Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools Part 3

"Lay down your scissors. Turn your paper from right to left until the next corner faces you. Cut. Move the paper from right to left again until the third corner faces you. Cut. Bring the fourth corner to face you. Cut. There are now eight points. Turn each alternate point to the center, run the pin through all of them and fasten the wheel to the stick."

_Final questions._

_Teacher_: "What did you make?"

_Pupil_: "I made a pin-wheel."

_Teacher_: "What have you made?"

_Pupil_: "I have made a pin-wheel."

_Teacher_: "What has Ellen made?"

_Pupil_: "Ellen has made a pin-wheel."

When older pupils have completed a model it is excellent practice to have them write a full description of how it is made and the materials used.

1 Windmill, or Pin-Wheel

_Material_--One piece of construction paper, 55 inches.

Stick, 51/41/4 inches. One pin. (See pages 28 and 30.)

Fold the square on the diagonals. Cut the diagonals to within one-half inch of the center. Bend alternate corners over until the point of each touches the center. Fasten the four points in the center by running the pin through them and driving it into the stick.

2 Square Tray No. I

_Material_--Construction paper, 55 inches. (See page 32.)

Measure off one inch on four sides, and connect the points with a line parallel to the edge of the paper. Score lightly each line. Cut out the four corner squares. Turn up the sides, fasten the corners together with raffia or cord, tying a small bow.

3 Square Tray No. II

_Material_--Construction paper, 55 inches. (See page 33.)

Fold and crease into sixteen small squares. Score lightly the four lines nearest the outer edge. Draw one diagonal pointing toward the center of each corner square. Next draw half of the diagonal extending in the opposite direction. Fold the paper on the lines scored. Crease the diagonals 1-2, making the crease extend to the inside of the tray, and press until lines 1-4 and 1-3 meet. Now we have a triangle on the inside of the tray. Fold this over on half-diagonal, No. 5, and press to the side of the tray. This will fasten together firmly the corners of the tray.

[Ill.u.s.tration: SQUARE TRAY No. I--(For description see page 31.)]

4 Square Box with Cover

_Materials_--Construction paper, 66 inches. (See page 34.)

Measure off from the outer edge two lines, one inch apart. Score these lines. In each corner there are four one-inch squares. Cut off 1, 2, and 3; then draw the diagonal of 4 pointing toward the center of the paper. Crease and fold on these diagonals, extending the triangle inward. Fold this triangle over to half its size; press to the inside of the box. Edges 5-6, 5-7 will meet to form the corners of the box, and cover flaps 8-9 will fall naturally into place. Result, box four inches square, one inch deep, with folding cover.

5 Square or Rectangular Box

[Ill.u.s.tration: SQUARE TRAY No. II--(For description see page 31.)]

_Material_--Construction paper, 44 inches or 46 inches.

Measure off a margin one inch all around, and score. Cut as indicated on page 35. Fold over the border to half its width, as 1 over to 2.

Bend up on line 2-3. When the edge is folded over a little tongue is formed at each end. Slip this tongue under the fold of the adjacent side, and it will fasten the sides of the box firmly together. A lid may be made exactly as the box is made.

[Ill.u.s.tration: SQUARE BOX WITH COVER--(For description see page 32.)]

A beautiful Christmas box may be made of red paper, or gray decorated with holly. Made of white paper, with a chicken (in yellow) painted on the lid, it is appropriate for Easter.

[Ill.u.s.tration: SQUARE BOX--(For description see pages 33 and 34.)]

6 Pencil Box with Sliding Cover

_Material_--Construction paper: one 7-inch square; one rectangle 49 inches. (See page 36.)

_Drawer._ Lay the rectangle on the desk with the nine-inch edge parallel with the front edge of the desk. Draw a line one inch from the back edge and parallel with it. Draw a line one inch from the front edge and parallel with it. Draw a line one inch from the right edge and parallel with it; and a line one inch from the left edge and parallel with it. Score, bend and crease on these lines. Cut the lines on the right and the left edges to where they intersect the lines on the back and the front edges. Fold and glue. The laps are pasted on the inside and give strength to the ends of the drawer.

[Ill.u.s.tration: PENCIL BOX WITH SLIDING COVER]

_Cover_ (seven-inch square). Measure off one and one-fourth inches, and construct a line parallel to the back edge. Measure one inch and draw a line parallel to this. Measure off two and one-sixteenth inches (shy) and draw a third parallel line. Measure one inch again and draw a fourth line parallel to the other three. Score and fold on these lines.

Lap the s.p.a.ce at the back edge over the s.p.a.ce at the front edge until they form a rectangle two and one-sixteenth by seven inches in size, to correspond with the opposite one, which is the top of the cover. Glue.

Slide in the drawer and the pencil box is completed.

7 Seed Box with Sections

_Material_--Construction paper: two rectangles 89 inches; one rectangle 25-1/2 inches; one rectangle 24-1/2 inches.

(See page 38.)

Take one 89-inch rectangle for the body of the box and lay off a two-inch s.p.a.ce all around. Cut on dotted lines. Score and crease, fold and glue. The laps are glued to the inside and each one turned to the right. When the part.i.tions are put in the laps mark where the ends go, as well as brace the ends of them. Take the two rectangles, 24-1/2 inches and 25-1/2 inches, and draw a line one-half inch from each of the two-inch edges. Score and crease. These form the laps for pasting the part.i.tions in. On these part.i.tions turn all four laps to the right, to coincide with the laps on the box. Dovetail the part.i.tions by cutting a slit one inch deep in the center of each and slipping one over the other. Next glue them to the inside of the box.

_Cover._ Take the second 89-inch rectangle and mark off a two-inch s.p.a.ce (shy) all around. Find middle of nine-inch edges and draw lines 1-2, 2-3, and 2-4. Cut out these two triangles. Cut the corners on the dotted lines. Score, fold, and glue. Notice that in the lids the laps are not turned as in the body of the box. Here, as in the drawer of the pencil-box, the laps are glued to the ends of the cover, concentrating strength there and producing symmetry in construction.

8 Picture Frame No. I--Diagonal Folds

_Material_--Construction paper, 55 inches. (See page 39.)

Fold on the diagonals. Bring each corner over until it touches the center; crease. Fold each corner back again until its point touches the outside edge at the middle section; crease.

[Ill.u.s.tration: SEED BOX WITH SECTIONS--(For description see page 37.)]

9 Picture Frame No. II