Mother Nature's Toy-Shop

About this eBook

Author

Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Toys

Category

Text

eBook-No.

44440

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44440

Release Date

December 16, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Mother Nature's Toy-Shop
2. 2.PRESENTATION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PART I WILD FLOWERS
5. 5.CHAPTER I DAISIES — What You Can Do with Them — Daisy Crown
6. 6.CHAPTER II JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT
7. 7.CHAPTER III RED AND WHITE CLOVERS — Clover Wreath — Clover Bracelet — Clover Earrings — Clover Ring — A Necklace of Clover — Other Things of Clover
8. 8.CHAPTER IV CLOVER DESIGNS
9. 9.CHAPTER V OTHER WILD-FLOWER DESIGNS — Daisy Fleabane Design — Wild Mustard Design — Buttercups—a Design
10. 10.CHAPTER VI PUSSY-WILLOWS — Pussy-Willow Rabbits — A Pussy-Willow Squirrel — Pussy-Willow Bumblebee — Pussy-Willow Mouse — Jumping Pussy-Willows—a Game — Pussy-Willow Bouquet
11. 11.CHAPTER VII ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS — The Wild Morning-Glory — The Wild Balsam-Apple — Wild Clematis — Bittersweet — Snapdragon and Wild Carrot — Wild Roses — Daisies and Buttercups — The Wild Flag, or Iris — Clover Bouquets — Green Bouquets
12. 12.PART II GRASSES
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII FAIRY-TREES MADE OF GRASSES
14. 14.CHAPTER IX A HOUSE MADE OF GRASS — The Floor — The Walls — The Roof — The Porch — Thatching — The Ladder — A Doll Filipino Woman
15. 15.CHAPTER X GRASS DRESS AND GRASS HEAD-DRESS — Grass Head-Dress
16. 16.PART III GREEN LEAVES
17. 17.CHAPTER XI OAK-LEAVES — Robinson Crusoe Hat — Oak-Leaf Mask — The Little Oak-Leaf Dog
18. 18.CHAPTER XII GRAPE-LEAF DRINKING-CUP
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII GREEN-LEAF DESIGNS — Beech-Leaves — Violet-Leaves — Ground-Pine
20. 20.PART IV CULTIVATED FLOWERS
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV PHLOX — Phlox Tower and Phlox Design — Phlox Tower — Phlox Design — The Tiger-Lily Leopard
22. 22.CHAPTER XV CULTIVATED FOXGLOVE — Fairy-Caps — Sweet Pea—the Peacock — Snapdragon—Lady's Head and Lion's Head — LADY'S HEAD — LION'S HEAD
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI MISS HOLLYHOCK'S GARDEN-PARTY — A Tea-Table — Teapot and Cups
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII DAFFODILS — Dancing Flowers and Whirligigs — Daffodil Dancers — A Daffodil Animal — The Whirligig
25. 25.PART V SEED-VESSELS
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII SEED-VESSEL PLAYTHINGS — The Doll's Fruit Piece — Rose-Haw Necklace — Seed-Pod Earrings — Necklace of Barberries and Plantain-Stalk — Plantain-Stalk and Barberry Earrings — Birds of Maple-Tree Seed-Vessels
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX BUCKEYE HORSE AND BUCKEYE RIDER — The Buckeye Horse — The Buckeye Man — Pine-Cones. Pine-Cone Forest — A Fruit-and-Vegetable Market — Cone Card-Rack — Christmas-Tree Ornaments
28. 28.CHAPTER XX BURDOCK-BURRS — The Little House of Burrs — Pond, with Water-Lilies, in the Garden — A Pea-Pod Canoe — The Trees — Burdock-Burr Game
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI THINGS TO MAKE OF ENGLISH-WALNUT SHELLS — To Open an English Walnut — The Professor — The Professor's Robe — English-Walnut Shell Mouse — English-Walnut Shell Thimble-Box
30. 30.PART VI VEGETABLES
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII THINGS YOU CAN MAKE OF LIMA BEANS — Swimming Fish Made of a Lima-Bean Pod — Lima-Bean Man — A Lima-Bean Pig
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIII SWEET-POTATO ALLIGATOR AND WHAT TO MAKE OF A RADISH — What to Make of a Radish — The Radish Imp — A White Mouse
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIV GREEN-PEA TOYS AND A GREEN-PEA DESIGN — The Greeny Girl — The Greeny Men — Pea-Pod Tents — The Green-Pea House — The Fence — The Tropical Plant — A Pretty Design of Green Peas
34. 34.CHAPTER XXV CORN-HUSKS AND CORN-COBS — How to Make American History Seem Real—Our First Thanksgiving
35. 35.PART VII FRUIT
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVI THE FUNNY ORANGE HEAD — Things You Can Make of Orange-Skins — A TOY JAPANESE STOOL — A CANDY-BOX — A BASKET — ORANGE-SKIN BOWLS — Other Things Made of Orange-Skins
37. 37.CHAPTER XXVII APPLES AND APPLE FUN — Apple-Blossom in Apple — Apple Candle in its Candlestick — A Roasted Apple — The Spice Apple — Other Things to Make of an Apple

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