Treasure pets will delight young and old alike. They'll hold candy, jewelry, a ball of string or yarn, or any small trinkets that will fit inside. Start with a plastic pantyhose egg. Open the egg...
Straw painting
Before you start this project, cover your work area with layers of newspaper. Cover yourself with an old shirt. Materials - felt-tip pen - shelf paper - spoons (three) - straws (drinking) -...
Dresses, shirts, and tablecloths
Do you have a cotton dress or shirt? Cotton comes from the cotton plant. The seeds are covered with fine fuzz that we twist into thread and weave into cloth. Is there a linen tablecloth on the...
Elephants with fur coats
If you could have been in North America or Europe twenty thousand years ago, you'd have thought you were at the North Pole! Much of the land was covered with a mountain of ice and snow. Many animals...
Fish in armor
According to most scientists, the fishes that swam in the seas 430 million years ago were covered with hard, bony armor. They had no jaws like the fish of today. Their mouths were just holes in the...
Otherwise
> by Aileen Fisher > > And how could peanuts, Otherwise, > > Be covered up so tight? > by Leroy F. Jackson > > O it's hippity hop to bed! I'd rather sit up instead. But when father > says...