MAKING CALENDARS

Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1926, Page 21

MAKING CALENDARS

THE LUCKY CAT.

If you want to make something really novel ready for Christmas, you should try the Lucky Cat Calendar, shown in Fig. 1. It is not difficult to make, and it costs nractically nothing because it is composed of ordinary cardboard. The only thing you will need to buy is the calender itself.

On your card draw a series of squares as shown in Fig. 2. enlarging them so that the outline of the cat which you will draw will be the size you desire—the best height is about six inches. After drawing the squares, draw the outline of the cat, and then cut the card to shape; bend it over at the dotted line so that a tab is formed by which to stitch it to the base. Also draw two legs, cut them to shape; bend it over at the dotted line so that a the ends over, where indicated by dotted lines, to make pasting tabs. Now make a base as shown in outline in Fig. 3., enlarging this as you enlarged the outline of the cat. Cut the base card to shape, fold it along the dotted

lines, and stick the corners together with strong glue; add little tab pieces to the inner side across the corners to strengthen it. Paint the face of the cat, giving it bright green eyes and a red tongue; paint the body and legs black, and colour the base bright orange, or any shade you fancy. When the paint Is dry, attach the legs by sticking the tabs one each side of the body of the cat in tho position show’n by a black mark Fig. 2, and then glue the whole to the base at the pointe shown by the black marks in Fig. 3. Stick a few bristles on the cat’s face to represent whiskers, paste on the printed calendar, and the Lucky Cat is complete.