The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 305. The Clock-work Tick-tack. HALLOWEEN 287 long with the centre of an eighteen-inch crosspiecenailed across it. In order to fasten these pieces firmlytogether, they should be halved as shown in Fig. 267,Chapter XIX. Thearms consist of twosticks {A and B in ) fastened togetherat right angles withsmall iron braces, andscrewed in place nearthe ends of the cross-piece, as shown inthe illustration. Holesshould be bored throughthe arm pieces in orderthat they may workfreely on the a small screw-ey
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 305. The Clock-work Tick-tack. HALLOWEEN 287 long with the centre of an eighteen-inch crosspiecenailed across it. In order to fasten these pieces firmlytogether, they should be halved as shown in Fig. 267,Chapter XIX. Thearms consist of twosticks {A and B in ) fastened togetherat right angles withsmall iron braces, andscrewed in place nearthe ends of the cross-piece, as shown inthe illustration. Holesshould be bored throughthe arm pieces in orderthat they may workfreely on the a small screw-eyein each arm at B, andattach a short strinor toit. A short stick should be nailed to the four- Fig. 306. - The Goblin-man. foot pole about eighteen inches from the lower end, sothat the boy who carries the framework can rest itupon his shoulder. The head of the goblin is a jack-o-lantern made outof a piece of cardboard, bent as shown in Fig. 308, andheld in this shape by means of broom-wire laced back. OUTDOOR PASTIMES and forth across the top. Cut a hole the shape of anear in each side, and paste a piece of red tissue-paperover the opening. For the face, take a piece of whitepaper a Httle larger than the face is going to be, markout eyes, nose, and mouth upon it, and cut the openings for them. Paste red tissue-paper over the openingsfor the eyes, and mark alarge black pupil in thecorner of each (Fig. 309).For the mouth, paste apiece of white tissue-paperover the opening, andmark out the teeth inblack (Fig. 309). A pieceof red tissue-paper shouldbe pasted over the open-ing for the nose. Afterfinishing the face, paste iton to the cardboard goblins countenanceis lighted up from within,by means of a candle fastened in a baking-powder down one side of the can with a pair of tin-shears ora can-opener, and tack it to the framework about sixinches above the crosspiece, as shown in Fig. 307. Thiscan must not be put in place, however, until the head isfastened to the fr
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