Amusements -- Juvenile literature; Children's literature; Games -- Juvenile literature; Handicraft -- Juvenile literature
=Materials Required:= A flour-barrel top,
3/4 yard of yellow cheesecloth,
5 large wire nails,
3 lengths of No. 4 rattan,
A bunch of red raffia,
A bunch of green raffia,
A bunch of yellow raffia,
A tapestry needle,
Some small tacks,
A hammer,
A tube of glue,
A sheet of note paper.
Boys and girls will enjoy this game, and both can help in making it. The
materials are simple and easily obtained, which is also an advantage.
First of all we shall need a flour-barrel top. This should be covered
with yellow cheesecloth drawn smooth and tight and tacked in place along
the outer edge. Measure with a rule to find the exact centre and make a
pencil mark on the cheesecloth at that point. Another mark is made above
this one, half way between it and the edge. A third mark is placed at
the right of the middle one and half way between it and the edge, as
well as one to the left and one below it at the same distance from the
centre. A large nail is driven into the barrel top at each of the five
marks (see Fig. 4). Two screw eyes are then put in at the top, about a
foot apart, so that it can be easily hung. Next draw on note paper that
is not too stiff the figures 5, 10, 15, 25 and 50. Make them about an
inch high and quite thick and go over them with ink. With a small pair
of scissors cut out these numbers and paste each under a nail, as shown
in Fig. 4.
[Illustration: FIG. 4]
Next there are the rings to be made. Follow the directions given on
pages 6 and 7, using No. 4 rattan instead of No. 6, and these rings
should only be two and a half inches across. Make three rings of each
colour, green, red and yellow, and the game is complete.
_To Play It_:
Hang the barrel top on the wall or against a screen and see who can
throw the most rings on the nails standing six feet away. Each player
has three rings of a different colour, and each in turn throws his rings
at the mark. When he succeeds in tossing a ring on one of the nails he
scores as many points as the number under the nail indicates.
_How to Make a Cork Castle_
=Materials Required:= A number of old corks, the larger the
better,
A tube of glue,
A penknife,
A piece of pasteboard a foot square,
A sheet of dull green tissue paper.
[Illustration: FIG. 5]
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