Show cheerio fun for all the children chapters edited by DOROTHY EDMONDS TO CARE FOR THE BIRDS the first Is made from an erdl nary doery ro ery carton of wood about the size of a sugar box it must hare the cover with it when turned on its side as you see it a very attractive house with sloping roofs A tiny flat board nailed at the doorway for a perch Is all you need to add of course vou will paint it to make it look its best the second Is of large round twigs sawed iff the fruit trees at pruning time and cut into eren lengths any boy how to join logs together to make a log house and this one la a small 05 i cabin for the birds the more even the twigs in size the better will the house appear when corn plated cracks may be stuffed with cement and if the loss or twigs we should call them are near enough of a size the cracks hlll be so small that they needa t be filled at all the third Is a grocers carton al so a cosec saw the sides off enough to make a peal in the center and then ft ath odd shingles orthan ln hoards make your own roof to lay over it roofing paper will do if you use several layers and have nothing else when this house Is painted almost any bird would be proud to use tt for a home FOR YOUR NEXT PARTY better begin now to make your self some peanut favors the odd shapes of peanuts lend themselves well and easily to the making of animals to set on the table as place markers or favors or decora alons toothpicks are used for legs as you have guessed these snick carefully through the shell and held in place by a bit of plasticine you will find very effective and quite substantial the peanuts can be painted to look like the animals that they have been made into and to cover up the plasticine 0 stern Newa ciper |