| CHAPTER I. | PAGE | |
| What a Girl Can Make with Hammer and Saw | 3 | |
| The Workshop, 4; Tools, 5; The Carpenter’s Bench, 9; A Dressing-table, 11; A Wash-stand, 14; A Portable Corner Clothes-press, 15; A Five O’clock Tea Table, 16; A Piazza Flower-stand, 17; A Hooded Chair Made of a Packing-box, 21. | ||
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| Possibilities of an Easter Egg | 26 | |
| A Frog that Will Swim, 26; Spinning Egg, 30; The Kaleidoscope, 31; Easter Hare, 32; Hares made of Eggs, 33; The Brownie, 34; Fruits, Vegetables, Opera Glasses, and Dishes, 36; The Radish, 37; Watermelon, Plum, Acorn, 38; A Dainty Vase, A Unique Little Teapot, 39; The Sugar-bowl, Egg Dippers, 41. | ||
| CHAPTER III. | ||
| A Paper Easter | 45 | |
| An Ostrich, Rabbit, Penguin, and Rooster, 45; Changing an Egg into a Rooster, 46; The Butterfly That Will Fly, 51; The Easter Lily, 52. | ||
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| Vacation Work with Nature’s Material | 57 | |
| Cone Hanging-basket, 58; Sweet-grass Mats, 59; Corn-husk Basket, 60; Lavender Sticks, 62; Braiding Palm-grasses and Corn-husks, 64. | ||
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| Collections | 69 | |
| Mounting the Pictures, 70; Splitting the Paper, 72; Hanging the Picture, 73; A Portfolio, 74; Sunshine Diary, 75; A Guest Book, 78; Calendars, 80; Illustrating Books, 82; Colored Pictures and Photographs, 83; A Photograph Book, 84. | ||
| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| Original Valentines | 89 | |
| Appropriate Valentines, 90; Four-leaved Clover, 90; Easel Holding a Picture, 91; Heart-shaped Valentines, 93; The Fire-cracker, 94; Pot of Growing Flowers, 95; Valentine for Little Friend, 98. | ||
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| Vegetable Animals and Fruit Lanterns | 101 | |
| Potato Turkey, 102; A Shoat, 103; To Make a Turtle, Pumpkin Lanterns, 105. | ||
| CHAPTER VIII. | ||
| Pasteboard Models for a Home Drawing Class | 107 | |
| The Pyramid, 107; Pasteboard Model of a Church, 108; To Make a House, 111. | ||
| CHAPTER IX. | ||
| Quick Ink Pictures | 118 | |
| Ink Landscapes and Marines, 119; An Ink Butterfly, An Odd Design, The Fantastic Horses, 122; A Pair of Birds, Ink Plant Sketches, 123. | ||
| CHAPTER X. | ||
| Moving Toys | 125 | |
| The Merry-go-round, 125; The Flag Dance, 130; Button-mould Tops, 132. | ||
| CHAPTER XI. | ||
| Home-made Pyrotechnics | 135 | |
| Three-story Red, White and Blue Pin-wheel, 135; Fence Pin-wheel, 137; The Sparkling Calumet, 140; Roman Candle, 142; Snap-fire, 142; Rushing Comet, 143; The Pistol, 144; Sky-rockets, 145. | ||
| CHAPTER XII. | ||
| Monotypes | 148 | |
| Materials, 148; How to Paint, 149; To Paint Heads, 149; The Printing, 150; Monotone Monotypes, 151; Suitable Papers, 151. | ||
| CHAPTER XIII. | ||
| Priscilla Rugs | 153 | |
| Color Schemes for Rugs, 154; The Fire Rug, 155; The Weight, 156; How to Cut and Sew the Rags, 157; Cotton and Wool Rugs, 158; All-cotton Rugs, 158; Warps and Fringe, 159; Dyeing the Cloth, 160; Wool Dyes, 160; Cotton Dyes, 162. | ||
| CHAPTER XIV. | ||
| A Peanut Noah’s Ark | 163 | |
| How to Make a Pair of Wings, 165; To Make a Spider, 166; To Make Rabbits and Camels, 167; To Make a Chick, an Elephant, 168; an Owl, 169; Storks, Lobsters, 170; Noah, 171; To Make the Ark, 172. | ||
| CHAPTER XV. | ||
| A Flower Feast | 175 | |
| To Make the Pineapple, 175; A Fish, 176; Apples and Fruit Salad, 177; The Cups and Saucers, 178; Snapping Bonbons, 179; Baskets of Green Burs, 180; Dandelion Amusements, 181. | ||
| CHAPTER XVI. | ||
| Basket-weaving | 185 | |
| Materials for Weaving, 185; To Prepare the Reeds, 186; Weaving the Basket, 186; Covers and Fastenings, 191; To Make a Hinge, 192. | ||
| CHAPTER XVII. | ||
| An “Abe” Lincoln Log-cabin | 194 | |
| Material, 196; The Door, 200; The Chimney, 201; To Make a Pond, 204; The Walk, 205; A Well, 206; Acorn Bucket, 207; The Trees, 208; The Grass, 209; The Fence, 210; A Little Turnstile, 212; Birch-bark Canoe, 212; Wood-pile, 213; A Sawbuck, 213. | ||
| CHAPTER XVIII. | ||
| Queer Things on Paper and Blackboard and How to Put Them There | 215 | |
| A Funny Little Pig, 215; A Hen, 217; A Rose, 218; A Head, 220; The Three Blind Mice, A Fish, 221; Turtles, 222; To make a Duck, 223; The Tulip, 224; Common Daisy, 225. | ||
| CHAPTER XIX. | ||
| Home-made Musical Instruments | 227 | |
| How to Make a Harp, 228; A Dulcimer, 229; Music from Finger-bowls, 230; A Willow Bugle-horn, 231; Bones, 232; Crystal Flute, 232; Music from a Comb, 233; Grass-blade, Sea-shells, Musical Fountain, 234. | ||
| CHAPTER XX. | ||
| What to Make of Empty Spools | 236 | |
| To Build the Parthenon, 236; To Make a Set of Furniture, 238; The Lamp, 239; A Wagon, 239; A Memorial Arch, 240; To Blow Bubbles with a Spool, 241; Cannon, 243. | ||
| CHAPTER XXI. | ||
| Christmas Decorations | 244 | |
| Effective Portière, 246; Star and Shepherd’s Crook, 246; A Sconce, 248; Tin-foil Christmas-tree Festoon, 248; Tin-foil for Fringe Ruching, 249; Fancy Boxes, 252; Cornucopias, Christmas Stockings, Bobbinet Bags, 253; Holly-leaved Festoons, 254; Pop-corn Balls, 255; Strings of Red Cranberries, Peanuts, 256; Jewelry for the Tree, 257; Gilded English Walnut, 258. | ||
| CHAPTER XXII. | ||
| Christmas Devices | 260 | |
| An All-day Christmas Pie, 260; The Magic Fireplace, 263; Christmas Tray, 265; A Santa Claus House, 266; Serving Toast, 267; Pièce de Résistance, 268; Jelly, Apples, 269. | ||
| CHAPTER XXIII. | ||
| Picture Writing and Sign Language | 271 | |
| Symbols, Flower Writing, 273; Indian Powwow, 274; A Letter of Colors, 276. | ||
| CHAPTER XXIV. | ||
| Statuary Tableaux | 281 | |
| The Stage, 281; Lights, Pedestals, and Costumes, 282; Make-up, 284; The Armless Bust, 285; Portrait Medallion, 286; An Egyptian Statue, 287; Pygmalion and Galatea, 288. | ||
| CHAPTER XXV. | ||
| Witchery | 292 | |
| Feather Tests, 293; Touchstone Charm, 294; Naming the Bedposts, 295; Witch Writing, 295; Home or Travel, 297; Dreams, 298; Ghost Ideas, 299; Fortune’s Wheel, 300. | ||
| CHAPTER XXVI. | ||
| Living Alphabet | 303 | |
| Directions for Drill, 308; The Shields, 308; The Letters, 309. | ||
| CHAPTER XXVII. | ||
| Odd Gardens | 310 | |
| A Country Garden in the City, 310; The Boxes, 313; The Flowers, 313; A Water Garden, 314; The Soil, 315; Water Plants, 316; Simpler Water Gardens, 317; Plants Grown Artificially in Water, 317; The Green Sponge, 318; Vegetables, 319; Friendship Garden, 320; Memory Garden, 321 | ||
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | ||
| Active Games | 322 | |
| Weavers and Weft, 322; Hoop Dance, 324; The Figures, 326; Hoop Tag, 327; The Circus-hoop Game, 328; Hoop-race Game, 329; Jumping Rope Conquer Game, 330; Going to Market, 332; Passing By, 332; Red, White, and Blue, 333. | ||
| CHAPTER XXIX. | ||
| Expensive Games with Little or No Expense | 334 | |
| Ping Pong, 334; The Rules, 337; Scoring, 338; Terms Used in Ping Pong, 339; A Make-believe Sewing-machine, 340; A Parlor Croquet Set, 341; Rules for Croquet, 343. | ||
| CHAPTER XXX. | ||
| Basket Ball | 346 | |
| Cost of an Outfit, 346; Baskets, 348; The Ball, 348; Set of Players, 349; Referee, 350; Umpire, Scorer, 351; Time-keeper, Linesmen, 352; Centres, Forwards, 354; Guard, 355; Rules, 360; General Fouls, 362; Disqualifying Fouls, 363; Playing Suit, 364. | ||
| CHAPTER XXXI. | ||
| Some of Our Out-door Neighbors and Where to Look for Them | 365 | |
| Observation Book, 366; The Squirrel, 367; The Red Squirrel, The Chipmunk, 368; The Weasel, 369; Salamander, 370; The Cicadas, 371; Insect Music, 373; The Indian Pipe, The Moccasin Flower, 374; Engraver Beetle, The ’Coon, 375; The Flying Squirrel, Luna Moth, 377; Woodchuck, 380; The Sea-shore, 381; The Jelly-fish, Sea-anemones, 382; Sea-urchins, 383; Starfish, 384. | ||