TEN LITTLE FINGERS - Arvind Gupta

PAPER HOUSE1. Take a stiff square paperwith an edge length of about20 cm. Fold 16 smallsquares in it.2. Cut along six quarter linesas shown.3. Put one middle square exactlyon top of the other and stick themwith glue. They will make thetriangular roof of the house.4. Stick the two end squares to makethe side wall of the house. Do the sameon the other side to complete the house.5. Using different sizes of squares you can make houses ofdifferent sizes. You can cut doors and windows in them.The outline of the house can be drawn on a big cardboard.Children can make the rooms, furniture, kitchen etc on thecardboard and then cover it with the paper house.SPINNER1-cm4-cm1. Cut a 2 cm long piece from an oldball-pen refill and make a hole in itscentre with a divider point.2. Take a 9 cm longthin wire and bend it intoa ‘U’ shape.3. Weave the refillspinner in the ‘U’ shapedwire.4. Wrap the two ends of the wireon the plastic refill, leaving enoughclearance for the spinner to rotate.5. On blowing through the refill the spinner willrotate. For obtaining the maximum speed adjust thewires so that the air is directed towards the end ofthe spinners.