Ideal Home Life - online book
A valuable and well-organized system for home education(homeschooling) 3 to 12 years.
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296 IDEAL HOME LIFE
paper it should be painted in its natural colors. This painting can be done with watercolor or with an oil paint, such as are procurable in the five and ten-cent stores. A very satisfactory and less expensive medium is "alabastine" or one of the numerous cold-water paints on the market. Mix in a little LePage's or other cold glue before applying to the wood. A few water-color brushes, if washed out after using, will serve a long time for applying this color.
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The boy who wants to go further into this type of toy-making can get many good ideas and designs by obtaining from a paper-hanger in his neighborhood some sheets of toy wall-paper, such as is sometimes used to decorate the walls of the child's nursery.
Jumping-Jack and Blacksmith
The next two toys, the jumping-jack and the merry blacksmith, Figures 7 and 8, can be made entirely out of thin wood, such as is found on orange crates or numerous other contain- |
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