Show christmas presents easily made at home i 1 by A NEELY HALL copyright by A neily neely hall H THIS chis little model ol of santa claus castle built upon the summit ot of Q a mountain makes an attractive centerpiece for or the christmas dinner table the first thing to build Is the mountain and for this you will need a large enough piece of cardboard to make a base about sixteen inches in diameter and top nine or ten inches 0 in diameter fig 4 cardboard from a suit box will do the lower portion of 0 the castle Is a square cardboard box fig 5 invert this box and around its bottom glue a strip ot of cardboard having notches cut in the edge as shown tor for an embattled parapet wall the lower tower stands upon the box base it Is made of a piece of cardboard notched along the upper edge and bent beni into a cylinder with the edges lapped and glued together fig 6 make a roof out ofa circular piece 0 of card board with projecting tabs for or turning down and gluing to the tides of the tower fig 7 make a second small er tower and fasten it upon the lower tower figs I 1 and 8 to complete the castle paint a num her ber of long narrow windows upon the walls and fasten a slim stick flagpole upon the upper tower the mountain side must be covered with snow and the best way to obtain the snow effect Is by gluing cotton to the cardboard put the cotton on in varying to give the 2 9 7 L mountain slopes a rocky appearance and from the base form a trail up one side to the castle by dampening and pressing down the cotton fig 1 there roust be trees and excellent ones may be made by cutting long slender wooden cones similar to that shown in fig 2 driving a nail into rhe he base of each and then whittling the surface with ith a sharp knife so as to make the shavings stand out in the orm ft cf boughs fig 3 the way to ire prepare pare the houghs boughs is to start at the lpes of the cone and whittle in the same sam e manner that you sharpen a penell pencil but very carefully so as riot not to split off any of the shavings stain the trees a dark green then stand them erect upon the mountain sides sticking the nails in their ends down D through the cardboard pull the hie lot ton up around their bases santa claus clans should be shown in tila his aeroplane aero plano about to alight at his bis castle fig 1 his aeroplane may ma Y be suspended by a thread the aeroplane fig 9 consists cotsis coit isis ts of a strip of cardboard card boari 7 luclie Iti chels lone and I 1 inch wide A with V shaped piece glued to both tides aides of its center B figs 9 and 10 a tall plane ac figs 9 and 11 III glued to plane A and a propeller D figs 9 and 12 pivoted piloted by a pin run through its center into the edge of plane A mg fig 10 cut out the double picture of santa claus claua in fig 13 fold along the dotted dolled line and paste together the two halves with we uie exception of the feet which must be separate to straddle the framework of the aeroplane color santa claus clans clothes and toy pack mth A lib yaler ater colors or crayons Cupy copyright right by A neely haill 0 I 1 ITS TS lots ot of tun fun in acing christmas gifts and the girl will give up the time to the work will be surprised to find how inexpensively she can provide something useful md lind pretty for of everyone whom she willies to remember likely some of the materials can be found at home and a considerable saying saving in the cost of the rest can be made by getting your friends to buy with you the football calendar in fig I 1 ia 1 a novel gift that brother will appreciate for his room the football Is made of cardboard to make it symmetrical the edges must be curved alike and the surest way of getting them so Is by means of a paper pattern fig 6 to make this pattern take a piece of paper 7 by 9 inches in size told fold it along its center aa a indicated by dotted lines in fig 2 bringing 3 r c I 1 ly 1116 FOOTBALL BLOTTER PAD corner A over to corner U B fig 3 then fold it again bringing corner A to corner C fig 4 from the folded corner measure off a distance or of three inches along the short folded edge and tour four inches along the long folded edge then draw an are arc of an ellipse between the points marked oft off fig 4 cut along the are arc untold unfold and you will ill have the pattern shown in fig 6 place the pattern upon the cardboard mark out around it and cut out the piece color the football with brown crayon or watercolor water color and shade the surface to make it look round buy a small calendar pad at the P ti cu sti I 1 am stationery store and paste it to the center of the football then tie a bow in each end ot of a piece of baby ribbon long enough to form a loop for or banging up the calendar by an and d sew these bows to the ends of the football father or mother will be pleased with a blotter pad like that shown in fig 6 it is made of four our pieces of blotter four inches wide and eight inches long and a piece of cardboard of equal size held together at the ends with ribbon passed through holes punched near the corners and tied in bows the japanese pincushion in fig 7 consists of a little japanese doll with a cushion ticked under each arm seated upon a piece of heavy beary cardboard use a piece of cardboard tour four inches square tor for the base and cover it with bright colored silk sew the doll upon happi N MOLDER R JN KT IE RACK this teabe make the out ot of bilk stuffed bluffed with cotton fig 8 shows a unique hatpin holder for mothers or sisters dresser made of three thread spools glued end to end with a piece of narrow ribbon million tied to the end spools to bang the holder by the necktie rack in fig 9 Is made ot of a ribbon spool slipped over a stick slick 16 inches long with a piece of ribbon tied to each end of the stick the spools ol of the hatpin holder bolder and the spool and stick slick or of the Bec necktie litle rack raci may be stained or glided gilded copyright by A neely kat eat |