THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)

THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.

TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN. In theso difficult times, when wo are all striving to be economical, these ideas for home-made toys will bo appreciated by parents. There is a fascination in making toys out of odds and ends, such as string, corks, match-boxes, and so on. A toy raft made of old corks which floats beautifully can be made easily. Collect a number of corks of one size, and thread a piece of fairly stout wire through enough of them to make the width of the raft. Now thread other rows until you have the desired length. Having completed this, lav the rows neatly side by side, arid join them together by pieces of thin string between the corks. A novel addition to the toy farm or doll's house are toy trees, which can be made from old cotton reels. Paint these in any bright colour —green, red, brown—with a band of black to make them look like plant tubs. Now fringe a piece of bright green paper and twist the bottom of it round a thin piece of stick about half an inch long. Fit t'jis into the hole of the cotton reel, painting the top of the reel brown, to look like earth. v- '