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1. Homemade Toys

   

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   The first toy I ever made was a daisy necklace. It is easy to make them. First by gathering a lot of big daisies. Then get a needles and thread. Sew the daisies together with the needle and thread and then the daisy necklace is made. A Doll I made a doll by getting a piece of cloth, cutting out the body, legs, arms and the head. I sewed them up then, and stuffed them up with rags. Then I sewed in the legs and arms and the head and coloured the eyes with a black pencil and the mouth with a red pencil.

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   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. toys (~1,598)

   Language

   English

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   Mary Alice Dempsey

   Gender

   Female

2. Homemade Toys

   

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   We often make toys for ourselves, from a rag-doll to a turnip lantern. To make a rag-doll you (must) would want a piece of calico, wool, and bran or saw-dust. You would stuff the body, arms and legs with the bran, use the wool for hair, and make the eyes and eyelashes and mouth with coloured crayons or pencil.

   

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3. A Game

   

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   My brothers often make (tee-tom-toe-toms). Put a piece of stick through an empty reel and shape it.

   

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