CHRISTMAS GIFTS WHICH CHILDREN CAN MAKE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, 24 December 1910, Page 4 (Supplement)

CHRISTMAS GIFTS WHICH CHILDREN CAN MAKE.

How delighted every child is to make a present for some member of her family in preparation for Christmas. Something simple but effective is the idea in the child’s mind, and suggestions for gifts that can be made with their own hands are always warmly appreciated by the younger generation. A PRFSENT FOB MOTHER. A hatpin holder for mother or a sister utilises a glass test tube covered with, crepe pauer neatly arranged round the tube, with a ribbon hanger sewed at the top, and a piece of xx ide ribbon tied round the top and bottom of the holder.

Then a hairpin holder may be fashioned <>f a small square box filled xiith horsehair and a piece of wide net stretched over the top to hold the hairpins in place A ruffle of figured crepe paper is gathered round the box, and a piece of scarlet ribbon should be knotted at each corner. T’SF.FVL FOR THE HOUSE. A twine holder makes a highly useful present for the household. This con-si-ts of an empty ribbon roll for a foundation : the ball of twine is placed insid”. end the roll covered smoothly with pink end while paper, while the string is brought through a hole in the centre of one end. A plain pink twisted paper cord finishes each edge, and a hanger is made of pink ribbon. Highly useful is a hanging rack for th? bedroom. The foundation is a round stick fourteen inches long, covered smoothly with crop? rarer, and five brass hooks are screwed into the side at even distances apart. A frill of paper is gathered round each end, and the ribbon forms the hanger. A “BUNNY" PENAVIPER.

Fverr child loves to make a penxviper, and one in the form of a rabbit is quit? delightful The rabbit must bo shaped in broadcloth or flannel, and a roxx- of chain stitch is worked through the centre of the rars. wh’le the tail, legs and .nose arc indicated by these means. Txvo white round buttons can bo used for eyes, and after attaching three extra pieces of flannel on the underside, tie a bow of ribbon round the neck of the rabbit. CRETONNE BAGS. Bags are always delightful gifts, and the-child who can s-xx' xxell can easily fashion a dainty lag of cretonne. Cut a L'in. circle of erti once then a second circle from some suitable lining material. Fold th-' cretonne circle in lialf and cut a xvedge-shaned section from ihe er-nire of each half This is done to form the sides cf the bag. Now seam up the cut edges, and after taking out the same sections from the lining circle and seaming no th? ent edges. lay th” lining nnd the onts’de together. Fold the ratv e-lgcs ins-'de and stitch txvic” hx- the machine. Finish with a row of fine cord, leaving the loop for handles.