The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-07-03

material Is WOnderIul part oI tHe
lesson.
When several long chains have been
made, they may be swung to music
or singing, or used as jumping rope,
swung back and forth slowly but not
over the head.
Pussy Chains-These are also made
| from evenly cut margins, and in as
long strips as possible. Lay the ends
of two strips across each other at
right angles, and paste togethr. Fold
the under strip over across the pasted
end of the upper strip, but do not
paste. Keep on folding one strip over
the other at exact right angles until
they are used up. Paste on other
strips to make the chain longer, and
paste ends together to finish.
These chains are pretty made Of
two colors, and may be used as dec
orations for a Christmas tree or as
a rope for jumping or to hang on
the wall.
Paper Sticks-Now let us make
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or pictures on the table as we would
with toothpicks. Cut strip from the
white margin or from the printed pa
per- half an inch wide and twelve
inches long. Dip one corner of one
end in water and begin to roll tightly
at a slant. Keep on rolling tightly,
holding the ttip with the right hand
while the left holds and rolls the strip.
When completely rolled into a paper
stick of five or six inches, hold firmly
and fold over TIE end. No paste is
needed. This makes the old-fashioned
Ilamp-lighter or spill. Illustrated
newspaper sheets make pretty varie-
gated sticks.
When fifty or more Of these sticks
have been made, use them fol laying
pictures of houses, trees, fences ana
other objects. Sometimes we bend the
sticks for roofs, curves and corners.
If the child wishes to keep a picture.
have him make a penciled drawing
of it in a scrapbook prepared OF
smooth wrapping paper. All kinds OF
geometric figures may be made with
paper sticks, oblongs, squares, cir
cles, triangles and so on.
The bent sticks are kept in one
box, the straight ones in another In
still another box we have all kinds OF
uueerly bent paper sticks. These are
our jackstraws, and we make our
wand for lifting the sticks, from a
longer strip of rolled paper, bent at
the small end to make the hook.
Paper pipes-These are made OF
whole sheets of newspaper, rolled In
to long loose cylinders, measuring
three or four inches across the end.
the ends being folded or bent tightly
in toward the center to keep the pipe
from unrolling. To make water pipes,
slip the end of one into the end OF
another, and lay as many as are de-
sired. following the mopboards or
anywhere. else about the room.
Thest rolled sheets may be stood
on end for a stockade fence, or placed
across oaCn OtHeT W Duliu a ioS ho"S~'
Stepping Stones-Half sheets OF pa
| per placed on the floor, long step
apart, make good stepping stones over
running brook, the floor being the
water" Care must be taken to step
straight and sQuarely on the paper
to avoid slipping. The game is fine
one for developing quick balance.
Sometimes we play Eliza Crossing
the Ice" with the dolls held tightly
in our arms.
Castles-Roll doubled sheets OF
newspaper into cylinders, big short
ones. and big high ones. LOOK at
some good castle picture and see how
to pin the cylinder towers together,
with long balcanies. Good draw
bridges and portcullis may be made
by skillful fingers, also moat from
brown paper. The growing castle in
the corner of the room has been
known to make whole family study
nictures of castles as never before
and when everyone helps in the build
ing there is more than a castle being
built.