The Washington times., 1906-12-15
CHRlSTNlAS TREE DECORATIONS
MADE BY THE Chill LDREN

ANYTHING that the children can do
personally toward decorating the Christ
mas tree adds just SO much 10 their
, pleasure au. the variety of pretty ana
appropriate decorations which are with
in the scope OF their small fingers is al
most iimltable- I'm every kindergarten
ln ta- CITY HtUc folks are busy now
making artistic paper chains. VaTi color
ed Japanese lanterns, paper balls, and
baskets, and scores of other pretty
trlnkets that can be concocted AT trihing
expense.
To make a square basket-the simplest
OF these Oruaments-the instructor says.
Take square OF bright red. blue or
silt paper that is about five inches long
and the same dimension in width. place
lL i'm front and fold the corner nearest
over 10 the opposite one that is farthesJ
away. Then open the paper and turn
the crease so it extends back and front.
Repeat the first operation ON the oppb-
site side 10y folding the corner nearest
To the one faTthes- away. making
diagonals. Next turn paper upside down
and place ora edge toward the maker
Fold the two corners nearest to those
tarthest away 10 make a book Opcn
The paper, then place the crease back and
front. then fold corners nearest to those
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loid the corner nearest 10 the one
1arthest away, and the basket Is made.
A handle 10 tasteu the basket 10 tree
is made oy sewing piece of wool
I through these corners. These baskets
may be rendered decidedly attractive bv
FASTING a narrow strip OF paer 10 two
SIDES and Hlhug m "a lining of tissue
paper with the edges uinked oy .11f
into fringe
A round basket may De- fashioned in
Sl5 same Way by cutting the square cor
In making box for "a tree take
INe-lucn piece Dl square paper fold the
LIult euSes over 10 The back corners to
MAKE q Dooh, open the IaEer and told
10 make a. book on the other side so
titt tAt SIeaSvs show distinctly fOur
squares. Nest inid the nearest edges
10 the middle crease, then the hack
edges 10 the same crease making what
is called shutter: open the uaDer and
repeat on the other side. thus folding
The sheet into sixteen squares. cut the
Li9t Netbcal crease on The right side
10 The nrst horizontal crease. then clIr
the lhlrd vertical crease 10 the first
AoElzpntdl line and do the same thing
on the opposite or back side mis-
leaves four squares at Jhc four corners
WIN an uplong piece OF paper in the
center The box is made out of these
b4 butJhG paste on each OF the squares
and sticking them inside the 0blong
piece \ top for the box is made in eE-
&cuE the same way.
NothlnE Is more effective Tor a tree
ornament than Japanese lantern made
out OF Two culoTs, preferably gIit and
Ied OF EiJ and blue. Such a deCora-
tloh Is made by folding 4 square piece
1I paper INTO q book. nV laying 1he
tLSHt ana back edges together and then
loluiis tltSe again into shutters by lay
iib l'r edges together. Make as many
shutters as can ur conveniently folded.
theh hhlolc aud fold again into a book
on lhe opposite side. Roll over the
cues 20 tue ufst crease and cut down
e,tci crease 10 Tho folded edges. On the
olheF StTlp put paste and glue the OF her
Suse 10 H. IAIhlng lae lantern. Al the
. TOP paste ON the inside "a handle made
OF narrow strip oI pan,-r i'm a shade
10 match either of the coIors of the
lantern.
As no tree IS complete without chains
several OF them should be made for
trimming. TIE length of each deDends
entirely on Whdt use is 10 be made of
II, SO the sizes of the squares must he
governed by the need. Ia ma ,-ipe. these
rings square Of paper should be folded
into a book, by laying the front edaes
over on the back ones and mon
doubling them again into Shutters
Keep on folding and making these shuF- {
ters by bringing each edge 10 The cen I
than an eighth of an inch In width Tbsr
cut along each creasG-this viii ,.i,--
enough pieces 10 make six or eight rims /
from a nve-inch square paper. A hi !
sof paste is put on one end OF one Cf 4
these slips. and ring is made: THROUGH I
this ring another piece is slipped and /
one end is pasted 20 the othe- IN this
way the chain IS made any length de-
@irAd- II COMPOSED OF alternate rings