CHAPTER XX

SOME MORE FRET-SAW TOYS

Besides the numerous models already described that can be made with the fret-saw, endless further toys might be made, among others the following.

1. =A Zoo or Wild-Beast Show.= The animals for this may be jointed models like the elephant and giraffe (Part I, Chapter XX); in this case they will stand quite well; or they may be cut in one piece and glued to an oblong strip of wood for a stand, as the lion and other beasts in Figs. 426 to 430. Three-ply wood or satin walnut 1/8 inch thick is suitable for these animals, which however may also be cut out of cardboard and glued into slits cut in a wooden stand.

2. =Forest, Jungle or Desert Scenes, etc.= (Figs. 431 to 437). These trees, which have very characteristic shapes, can easily be cut out with the fret-saw. Where the branches are slender and there is danger of their breaking, use three-ply wood. They should be painted green, with the markings indicated in the drawings put in with sepia or dark green.

3. =A Farmyard=, with trees, ducks, cows, etc. Figs. 438 to 443 are patterns of farmyard animals. There is considerable educational value in the drawing and cutting out of the simple outlines necessary in fret-wood trees or animals. It will help children to think in lines, as it were, and to draw boldly.

Teachers will find sets of fret-wood animals and trees of use in the Nature Study and Geography lessons.

4. =Soldiers, Sailors, Boy Scouts, etc.= Figs. 444 to 447 may be cut out and glued on stands in the same way.

The small files used for fret-wood are useful to finish and 'clean up' these toys.