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Cap for Washington's Birthday - First Journeys in Numberland c.1911
"1.Cut paper 24 inches long and 18 inches wide. 2.Fold the short edges together and crease. 3.Hold with the creased edge at the top. 4.Fold the right and left edges together. Crease. Open as in picture (1). 5.Fold the upper corners to the crease as in (2). 6.Fold one piece upward on the front of the cap as in (3). Crease. Fold the other piece upward on the back of the cap (3). 7.Fold in corner A and corner B. See (4). 8.Open the cap. Push the two lower corners together until a square is formed as in (5). Hold as in (5). 9.Fold corners at D to the top of the cap, one up over the front and the other up over the back (6). 10.Open the cap at the bottom to fit the shape of the head. Paste on a red, white, and blue rosette."
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Making a Picture Frame - First Journeys in Numberland c.1911
"1.Dorothy made a pretty picture. 2.She cut a 10 inch square from stiff green paper. 3.Then she measured 5 inches from each corner of the square and made a dot on each side. 4.She drew lines joining the dots. See picture (1). 5.Next she folded each corner to the center of the square and creased along the lines (2). 6.Then she folded back the points until they touched the middle of the sides (3). 7.She put a little paste under each point, and placed the frame under some heavy books until it was dry."
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Christmas chains - First Journeys in Numberland c.1911
"1.Let us make some pretty Christmas chains. Cut five 4 inch squares of red paper and five 4 inch squares of green paper. 2.Fold each square into 4 parts as in the picture. Cut along the creases. 3.Paste together the ends of a red strip to make a ring. 4.Put a green strip through the red ring and paste the ends of the green strip together. 5.Put a red strip through the green ring and so on with all the strips."
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Christmas Cornucopias - First Journeys in Numberland c.1911
"1.Let us make a cornucopia from a 9 inch square of blue paper. Draw a line from the upper right corner. Cut along the line. 2.Fold together the short edges of one piece and crease. Open. Fold each short edge to the crease. Open as in (1). 3.Fold one side over the other as far as the crease and paste. See picture (2).Cut off the uper points. Hang by a 4 inch cord. 4.Let us now make another kind of cornucopia. 5.Cut an 8 inch square of green paper (3). Paste the lower edges together. Hang by a 4 inch cord."
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Cornucopia - Godey's Lady's Book, January 1885
"These are easiest made over a tin form which any tinsmith will make for a trifle. They should be lined with white paper, bordered with lace paper and a gilt edge, tipped with gold and decorated with picture medallions. A beautiful cornucopia has a moss trimming of tissue paper at the top and a tinsel tassel on the bottom."
Paper Flowers - Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, August 1872
"The best models to make artificial flowers of any kind are from natural flowers. In the summer it is quite easy to get them. Take apart the pieces, and cut the separate parts on a card, marking them, so as to know their arrangement. The tools for making paper flowers are a pencil, scissors , long pins, and a small wooden instrument, with knobs of two sizes at the ends; for this purpose the end of a wooden knitting-needle will sometimes serve. The use of the knobs is to round the separate petals of the flowers, so as to live them a natural shape. This is done by putting the petal in the palm of the hand, and working the knobs of a suitable size into it, till the shape required is attained. The leaves are frequently required to be made of two thicknesses of paper, and the wire forming the centre fibre should be laid between the paper leaves. The tendrils are made of wire, covered with silk or cotton; in some cases a paper covering more nearly resembles that of the natural tendril, and should then be used."
Paper Cuttings - Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, March 1871
"By folding thin sheets of paper together from two to four or five times, every variety of design may be invented and cut out. In colored papers they look extremely pretty. It is not only useful in acquiring a steady and correct hand, but it is an excellent plan for exercising the inventive faculties."
Seaweed Album Card - Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, September 1865
"A card, unpolished surface, must be taken into the water, passed under the weed as it floats, selecting only very small pieces. As soon as the card touches it, the weed will unfold. Then it must be lifted instantly from the water. The air will cause it to adhere so closely as to form an almost flat surface. While yet damp, the card must be pressed between the leaves of a heavy book, to remove the wrinkles made by the water. When the seaweed is thus prepared, it is exquisitely beautiful, retaining all its minute fibres and delicacy, and its beautiful tints. Lady bathers will find a new interest in their seaside life, and enrich their albums with most beautiful mementos."
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