Show for handu bous and girls to make and do im 4 copyright by A neely hau hall by A NEELY HALL A TOY WINDMILL no mech mechanical anical toy Is more interesting to make nor more interesting to watch when in operation than a miniature windmill it Is a very simple toy to construct and all of the ma lerial that it requires can usually be found at hand which are ara two reasons why it Is one of the ano most popular of home homemade made toys and why nearly dypry boy at one time oi oe another builds one figure I 1 shows blows a small model which may be constructed quickly you will notice by too the detail Il lustra eions that the hub of the windmill la is a 8 spool fig 2 that the blades bladed are c cut t out of cigar box wood shingles tin fin or cardboard and are fastened to the side of short spoke aks ideas driven into holes holca bored in abi tb spool hub fig 3 that the hub turns on tho the rounded end of a stick fig 4 that the square end of the shaft ehatt is a slotted to receive b tan fan shaped tall pig fig 6 5 and that tho the shaft la is pivoted to the top of a clothes post or a post put up toy fot the purpose figs 1 and 6 use a ago go ribbon spool for tho the luib hub you can got get one at any dry goods etore locate eight holes around the center of the spool at equal distances from one another and MET bore these alth a gimlet or bit or cut thorn with brur Jack jackknife inife acut cut tho the el blades 6 inches long 5 Ili clies wide wid on their wide edge and lt 1 inches wide on their narrow edge prepare the iha hub kicks about ii inch by inch by avs inches in size and whittle one end pointed to fit in ili the hub fig 3 patten the blades to tho the spokes with nalla nails long enough to erive through tho the spokes and clinch on the under side glue the spokes spoken in the hub holes turning them so ao the blades will stand at about the anglo angle shown tho cho shaft should bo be mado made of a haul hard wood stick about inch by 1 indies inches by 14 inches la in site bite cut the round end small enough so BO the hub will turn on it freely and punch it a emall small holo hole through it so a brad may ib be driven through it to hold halt the hub haib in place cut the slot la in the square end and with a saw caw make tho the tall about 5 inches long 4 inches wide at tta its wide end and I 1 inches wide at its end mg fig 5 the windmill vIn dikI must be div pivoted at d to thi the post support at its exact balancing point pivot the shaft with a 8 acar ax OR a TAIL wk L vh long null nail bore a hole through the shaft ehatt a trifle larger than the nail so BO the shaft will turn freely place a washer between the nail hoad bead and the shaft haft and another between the tha shaft und and the fost support figure 6 shows abow how tile the power from the he toy windmill may be utilized to operate a toy jumping jack by sup aup porting the jumping jack on oa a bracks bracket und and connecting its ita arlis string to the hub of the windmill cut the upright of the bracket A 14 inches long anti and the cross piece n B 7 inches ion lank nail A to B and andrall an finall nall tile the jumping jack nt at its center to the end cad of B fig fid 7 fasten Faste ii the triangular block C to the lower end ot at A and then nail both A and D B to the edge of at the shaft at a point that will bring brine the string of at the jumping lack jack a trifle beyond the wil clyl 14 mill blades fasten a small email stick having a brad driven in one end tn in notches cut in n the nub fitzba flanges fig V C TM N PA BE E ta J 8 and connect the tha bad grid nd jacks C s trang with a of alro arstrong or iron tha us as the windmill xe re valias altea lt it will operate th tb tey as ila an in flav alga 10 atod 7 by DOROTHY PERKINS BERRY COX FURNITURE ilas has it ever occurred to you girls what pretty pieces of doll furniture may bo be made out of the its little berry boxes so eo plentiful at this season ot of the tha yeara year several 0 of the easily made pieces are illustrated below all the material you need to make these are SWINGING SEAT SOFA J various shapes and sizes of 0 berry boxes a sharp knife and a bottle ol at glue tho the little swinging neat beat in tion no 1 Is made from the bottom and two ends enda of a square plat pint box with the ends tapered off with a knife A strong linen thread knotted on the end and run through holes holed pierced in four places provides chains to hang it by it may be suspended from a chair round illustration no 2 shows a sofa that Is made out of 0 a long shaped quart berry box all you have to do to Is remove one side of the box down to tho the bottom then carefully cut away th the e end as shown to form farm arms and the sofa la is completed the Tho chair shown in illustration no 3 is made of at two ad joining adjoining eldes sides of at a pint box wh which ich form the back seat 3 CHAI P 5 LIBRARY and front legs and an extra pie piece which forms the back legs one ald aldo piece forms the chair back and the other side aide Is scored along its ita center with a knife and bent beat down to form the seat beat and front legs tho the rear legs are made of the extra piece which la Is glued to the chair back tho the little footstool shown in illustration no 4 la Is quite simple sample to make one ne side of a plat pint box Is used anait and it la Is only necessary to score the piece 0 one no halt half inch from each end and bend down the endo for legs the library table illustration no 6 5 to s made out of a pint berry box with 6 bad 13 7 CUPBOARD 0 one ne halt bait at 0 the height of tho the sides re L bied all around in one piece and the piece removed tap fastened bened edgewise inside of the box for the base in illustration no 6 Is shown a very comfortable little dolls bed made train from a quart berry box split down each corner halt way then leaving ono one side of the box whole for the tn bead of the bod cut down the opp opposite side about one halt half for the foot az aej trim down the other two aides for the bides ot at tte bed v abe cupboard in illustration no 7 to iq trade lead out of aquart a anart nary box with shelves cut from the sax of other boxes fastened inside with glue hang cuita curtayne curt alne lne made of scraps tram from the ras rag bag acosa the front the th berry box wood may ha staR stained a pretty brown by bt aning the ha coffee cosco left over train from breakfast |