Some glove puppets have separate heads. When you use these puppets, slip your hand into the glove first. Then put on the head. To make a glove body for these puppet heads, use the pattern on page...
Glove puppet
A glove puppet is a hand puppet with a body that looks like a funny glove. Use the outline on this page to make a pattern for a glove puppet. 1 Fold a piece of tissue paper in half. Place the fold...
Paper puppets
> Finger puppet Here are some puppets you can make using just paper and paste. Use your arm for a stage or make a puppet stage (see page 268). And don\'t forget about the paper-bag puppets on page...
Let’s Dress Up
Costume Box: Look at all the people you can be! All you have to do is ask your mom and dad if they have any old clothes, jewelry, and makeup you can have. Keep these things in a special costume box...
Gifts of games
Games are fun-time gifts for everyone. Although some games are strictly for children and others are better for adults, both adults and children will enjoy playing these games. When you give a game as...
Decoupage delights
Decoupage is a very special kind of cut-and- paste decoration. You can put this kind of decoration on cardboard, papier-mache, wood, metal, glass, clay, or stone. To start, cut out pictures from old...
Easy gift ideas
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...
Stool
Materials 1. Square one end of the 1 x 10 and the 1 x 4 pine boards (see squaring, page 202). 2. Cut the pieces for the stool. Measure and saw one piece at a time (see sawing, page 202). Use...
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...
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...
