Home-made Toys for Girls and Boys / Wooden and Cardboard Toys, Mechanical and Electric Toys

A practical handbook provides step-by-step plans and working drawings for making a wide variety of children's toys from common household and reclaimed materials. Chapters guide construction of windmills, kites, model aeroplanes, motorboats, water-motors, toy railways and elevators, mechanical automata, tops, clockwork amusements and simple electrical devices, with illustrated details on propellers, pulleys, shafts and batteries. Emphasis is placed on using inexpensive pick-up materials, basic tools and clear assembly techniques so young makers learn skills, resourcefulness and safe operation. Seasonal and progressive projects range from simple pinwheels to complex clockwork and motor-driven models suitable for home play and display.