54 Nature in Recreation 



knife to cut out a piece of wood to this size. Make it a six-sided figure. It 

 can be a bit larger or smaller as one chooses. At about two-thirds of the 

 way from the top of the long side, draw a line on all six sides. Cut away 

 the wood on the bottom third so as to form a point towards the very bot- 

 tom center. This would give you a spinner or top without a handle. Glue one 

 eight inch dowel one and one-half inches long into a hole bored in the 

 top center for this purpose. Place the name or picture of a subject on each 

 side of the top. Your top is ready to play with. 



One player spins the top. If it stops at trees, that player will have to answer 

 three questions with reference to trees. The leader will ask the questions 

 taken from a pre-arranged list. Missing any of the three would require a 

 forfeit of some sort. There are various methods of regaining forfeits. Use any 

 of them. 



The top may have pictures of bird, fish, leaf, stone, flower, fruit, vegetable, 

 tree, or any other subject pertaining to nature. 



BIRD FLIGHT 



This game is designed primarily for the study of the color and size of 

 nature birds. Choose the bird you prefer to make and draw an outline as 

 though you were looking at it from above with its wings stretched wide. 

 Now fold the paper so the fold is on the side of the body of the bird and 

 cut it out so that each wing of the bird is exactly the same size when it is 

 unfolded. Use this for your pattern and trace around it on cardboard and 

 cut out. Brace it underneath with a few sticks of light wood by gluing the 

 braces to the cardboard. There should be braces across the wings and from 

 bill to tail. Leave a small notch in the brace running from bill to tail about 

 half way down the stick. 



Choose any twig that will bend a little without breaking and use about 

 two feet of it as a propeller. This is done by tying a string eight inches 

 long to the twig and leave a loop one inch long at the loose end. 



