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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 127, 22 February 1941, Page 16

r riIIS is Loopey Louis. He can loop tho loop and turn somersaults down an ironing hoard or :r tilted tabletop. and ho is so easy to assemble that you will want to make several copies of bint for your younger brothers or sisters— or Sunshine Box. First cut a piece of muslin inches wide and 9 inches long. Fold it in

half and sew up two sides to foipn a little bag. Cut :r strip of soft cardboard 121 inches long by 3 inches wide. Roll Illis into a little tube about 2 inches across and sew the outside eml in place. Slip the tube into the bag. place an old golf ball or a very large marble in the tube and gather up the open end of the bag. Full the thread

up tight and sew. Use the pattern shown as a guide for the correct shapes, and cut two wings, a bill, and two feet out of felt. Tack them on the bag as shown in the sketch. Draw two goggle eyes with black non smeary crayon or black mark lug ink. Now place Loopey Louis at the top or an inclined board and watch him go.

Ho lends himself to variation, so if you want to make more than one Loopey Dm is. you can have a variety by turning him 'into a duck, a penguin, or an owl. To make the duck, u-e Fright yellow felt and yellow vninbroThe penguin transformation is simple if you use black felt on white muclii: tri’d brown felt or brown cambric witturn him into a fat. little owl.