. Suggestions for handwork in school and home. er of the trianglein a like manner. See Figure X. Then turnthe square corner back down over the two foldedsharp corners. Press firmly and manipulatethe basket-like form, on the bottom, with thethumb and finger until it will stand a handle made from a strip of paper. InFigure XI are to be seen the four baskets, madefrom heavy folding paper, which have just beendescribed. Water color paper may be used for the mak-ing of May baskets, and more elaborate foldingsmay be indulged in if the children are suffi-ciently developed, and if they are p
. Suggestions for handwork in school and home. er of the trianglein a like manner. See Figure X. Then turnthe square corner back down over the two foldedsharp corners. Press firmly and manipulatethe basket-like form, on the bottom, with thethumb and finger until it will stand a handle made from a strip of paper. InFigure XI are to be seen the four baskets, madefrom heavy folding paper, which have just beendescribed. Water color paper may be used for the mak-ing of May baskets, and more elaborate foldingsmay be indulged in if the children are suffi-ciently developed, and if they are proficientenough to justify the greater application neces-sary to complete these more intricate baskets may be decorated with brushwork in the form of blots, or with spot, dot, in School and Home 213 and line designs made with colored crayons, orparquetry squares, circles, or triangles, paperseals, colored scrap pictures, or decorative formscut from coated papers may be pasted uponthem. After the May baskets are finished let the. Figure XI. children fill them with flowers which theythemselves have gathered from the woods orthe garden, and then let them follow the old-fashioned custom of hanging these offerings onthe doors of friends, teachers, or playmates, asthe case may be. An added charm is given tothis little play if the children learn to sing oneof the May songs, appropriate to this ceremony,which tells about the hanging of the basket and 2 14 Suggestions for Hand Work the hiding of the giver, so that the little giftmay seem to be anonymous. Our garlands are not a problem and needpresent little difficulty. The most satisftictoryones would of course be woven from the naturaldaisies, buttercups, clovers, and dandelions ofthe fields, but, as it will probably not be pos-sible to secure these in sufficient quantities, weshall have to content ourselves with a makeshiftformed from tissue paper, not that we shall at-tempt to imitate these natural flowers in anyway. T
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