Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls

a pair of scissors, a spool of thread

gather here, spread out there, wrap and tie some place else and, with deft f

ild, but to study nature by copying the flowers in this marvellously adaptable material is only a beautiful game which every child, and indeed many grown people,

est M

e carnation-pink, the morning-glory, and the rarer blossoms of the hibiscus, ar

odelled from

stletoe may be closely copied. All these and many more are made on the same principle and in so

te

heet of light yellow-green and one of dark green. Have a table "cleared for action" and place your paper on the r

is you are

atio

garden. Make one of your light pink paper, one of the dark

y from your material but quite within easy reach, for it must be con

square diagonally

y in this system of squa

t a Circl

ways without a pattern. Here

-The firs

dotted line and it will make another triangle (Fig. 115). Again fold through the middle and you have the third triangle (Fig. 116). Fold once more and Fig. 117 is the result. Measure the distance from the edge, B, to the centre A in Fig. 117 and mark the same distance on the other side of

.-Second

.-Third

o enable you to gauge the distance from A to B, a

.-Fold o

from C to B, c

circle still

ginning Y

rowded closely together and that their edges are pointed like a saw. You will also see that the gre

-The circ

1.-The

es are not noticeable except as they give the flower a crimped appearance, and the edge of the calyx looks almost straight. It is this

p the edge wit

rough your hand to brin

ake a slend

26.-Th

uares for

r it is made of circles or squares. Without loosening your hold of the centre, draw the paper lightly through your right hand several times, then crimp the edge again, this time with the blade of your scissors. Treat all the circles alike, then place a small circle inside a larger one and draw them through your hand to bring them together, pinching them closely until within a little over an inch of the edge (Fig. 123). Make a sle

e at the bottom and w

he paper spirall

8.-The

ds the flower just below its petals and wrap the calyx closely around the lower part, tying it at the bottom; then cut a narrow strip of dark-green paper and wrap it spirally around the stem, beg

av

ather it along this line, not with needle and thread-we use no needle in this work-but with your fingers, and pinch it together; then twist each end into a point (Fig. 129). With the sharp point of your scissors pun

ist each end

e

e bag or cup like Fig. 131. Slip the bag over the head of a lighter and tie at the bottom as in Fig. 132. If the bud does not take the proper shape at first, model it with your fingers until it is correct. Start the wrapping of the

30.-Th

k they are not the real, old and familiar pinks. Only the fragrance is missing, and that may

ornin

ower with its stem and leaves to copy from, even if the blossom is not the color you want. As with

he bag over the

inches. It is always better to have your flowers a tri

pinks; then, pinching it together to within one and one-half inches of the edge, hold it in your left hand and flatten out the top as in

modelled fro

ten out the to

making, a paper lighter will answer. When you use the wire bend one end over to form a small loop; this is to keep the stem from sli

reen square

Draw the e

orm a leaf-

a

Ca

together in gathers, just below one of the corners, to form a leaf-shaped point as in Fig. 136. Gather below each corner, tie as in Fig. 137, and twist each corner into a sharp point like F, Fig. 137. Draw the calyx through your hand, bringing the points together (Fig. 138

st each corne

ing the poin

e directions given for the green bud of the pink;

es you have just finished and actually wilting it by drawing the flower together and c

er along one o

hes square is required to model two almo

he morning-

delled from

e opposite corner, gather along the crease to the centre, then wrap and tie (Fig. 140). Pinch each leaf from underneath along the crease in the middle, to give the depression at the midrib. Straighte

Daff

le that it can be made on the same principle as the

or the two

inch and ti

ut off the

loose petal between

ether the fan of pa

low each corner and tie as in Fig. 137, but do not twist the points. This gives you four petals, but as the daffodil has six, you must make two more from the triangular halves of the square you have just cut. Gather each triangle across from side to side, according to the dotted line in Fig. 141, and pinch and tie in place as in Fig. 142, making sure the petal is of exactly the same size as those on t

inch the cu

e cup on your fin

tem of the cup into th

ssors to give a fine crimp to the edges. Pinch the cup together at the bottom almost half-way up and tie (Fig. 146); slip it on your finger like a thimble

m of the calyx closely around the stem. Allow the wrapping for the stem to cover the lower part of the brown calyx. Make several long, narrow leaves from strips of dark-green paper, two inches wide and of varying lengths. Twist one end of each leaf into a point and, gathering the other en

owers for tying and green for the ste