CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



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The plot 

 stake 



This will furnish excellent shop work. From planed 

 lumber six inches wide and one-half inch thick, six 

 inch squares are sawed off. The upright 

 is made of inch square strips sawed in 

 eighteen inch lengths. The six inch 

 square is nailed at the top with the grain 

 of the wood at right angles to the upright. 

 The stake is then painted with a thin coat 

 of green paint well rubbed in so as to leave 

 no thick spots or drops. Stencils for two 

 and a half inch numbers are then made 

 from thin cardboard by copying from other 

 stencils or tracing numbers cut from a large size cal- 

 endar. These are placed on the front of the stake 

 and with a soft lead pencil the outline of the number 

 is traced in. With thick white or red paint these 

 outlines are then filled in, using a small camel's hair 



brush. 



Working in this 

 way the child gets 

 some very good prac- 

 tice in carpentry, 

 painting and letter- 

 ing, and can turn out 

 a very workmanlike 

 product. These 

 Painting plot stakes stakes are quite dura- 



ble and need not be 



made every year, but the paint and lettering can be 

 freshened up each season. Brass nails do not rust 



