use a long one as the upperpart of a weather vane. Rut a nailthrough, rather nearer your pinwheelthan the middle of the stick. At the otherend make a long slit and put in a paper tail,so that the pinwheel will keep its head tothe wind. Fix your nail into the end of theother stick, and set the stick upright in theground as in Figure 50. A TIN WHEEL OR BUZZER Materials Required:— A circle of thin tin or a tin lid, a stick of softwood^ an upholsterers nail, tin cutters. This windmill is made of tin; this is rath-
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