Art & Craft For Kids

An Expanding Workbox You will see from the two illustrations that this handsome expanding workbox is well worth making. It is both practical and artistic and will certainly make a handsome piece of decorative furniture for the dining room table. It is sufficiently large to contain all cottons, needles, materials, wools, knitting needles, etc. in fact, everything that has to …

Armchair Ashtrays This is a very novel device for placing over armchairs, to be used as ashtrays that will not fall to the floor or carpet. A few pieces of 2 inch wide glove leather that is soft and smooth, cut to 10 inch or 12 inch in lengths. Cut the piece of leather to suit the width of the …

Kite Making The pastime of flying kite is very, very old and its origin is lost far back in the past. Boys have been flying kites of all kinds and shapes and patterns but basically the method of flying kite is same. The simplest form of kite is the crossbar type. Try making this first of all and then you …

Draughtboard Firescreen Most boys like to play draughts. It is one of the most entertaining of the indoor games and is ideal for the long winter evenings. Why not combine a draughtboard with a firescreen? This will have the added advantage of being extremely useful as well as ornamental can be used for the dual purpose of playing this absorbing …

A Flying Scale Model Aeroplane The little aeroplane has been specially designed for this activity for easy construction and cheapness, and is a 3/8 inch to the foot scale model of the D.H. Moth Minor. The original model has been properly tried out and has won admiration for its pretty flying. Its looks can be judged from the photograhs, Fig …

First Rate Sailing Yacht Many boys affirm that life would be robbed of its greatest joy if they had not a model yacht to sail on the nearest park lake. Without a doubt, model yacht sailing has its thrills and fascinations, and not the least interesting part of the pastime is the construction of one’s own little craft. If you …

An Easily Made Banjo As a rule it is not easy to make a musical instrument, but recently we constructed a toy banjo which many boys may care to imitate. By chance we saw an empty biscuit tin lying on the kitchen table. It was circular in shape and about 4 inches in depth. We picked it up and wondered …

The Acrobat For this toy you will want two thin strips of wood each 6 inches long, and a third 3 inches long. Ordinary I inch laths will serve, but wood a ¼ inch square in section is better. The three pieces are nailed together to form the letter H, but the horizontal strip is fixed two-thirds of the way …

Feed the Brute You and your friends can get endless fun with this easily-made toy. Obtain a piece of cardboard tubing about 5 inches in length and I ½ inches in diameter. Cut out a large circular hole in the side, as shown in the illustration. Draw a face around the hole, using the latter as a big mouth. Then …

Monograms for Ornamental Purposes There are many things that will be considerably improved in appearance by the simple addition of a monogram. The back of a hair-brush is an obvious example, the lid of a trinket box is another, and so is the cover of a blotting book. A very easy way to provide the monogram is to cut it …