The Child's Rainy Day Book

About this eBook

Author

White, Mary, 1869-1952

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Jane Robins 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

TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Subject

Handicraft -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43720

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43720

Release Date

September 14, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Child's Rainy Day Book
2. 2.Other Books by Mary White
3. 3.THE CHILD'S RAINY DAY BOOK — MARY WHITE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.LIST OF FIGURES
7. 7.A Foreword to Mothers
8. 8.CHILD'S RAINY DAY BOOK CHAPTER I A FOREWORD TO MOTHERS
9. 9.Simple Home Made Toys and Games
10. 10.CHAPTER II SIMPLE HOME MADE TOYS AND GAMES — A Bean Bag Game — A Book House for Paper Dolls — United States Mail — Rules for Playing United States Mail — Flying Rings — To Play It : — How to Make a Cork Castle — A Doll's Shaker Bonnet — Leather and String Puzzle — A Bed for a Little Doll — Floor Baseball — A Rug for the Doll's House
11. 11.Basket Weaving
12. 12.CHAPTER III BASKET WEAVING — A Mat or Stand for a Teapot — Small Candy Basket — Doll's Table of Rattan — Doll's Chair of Rattan — A Bird's Nest
13. 13.Knots with Raffia and Cord
14. 14.CHAPTER IV KNOTS WITH RAFFIA AND CORD — Knotted Sponge Bag — A Doll's Hammock — How to Tie a Square or Reef Knot — Two Hitches — Net Making — The Weaver's Knot — Turk's Head — Napkin Ring — Green Raffia Work Bag — A Tapestry Needle
15. 15.What a Child Can Do with Beads
16. 16.CHAPTER V WHAT A CHILD CAN DO WITH BEADS — Muff Chain in Brown and Gold — Raffia and Bead Chain — Double Chain of Seeds and Beads — Braided Raffia Chain — A Daisy Chain — Chain of Watermelon Seeds Strung With Beads — A Home Made Bead Loom — Indian Bead Belt — Bead Wrought Indian Shirt — Indian Leggings — Beaded Moccasins — Bead Wrought Silk Bag
17. 17.Clay Working
18. 18.CHAPTER VI CLAY WORKING — Building Bricks — A Clay Whistle — Clay Rattle — Birds' Drinking Dish
19. 19.Indoor Gardening
20. 20.CHAPTER VII INDOOR GARDENING — Basket Case for a Hyacinth Glass — Growing Plants in Fibre — Planting Indoors in February — March Planting — Starting Gourd Vines in the Indoor Garden — How to Start Lavender Indoors
21. 21.Gifts and How to Make Them
22. 22.CHAPTER VIII GIFTS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM — Beaded Knife Case — Needle Book of Flowered Silk — Sweet Clover Bags — Eyeglass Cleaner — A German Wonder Ball — Pin Case for Travelling — A Case for Tape — A Braided Raffia Lamp Mat — Sewed Raffia Lamp Mat — Doll's Hat of Raffia — Leather Tag Case — Beaded Leather Pen Wiper — Baby's Worsted Ball
23. 23.Paper Flowers and Toys
24. 24.CHAPTER IX PAPER FLOWERS AND TOYS — How to Make a Country Girl — A Paper Santa Claus — A Seashore Boy — A Valentine Favour — A Frog Jumping Jack — Paper Flowers — Ox-Eyed Daisies — A Curled Chrysanthemum
25. 25.Games for Two or Three to Play
26. 26.CHAPTER X GAMES FOR TWO OR THREE TO PLAY — Picture Puzzles — How to Play the Daisy Game — Horses in the Stable — Plants and Flowers — A Ball-and-Fan Race — Fun with Popcorn — Express — A Hurdle Race — Pictures from Fairy Tales

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