When you defend a snow-fort, or "snow-trench" to be modern, you not only want to keep the enemy's attacking party at a distance by well-a' ed snowballs, but also to escape from being hit by their snowballs.
How to make a cardboard airplane that flies far - To make a Sling-Shot Glider, Cut stick A (Fig. 485) of the proportions shown, and with a saw slit one…
Fun activity for your kids at home: Take a square of paper or cardboard, and cut it into four pieces, as shown. Now try to put them back in the…
Backyard fun for kids - Animated Giraffe - The Giraffe is one of the rarest of animals, and very few are to be found in captivity. So if you make…
Fun activities for kids outside - The Elephant is one of the oldest forms of animated animals, and is at the same time one of the most popular.
Lay out the form of the capital letter Q with coins on a table and ask someone in the audience to select a number and then ask that person to…
Ring Throwing Game - The board for this game is made of a cover from an old candy or lard pail, washed and painted black. When the paint is dry...
This interesting toy, with its funny animal targets, and a harmless pistol with which to shoot at them, will provide an endless amount of fun for a winter's evening or…
A Toy Jumping-Jack is always amusing, and Fig. 110 shows a simply constructed home-made model. You will see by Fig. 113 how the figure is made. The peaked hat is…
How to Make a Whirligig - Excerpt from: HOME-MADE TOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS BOOKS BY A. NEELY HALL / LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON Published, August, 1915 -…