What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . A Papee Giel with Six Chakges 262 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ? Tissue-Paper DressesDresses can also be made of crinkly tissue-paper gluedto a foundation of plain note-paper. Frills, flounces, andsashes are easily imitated in this material, and if the colors arewell chosen the result is very pretty. Rows of Paper Dolls To make a row of paper dolls, take a piece of paper theheight that the dolls are to be, and fold it alternately back-ward and forward (first one side and then the other) leavingabout an inch between each fold. Press the folds tog
What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . A Papee Giel with Six Chakges 262 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ? Tissue-Paper DressesDresses can also be made of crinkly tissue-paper gluedto a foundation of plain note-paper. Frills, flounces, andsashes are easily imitated in this material, and if the colors arewell chosen the result is very pretty. Rows of Paper Dolls To make a row of paper dolls, take a piece of paper theheight that the dolls are to be, and fold it alternately back-ward and forward (first one side and then the other) leavingabout an inch between each fold. Press the folds togethertightly and cut out the half of a doll, being careful that thearms are continued to the edge of the fold and are not cut out and you will have a string of paper dolls. Other articles to be made from paper and cardboard willbe found on pp. 284-291. PLAYHOUSES OF OTHER PEOPLES i I. Playhouses of Other Peoples A Dutch House (Facing jxige 26J^) PLAYHOUSES OF OTHER PEOPLES IT is not in the least necessary to confine yourself to mak-ing playhouses that are like the houses you live in or seeabout you, for with a little ingenuity you can constructbits of all sorts of strange countries right in your one of the schools in New York City the children studygeography and history of certain kinds by making with theirown hands scenes from the places about which they study. One of the most valuable materials for making these play-houses is ordinary modeling clay. You can buy fifty poundsfor from fifty cents to a dollar, and with this you are equippedto make almost anything you can see in pictures. Put thecla} (if bought dry) into a jar, pour over it clear water, andstir it up with a stick until perfectly smooth and about theconsistency of hard butter. The first thing to do is to make asupply of bricks for building. This should be shaped like realbricks and about t
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