Show handicraft F FOR OR BOYS AND GIRLS by A NEELY H HALL ALL and DOROTHY PERKINS CO copyright I 1 by A eel etly aall HOMES FOR BIRDS it la Is every ono a duty to look to the protection of at our rapidly disappear ing birds and I 1 want every reader ot at this article to put up at least one nest ing lux box thiu spring in eime place secure from cats and other bird enemies tin cane cans flower floer pole pots boxes I 1 could name a hundred pick pickup up materials that can bo be used the house in fl fig 1 requires a tomato can cut a wooden disk to fit snugly lathe la the opened end of at the can fig 2 and bore a hole through it for a doorway seven even eighths inch in diameter for a wren ahouee or one and one halt balf inches in diameter for a bluebird house fasten the disk in the end of at the can with short nails then make a can opy out of a piece of at tin ot at the sha she shown in fig 3 and fasten it over the doorway the double apartment bird house in fig 4 Is a suggestion for utilizing 03 Q L flower pole get two pots 0 of equal alto the bottom holes must be large elouth for doorways a and can be on barged ith a file or by chipping away aay the cower pot cut a square piece of board a trifle larger than the pots to fasten the pots to filz 4 then rase a loop of wire around each pot making the loop large enough so it can be twist ed ad in four places into straps A fig 6 the he mouth of a varnish can la is a a splendid opening for a bird house doorway aa as you can readily see by br the house shown in fig 6 any painter will give you an empty can remove the bottom fl fig g 7 cut a block of T 11 C II 11 I 1 wood to tit in his this open end A fig 8 nail this block to the elde side ot of a long iong pole support 13 about one sixteenth inch below the top and ht the tarnish varnish can over this block for a roof root nail cue caa end of a short board to the top of poet post D B C fig 8 a hole through each aide side of at the tile can cin and in block a for a short nail nall to hold the varnish can in place me fig 9 81 the wooden house in fix fig 9 Is elm pier to construct than that tho the illustration might ml lead you to suppose cut end pieces A and B fig 10 eight I 1 echea and roof root boards 0 aud D 12 square inches wide 13 11 inches ung and D enough shorter to allow for tho the lapping lopping of at C 0 over ver the edge of D fig 11 nail C and D then nail the two to end A allowing a action of 09 0 G F D C A 11 nail nall the root to DC do not 2 inches that end 18 t to a be removable end B because provide for cleaning the to cut E and F inside of at the home house long and nail fir 11 sit alx lx under inches side ade ot at the tile roof root them to the with the 06 their end cen eon c en tards with cut the floor then of t end A 0 corner corners beveled edee edges to elide board 0 with E na i P fig 10 between ruck stick P to fit between cut the perch agsten it with and D B elds A and bud A DOLL SWING AND A DOLL HAMMOCK for the doll swing FIX fi 1 you need four eucke sticks about 24 inches long for the supports a piece 10 inches long for the top a out elio fruit box it you can get four straight piece pieces tit of tree branches they will do nicely for the supports figures 2 and 3 how show how the cherry box bo Is 1 converted into the efting bat beat blip the top edge of one side of the box from the tin bandla bin dla by which the box Is held together fig 2 fold the side over on to the inaldo of the box bottom and glue or BOW sew it to the bottom fig 3 tho the doll hammock fig 4 la Is made of tiring string you will lee a board 24 inches long and it 11 inches wide on which to form the hammock network t 4 A fig 5 drive a row of alts ralls into the board close to one cud about one inch apart then take a flick stick and drive a tow row of balls nails into it at the same distance distances apart D fig 5 slick stick D B held to board A by menns of a of heair heavy rubber bands over a pair of nails C driven into board A and over the end ead nalle nails in trip strip D B NN ith board A and strip U this prepared take the string airing tie one end to one end nail in strip 13 and loop 1 back and forth from oue row of nails to the other as shown in fig S cut up or more morr very short pieces ot at string then begin beginning ulas about one inch from the row of nails la in board A catch the strand strands together two by two and tie with the pieces of string tie hard secure knots with one row of arts tied make a second ro row w one ab inah away from the first picking the pairs of C 11 11 JJ 7 strands that will lake ke th knote come halfway between those of the first row then make a third row inch from the row VILL allt cna the knot knots in line with those of the ane ne inch from firt first row a fourth row the third row in line with the second until tick stick 13 li Is reached and to on ald they thoy will become bele bole As A the strands are ar and thie this shortening ening will colt le be b I 1 taken aken care of by the rubber bands will wil I 1 allow stick B to lade slide show 1 in 1 along board A all a ki remove the nith jtb the knott nelle and slip of one row from loope i pi 7 tick stick pig fig then them otar a R a hort then thel tie together the opposite opo elte loop loops shown in vt L C suspend the barn bam ai as mock between two as fail indicated kat in rig 11 i |