Show I 1 handicraft T FOR BOYS AND GIRLS dr A NEELY H HALL ALL and DOROTHY PERKINS j copyright by A neely hall AN ICE for coasting along nn an ley icy sidewalk or over a frozen pond the ice shown in fire figs 1 and 2 Is a splendid homemade home made ninde contrivance any boy will find Us its construction easy caby to carryout carr carry out by following the alie dl poc mcdona tlona printed bolow below the pair of 0 skates aro are clamped to the under side of tho the roach reach board in iffie I 1 P FIG I 1 1 the samo bame way that you clamp thern them to your shoes that makes it pos bible to detach them quickly when over you wish to go BO skating to pro vide for clamping them in place you must fasten blocks of wood to tho the under side bide of tho the reach board corro corra sp spending lit in size to tho the hod alicel and solo sole of your shoo for tho the projecting tips of tho the clamps to grip onto A and 11 ings 3 and 4 mako make those blocks just as long as ae possible so BO they can bo be nailed securely fasten the grocery box to the bow end of tho the reach board nailing down through the box bo into ilia board then nail to tho top of the box a broom handle or a stick for a racer tho the lighter you make the 0 tb the a taster faster you will bo be able to mako make it go it la Is complete enough for that purpose at this stage of construction hut but it you wish to use it in a snow battle on ice as some boys do you should provide it a shield on oil tho the bow no na shown in fig 2 behind fir 3 mgt L I 1 which to duck your head to escape snowballs thrown at you make atoka this shield of boards nailed to the box on thu tho bow nail a board across the lower portion of the box ns all shown in fig 2 and you will have a magazine in which to keep snowballs dy by fastening a short polo pole to tho the bow for a most mast and attaching a piece of cloth for a sail nail it Is possible to convert tho the into a ice aco yacht this yacht cua un bo im proved by fastening a to tho bow end of the reach board in place of the bow skate and then clamping a skate near each end of the crosspiece by iby the abo latter plan the Is IB more easily balanced it requires ehtee skates to carry it out but you can likely borrow ono one it if you own only one pair oya roys MADE OF SPOOLS AND CARDBOARD tho the two wheel cart in vie fig 1 Is made of if a small box cover and one ona of tho the spools ipaola on oil which crochet cot cotton toil com as prepare a bent beat piece of 0 cardboard like that hat shown in fig 3 with ends A A N L turned own iown at the lio proper coln 0 so BO thero hero will bo be only room enough be tween them for tho the spool punch ft a lolo bole through each turned down end or a stick axle to run through then cut ut two slots through the box cover the ho annio distance apart no na ends A pie fig 2 con centering tho the pair both crosswise and lengthwise of tha th cover and stick ends ciula A through tho the slots and glue luo portion 11 to tho the cover cut the gileel axle enough smaller than tho the spool holo hole so ao tho the spool will turn easily then push it through the hole in the spool arid and the holes in ends A glue a cardboard strip to tho ilia under side aldo of tho the cover for a shaft the toy merry KO go round in fig 6 consists of a strip of heavy cardboard turned up at its ends rig fig 6 which N la Is tacked at its center to the end ot of a stick cut small enough to td turn easily in tho the hole in a spool the spool slipped over tho the stick to IB grasped oy by tho the right hand and the left hand starts the merry go round and keeps it in motion by twirling tho the stick to which tho ilia cardboard strip is fastened tho the boy and girl riders aro are shown in fig 7 cut them out of tho the paper mount them upon cardboard color them on both sides tho the teeterboard teeter board fig 8 la Is made of tho the samo same kind of if a strip as aa that used for tho the merry go round pig 6 tack thib strip at its center to the side of a spool and mount tho the spool in a cardboard frame in the same sama way that uio ilia spool wheels of the cart aro are mount t 0 0 cd ad pigs figs 3 arid and 4 either remove tho the girl and boy riders from the merry go round and glue clue them to tho the turned up ends of the teeterboard teeter board or make a tracing of them and prepare a now pair the teeter Is operated by turning tho the end of the spool axle fig 8 tho sofa with arm rolls rolla shown in IT fig ig 0 9 la Is a good example or 0 what can bo be made in spool and cardboard doll furniture prepare tho the seat scat and back out of a single of cardboard curving the top and ends of the back as shown and making the width ol oi the seat the same as a tho the length of the spool arms fasten tho the spools by dreans of a strip of vapor paper bent over them as shown in fig 11 and glued to the seat beat the base babe of the little center table in fig 13 Is a crochet crochat cotton spool and tho the top Is a square piece of cardboard qiu a spool to the exact center of the square top the saat and back of tho the chair are mado made out of a u single piece ot of cardboard with one third bent out for the beat glue the seat to a spool bass base |