More from the 1943 book, You Can Make It – Things To Do With Scissors and Paste. Some of the crafts in this book seem pretty hard for children — even older children. These Easter favors are so cute, but honestly, I think the whole tiny strips of paper as hair idea would be tricky…
I love this book. I love it so much that I’m going to be sharing every single project in the entire book, so I hope you like it at least a little bit. The book was published in 1943 by the Silver Burdett Company; the authors are Louis V. Newkirk, Director of Industrial Arts Education…
Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1936
Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1936
Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1936
Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1936
Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1936
Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1936
Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1936
I hope everyone has a wonderful August — I will be back in September.
This is the last of the Lenski nursery rhyme pictures, and there were a couple of rhymes here I didn’t know. This one is very sweet…. Bossy-Cow, Bossy-Cow Bossy-cow, bossy.cow, where do you lie? In the green meadow under the sky. Billy-horse, billy-horse, where do you lie? Out in the stable with nobody nigh. Birdies…
When I started this blog…. I only knew a couple of quilters — their quilts and methods were very different from mine. My sisters were the only other people I knew who did hand embroidery. When I shopped at the local quilt store for binding or backing fabric, the staff would make comments like “Why…
Because I rarely buy new quilt fabric, I only recently discovered that this vintage book has been reproduced as a fabric panel for making a soft book or quilt, but their book doesn’t have this cute patriotic cover. Tiny Tots Object Book Whitman Publishing, 1942 Illustrated by “C.E.J.”
Big Big Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1948 Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator