Homemakers' Corner

White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 5, 1 July 1951, Page 7

Homemakers' Corner

A WET DAY WHAT CAN THE CHILDREN J>OT Wet days and a!i the childrtn at home mean noise and untidiness, but that is a part of their life in which Mother can share. hirst of all, remember that Jesus said, “The life is more than meat and the body more than raiment." A happy thriving child is better than a spotless house. You can be tidy when they are grown up. d he mtiddly play afternoons can forge a strong bond between Mother and children. Don’t surrender your privileges to the cinema. Children often yearn to go out in the rain. Issue bathing suits and allow them to splash in the puddles. When satisfied, they can dress and then settle down quite happily. 1. Little ones are happy ‘playing houses” under a sheet, thrown over the edge of the table. 2. Plasticine, crayons and bricks are good. 3. Old catalogues and scissors give pleasure. 4. Machine “books” out of brown paper, for sticking in pictures. 3. I - ug wire “forks” and a few slices of bread yield a happy toast-making session. 6. Give the toddler a blunt needle with strong cotton tied into the eye at one end and a button tied on the other end and a number of assorted buttons to thread. 7. A solitary child will get lots of fun from a piece of pastry and cutters. K. Hold a piece of paper against the window pane and trace it on the lack of the paper. 9. Prick round any bright pictures with a pin. 10. Provide hammer, small nails and a piece of wood. Protect the floor with old sheets or canvas. Provide trays on which to cut out and also waste paper baskets, Try not to say “Don't,” not even once. You would not like to be without them, would you ?