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Identifier: playworkbook00macb (find matches)
Title: The playwork book
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Macbeth, Ann
Subjects: Toys
Publisher: New York, R.M. McBride and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ts fullest length,and now fix the other knitting-pin to thesecond reel so that its point projects a lit-tle way through the first reel. Keepingthe monkey stretched to its fullest lengthfasten his feet with staples to the secondreel, and be sure that the limbs work quiteloosely in these staples. Now with mend-ing yarn make a tassel and fasten it to theend of your hat wire, and wrap the wire allthe way up with it almost to the end. Thenproceed to lash the wire to the stump ofthe tail and bend the tail in a nice curve;this will vibrate when your monkey isworked up and down. 134 THE PLAYWORK BOOK A DANCING LADY Materials Required :— Strong heavy vrhite cardboard or thin wood^ sharpknife or fret saw, crinkled paper, water color paints,a tiny portion of a quill, a tiny roll of tin or leadfoil, small fine pins or wire, a small piece of narrowribbon, a little writing paper, mucilage, string, scissors,pliers. This dainty little figure can be made todance along a double string and can be very
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Pig. 10.9,pretty. Cut out the body and legs andarms all separately; they may be drawn A DANCING LADY 135 on white paper, or cut out and pasted on tothe cardboard. If you find it difficult tomake a pretty face, a suitable one may becut from some picture post card and past-ed on. The arms and legs must be fastenedon to the body with a little wire whichshould be run through a tiny bead andtwisted so that it does not come out. Rollthe lead foil into a liitle long weight andstitch one down to the lower portion ofthe body both at the back and front. Thecrinkled paper skirt must be gathered ona draw-thread with a needle and tied even-ly and tightly round the waist and fastenedneatly with a little ribbon sash. Throughthe stomach of the little figure insert atiny length of the quill of a feather andglue it into place; let it project towards theback more than the front. Through thisquill run your string doubled so that thereis a long loop both back and front and besure that the string works eas

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