+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Note: | | | | Tags that surround words =Materials Required:= indicate | | bold. Tags that surround the words _A Hurdle Race_ indicate | | italics. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ The Child's Rainy Day Book _Other Books by Mary White_ HOW TO MAKE POTTERY HOW TO DO BEADWORK HOW TO MAKE BASKETS MORE BASKETS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM [Illustration: Building a piece of pottery with coils of clay--as the Indians do] THE CHILD'S RAINY DAY BOOK BY MARY WHITE ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR [Illustration] NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1905 Copyright, 1905, by Doubleday, Page & Company Published, October, 1905 _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages including the Scandinavian._ TO MY SISTER Anna White Sherman AND HER CHILDREN Roger, Herbert, Elizabeth, Rosamond and Anna CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A FOREWORD TO MOTHERS 1 II. SIMPLE HOME-MADE TOYS AND GAMES 5 III. BASKET WEAVING 35 IV. KNOTS WITH RAFFIA AND CORD 53 V. WHAT A CHILD CAN DO WITH BEADS 73 VI. CLAY WORKING 103 VII. INDOOR GARDENING 125 VIII. GIFTS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM 143 IX. PAPER FLOWERS AND TOYS 173 X. GAMES FOR TWO OR THREE TO PLAY 201 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Building a Piece of Pottery with Coils of Clay--as the Indians do _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Playing the Bean Bag Game 8 Planning a Book House 12 Basket Weaving 42 Knots with Raffia and Cord: 1. The beginning of a ping pong net. 2. A Turk's-head knot. 3. Raffia work bag. 4. Doll's hammock. 5. A rattan napkin ring 68 A Little Garden for a Little Girl 136 Making a Chrysanthemum 198 A Ball-and-Fan Race 208 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE PAGE 1 9 Rattan Ring 9 2 14 3 15 4 17