Paper Craft for Children - A Model of the Santa Maria

 

From the indefatigable Beard sisters, a paper model of the Santa Maria to make for a Columbus Day game.  From Things Worth Doing and How to Do Them, 1906.  Free download available at Project Gutenberg.

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Columbus Day

 

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Quote of the Day

 

Democracy means rule of the people, not rule of monarchs, not rule of the monied, not rule of the mighty. Regardless of party, that means respecting free and fair elections; accepting the outcome, win or lose.  It means you can't love your country only when you win. ~ Joseph R. Biden

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Canis Arfem

 

The only piece of child art I have on our refrigerator, this was drawn by one of his young readers at the public library.  Dam' good likeness, says I, especially for an 8 year old.

Children's Crafts - Doll Book Marks

 

Since it's National Book Month, here are some bookmarks for children (or anyone) to make out of scraps of yarn, from McCall's Golden Book of Handicrafts, published 1953.  Left-click to enlarge.

Holidays - National Book Month

 And in other news, starting today, the Little Man goes back to school every week to help second graders read.  

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

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Every road leads somewhere ~ Filipino saying.

(This photo was taken by a neighbor, on the day of the Autumn Equinox when the sun rises and sets along our east/west rural road grid).

One More Reason I Love Living In the Midwest

 

A local high school had a "Take Your Tractor To Work Day" today.

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Hallowe'en Crafts - The Costume Book, By Joseph Leeming

 

With October 31st just over a month away, here is a book from 1939 that offers a number of costume ideas - although they may be of limited use today, as making Elizabethan knee breeches from golf knickers does rather depend on a ready supply of golf knickers. However, there are hundreds of line drawing and some very basic patterns to help out.

The Costume Book can be borrowed in one-hour increments from archive.org.

Holidays - National Cooking Day

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

 

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Quote Of The Day

 

chart from the NYT

Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason. ~ Sir John Harrington

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Vintage Woodworking - A Portable Bed Desk from 1954

 

From Things for Boys and Girls to Make, by William Hennessey. Available as a one-hour borrow from the Internet Archive.

Vintage Advertising - Royal Fruit Gelatin

 

An advertising booklet for Royal Fruit Gelatin, from 1926.  Available as a free download from Project Gutenberg. 

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