Materials - coping saw - glue (white) - paintbrush - pencil - picture (magazine or poster) - plywood (\| inch thick) - sandpaper - varnish - vise 1. Sand the plywood on both sides and on...
Bamboo wind chimes
Bamboo is a giant grass that grows in lands that are very hot and wet. It is stiff, like wood, and has a hollow stem. Materials - bamboo pole - coping saw - hand drill with j-inch twist drill...
Captain Billy’s tugboat and barge
Materials - glue (white) - hammer - lumber (scrap wood; dowel or old wooden broom handle) 1. For the hull of the tugboat, use a piece of scrap wood that is longer than it is wide. 2. To make a...
Helpful hints
The following information will help you make the projects in this section. If a special skill is needed, the directions will tell you the page on which that skill is explained. For example: "Saw...
Working with Wood
Wood is all around you! You walk on wooden floors and open wooden doors. Most window frames are made of wood. And the chair you're sitting on probably has a wooden frame. Even the pages in this book...
On your own
> Here are more things you can make with yarn, string, and rope.
Tapestry weaving
Materials - blunt needle - cardboard (stiff) - crayons or felt-tip pens - fork or comb - paper (blank) - scissors - stick needles (three or more) - string - yarn (two or more colors) A...
Knots ‘n pots macrame
Read knotting (page 180) before you begin this project. Materials - corrugated cardboard or Styrofoam - curtain ring (optional) - jute - pins or thumbtacks - scissors - tin can, jar, or...
Weave a bag
Materials Read weaving (pages 178-179) before you begin this project. 1 Cut a piece of cardboard the size you want your bag to be. Leave an extra inch (13 mm) along the edge that will be the top of...
Octavius octopus
Materials - blunt needle - scissors - Styrofoam or rubber ball (or tightly crumpled newspaper) - yarn (two colors) 1. Cut off 36 strands of yarn, each measuring three times as long as your...