. New games and amusements for young and old alike. ops in the kite string about six feet apart,and to each loop suspend a parachute. Para-chutes are released by shaking the kite stringvigorously. THE GIANT WHIRLER This is made of light sticks, wrapping paperand string. The picture (page 86) shows exactlyhow these are put together. Decorate with longstreamers and varicoloured tissue papers, so asto present a brilliant appearance as it revolveshigh in the air. THE PAPER CHINAMAN In making the Chinaman pictured on page 84,sticks half an inch square were used—four sixty-two, one twenty-eight, and


. New games and amusements for young and old alike. ops in the kite string about six feet apart,and to each loop suspend a parachute. Para-chutes are released by shaking the kite stringvigorously. THE GIANT WHIRLER This is made of light sticks, wrapping paperand string. The picture (page 86) shows exactlyhow these are put together. Decorate with longstreamers and varicoloured tissue papers, so asto present a brilliant appearance as it revolveshigh in the air. THE PAPER CHINAMAN In making the Chinaman pictured on page 84,sticks half an inch square were used—four sixty-two, one twenty-eight, and one fifteen inches inlength. These were bent and then fastened inposition with stout string, as shown in thediagrams (Figs. 4 and 5). Then the frameworkwas covered with paper, and on top of this were85 NEW GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS pasted loosely large sheets of coloured tissuepaper, blue for trunk and sleeves, and red forlegs; the head was of cardboard fourteen incheshigh, with featuresmarked on withblack paint. Thiswas fastened tothe backbone with.


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