The playwork book . •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 hea
The playwork book . •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-. FiG. difficult to cut unless your hands arestrong, but sometimes you can get verythin tin or brass from kindergarten stores,and it is quite easy to make it of this. Draw 68 THE PLAYWORK BOOK a circle about four inches across on the tin,round a jam pot or some such thing to giveyou a good even circle, and cut this outwith the scissors. Now take a ruler andscratch lines across your circle, at rightangles first, so that you have your circledivided into quarters; now divide thesequarters again into three or four divisions,and draw a smaller circle on your tin aboutthree quarters of an inch, or less, from theouter edge. Now make a clean cut withthe scissors from the edge to the innercircle along each line. The tin will alwaysbend in one way as you do this, and youmust leave the little divisions bent veryevenly. Make a hole in the center of yourwheel and fix it strongly with a nail into astick. You will find you can hardly holdyour windmill if you stand with it facinga steady wind. T
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