“HOLIDAY HINTS”

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22004, 30 January 1937, Page 5 (Supplement)

“HOLIDAY HINTS”

MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK PLATES I Colour Them, Too

In this article ’Mate Crimson Kowhai describes the making of book plates. It is interesting to have one of these book plates to paste in the front of your own special books. You could trace or copy the book plates Mother Bunch has designed for you, or make one for yourself. Crimson Kowhai says:—

ing paper. I painted them, outlined them in Indian ink, printed my name in an oblong strip drawn along the soles of their feet, cut them out and pasted them into all my books. I kept the transfers and whenever I buy another book I shall put a book plate into it. I used a strong glue and now, everyone knows, my books cannot be taken by mistake, for the book plates will not come off easily. There is no need to colour each design exactly the same, nor need you have four designs—one will do. I amused myself on a rainy, day making these. —•MATE CRIMSON KOWHAI. L.8.H., M.G., Shirley.

Have you ever tried making your own book plates? It is such fun end gives your books that individual appearance. This is how I did it: Mother had a sheet of old transfers from which I chose four designs I liked—two elves and five rabbits. These I traced many times on to sheets of white draw-

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OUR OWN PLASTICINE

Sometimes on wet days mother make? plasticine for us. She mixes some flour very dry and colours it

pink or blue. We have great fun with it making all sorts of things We roll it out and make biscuits or pastry. We also shape it into vases, or jugs, or cups and saucers. We also make flowers or fruit with it. —MARGERY GILCHRIST Caged 9), Oxford,

ANOTHER USE FOR OLD MOTOR TUBES

When you go for a bathe, take an old motor tube with you. Blow it up and then tie a string round it so that the tube is drawn together in the middle. With your head through one partition and feet through the other, you can float along merrily, or two can swim in it together. Try this and you will have a lot of fun. —DOROTHY LANGDALE (aged 11). Melton.