TWO AMUSING PAPER TOYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 97, 26 April 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

TWO AMUSING PAPER TOYS.

THE QUACKER AND THE OWL. A wet Saturday afternoou need not be a dull one. Ever so many things can be done at home, and one afternoon can quite easily be spent in making some odds and ends of toys with paper. These will amuse the younger members of the family just as much as the making was enjoyed by the older ones.^ A quacker is quite one of the easiest toys to make with paper. First of all take a. stiff piece of note paper. Number the different corners A BCD and then fold the paper in half, naming the line at the fold EF. Then fold back the paper at AB and CD, so that they lie on the centre of the fold EF. Then as in the first diagram turn in the corners along the dotted lines. Then make a cut with a.pair of scissors through all the thicknesses of the note paper. The cut should be about half an inch in width. The next step is shown in the second diagram, where the edges of the cut are turned back, so that the lines AB and CD slope towards the corners. Then open the paper out and double it in the opposite direction, so that it is possible to hold it between the finger and the thumb as is illustrated in the third diagram. An eye painted on the outside, and a piece of red paper stuck into the mouth will make the duck's head much more realistic.

Three diagrams illustrating the method of making the quacker. The first shows the method of folding, and ] the second the way the quacker should appear before the paper is folded in the 1 opposite direction. The third shows the finished quacker and the method of working it. To work the quacker is very easy, just press and relax the fingers where 'they are slpwn in the diagram, and the point of the beak at "CD will open and shut with a life-like resemblance to a real duck. A slight quacking noise, too, may be heard as the points are worked up and down if the paper has been stiff enough, and if the folds have been made accurately. For the owl family some fresh tissue paper is required. First of all crush

some up into a lump, about as big as a man's fist, tying a piece of crepe paper about 5 inches wide by 8 inches ■ long. The crepe paper should be folded round the tissue so that the ends are hanging free. But the bundle may be made secure with two or three stitches down the middle, that is, at the back of the owl. The eyes should be made next, by cutting out two cricles of orange paper, about the size of sixpence, placing them close together near one end, and sewing them through the crepe paper to the back of the owl. The eyes should be put on the opposite side to that on which are the original stitches r sewing the crepe paper in place. Black buttons sewed in the middle of the orange circle gives a real' owlish l&ok. A little black beak —a small triangular shape of paper should then be fitted. For ears pull up ends of paper above the eyes. Then put a few good .stitches through the tail end to keep the stuffing from falling out, and bind the bii'd on to a branch or strong twig with , some short pieces of wire, arranging it 1 so as to look as much Ike claws as possible. In arranging the owl on the branch place the owl behind the branch as in ■ the' illustration so that the ends of the paper hanging down look like a stubby tail. Smaller owls can be made by reducing the original bundle of tissue paper and narrowing the band of crepe paper. Several family parties of owls would make quite an attractive decoration for a party.

Three wise owls, which can be made according to the directions given in the accompanying article. (