Show frak fr tK JE t F F i for handu bous and girls to make and do 9 copyright by A neely I 1 idalu fall by A NEELY HALL HOMEMADE STILTS tho the common form of stilts mado made and used by american buys boys and shown in III fig I 1 I 1 little or no all that Is needed la Is a couple of poloa pates 1 inch thick 2 inches inched wide and about 0 6 feet long for tho the uprights and two blocks cit 0 wood 2 inches thick 3 inches wide and 0 6 inches long for tho the step atop blocks alavo you over ever attempted to devise a pair of stilts that may bo be adjusted to i 3 a STILTS WIT adjustable different heights fig 2 shows a pair that iszery la very simple to mako make the uprights and step blocks should bo be ot of I 1 the dimensions given tor for the common form of stilts tho the stop blocks will took neater it sawed off on a slant on their lower end as aa shown in firs fig 3 in stead blead of being left square as in fig 1 the slide arrangement for the steps stepa Is s mado made with two pairs of hinges binges and some como wire T hinges are shown in tho the illustrations but any other form of that you way may have at least 2 inched long and with 3 screw holes in each cadi flap will servo tho the purpose electric bell wire will do tor for tho the wire screw acre one nap flap of a binge tho the long flap it if a T bingo la Is used to each side oldo of 0 each stop step block as an shown tn in F fig ig 3 t G being careful to got get those on each step block exactly opposite ono another run a piece of thy tha bell wire through tho the top holes gf 0 the tha project ing flaps of the hinges and another through the bottom holes of the hops flaps vs CB shown in r pig i 3 then slip it a stilt upright through the sleeve formed by these wires the hinges and tho the step block and twist together the tho ends pt the tha wires close against the stilt atilt upright so BO as to io snake make a tight fitting sleeve vig fig 4 the step block will vill now slide along the upright to bastea fasten it at dit different terent heights it Is necessary ec essary to mako a hole hola through the upright at different heights and in the proper po sitione so a nail call con can be pushed through tho the center boles of the hinge flaps lud through tho the upright as shown in fig 4 moot boys want too toe straps and fig 5 6 shows the best way of attaching them to the adjustable steps tin can stilts like those shown in id fig I 1 furnish lots of fun you can 7 C C ta N CAN at lia h avo 0 races on thorn them and you can cam use them tor for making scent tracks when playing the ahe datoo of 0 ilare ciaro and hounds t cut the kocl A fig 8 of the he right length to fit inside ot of the top of a tomato can then cut ft block about 4 inches wide and 8 inches long 13 fig 8 and after tacking tho the straps C to it t nail block A to its center set sei block fiock A into tho the top of the can and fasten it in place by driving calla through the a can an into inlo its ends f mar ro aa be of cinch by DOROTHY PERKINS DOLL FURNITURE MADE OF CARD BOARD BOXES cardboard boxes largo large small round ond and square ones suggest many possibilities for homo home handicraft thal thai a girl may work at tho the loll doll bed shown in pig mg 1 la in mado made from a candy box or box ir which fancy stationery has como come gel act tho the kind of which tho the box telescopes into the cover in fig 2 A shows how tho the foot and sides of tho the bed ario arc made biado from tho the box and 11 shows the cover used for the head and cano canopy pir cutaway cut awny tho the sides of box A as inai bated by dotted lines to make thota of tho the form in fig 1 cut und bend down dowis tho the head end of 0 D A I 1 ILI i fla I 1 the box and slipping this inaldo ot 01 tho the cover fasten it with glue tho the top fop of tho the little table shown tn in fie 3 la Is an inverted pillbox with the cover removed tho the legs B are each mado of a piece of cardboard folded us OB shown in fig 4 and are glued or sewed sawed inside of each ot of the four our cor ners of the box top A table of a more elaborate c con an I 1 pad vie fig P 5 you vill P G 3 1 D notice that it has a drawer I 1 in a one end this drawer and the table top are made ot of a pillbox tho the kind bind having a sliding cover A figs 6 and 6 cut the to sides D B of the form shown in fig C G and fasten them hem t to the aldea aides ot 0 the box with glue 1 the armchair fig 7 to la made out of the sliding cover of a pillbox the dotted lines in mg fig 8 show ebow the necessary cutting A small email box cover forms the seat ot ol the chair shown in fig 9 tho the loga legs are formed of two pieces of cardboard A ond B fig W 10 ono one havinga having a silt alit cut from its bottom edge up to the FIG 7 FIC 10 FI G I 1 I 1 center A and the other from its top edge down to its center B by cutting the lie slits silts in manner the pieces will vill fit together as shown to in rig 31 11 riu glus iv afew pw them tosh to zether sr |