SOMETHING TO MAKE
A Blotter. —Get two pieces of nice thick brown paper, measuring 12 inches by ten inches. You can .measure this with your ruler. Stick these two pieces together with,some paste -made from flour and, water to make them very stiff. .Then 'bend them in half'to make the cover for.the blotter. -.'■■■ Now you must search for a ..very pretty coloured, picture; there is.sure, to be one you like in an old magazine. Cut it ,out and paste it very carefully on to the front of the brown paper cover, drawing a thick black line'air round it with your ruler to make a tidy frame. You will also need one yard of ribbon about a quarter of, an inchswide in any icolour that you think';.goes'.nicely with the picture. ;.:Tic this neatly round the fold.in the cover—not too tightly. Three sheets of blotting paper about 8 inches by 10 inches, slipped 'through the ribbon, will make a nice fat pad for mother, to write oh, and sholwill be delighted with her gift, v;
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 138, 14 June 1930, Page 18
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173SOMETHING TO MAKE Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 138, 14 June 1930, Page 18
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