The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . CHAPTER XXVIII CORK TOYS. It Is surprising the number of small toys that can bemade out of corks of different shapes and sizes with theaid of glue, pins, burnt matches, worsted, and though a boy has passed the kindergarten age,he will find this work entertaining for days when theweather is disagreeable without; and though he maynot care to play with them himself, his work will nothave been wasted, for a younger brother will surely beglad to have some cork animals and birds to add to hismenagerie, and a
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . CHAPTER XXVIII CORK TOYS. It Is surprising the number of small toys that can bemade out of corks of different shapes and sizes with theaid of glue, pins, burnt matches, worsted, and though a boy has passed the kindergarten age,he will find this work entertaining for days when theweather is disagreeable without; and though he maynot care to play with them himself, his work will nothave been wasted, for a younger brother will surely beglad to have some cork animals and birds to add to hismenagerie, and a sister no less delighted with a smalllog-cabin and set of cork furniture. Flat and tapered corks can probably be found aboutthe house on old jars and bottles, while the straightvariety can be procured at any drug-store. In buyingthe latter ask for No. 9, inch and one-half, straight, com-mon corks, half a gross of which will cost about twenty-five cents. Cork Animals are peculiar-looking beasts of abnormalproportions, but all sorts of magical feats are performedby toy makers, and such wonders as 36
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