Materials - crosscut saw - glue (white) - hand drill with twist drill bit - ice-cream sticks (four) - lumber (\^ inch plywood, scrap blocks, and thin strips) - pencil - ruler - sandpaper -...
Walking-tall stilts
A long time ago, people used stilts to walk above flooded ground. You can use stilts to make you taller, to help you look over high fences, or to pretend you're the tall man in the circus. Materials...
Picture puzzle
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...
