HOW TO MAKE A JUMPING JACK (copied from wrapping
paper label)
First, paste the Jumping Jack onto a piece of cardboard. When dry, cut
out the different pieces. Pierce the limbs and the body at the
black
dots for the joints. Take the arms and upper legs and pierce smaller
holes
1/8" above the top joint holes. Fasten the joint holes together - the
limbs
on the back side of the body with small brads, pieces of wire, or
string
knotted on both sides (see FIG 1). Be sure that the parts are not too
tightly
fastened together, so that they are easily movable. Now connect the
arms
with a string between the small holes above the joints; the legs,
likewise.
The string must be rather tight when the limbs are hanging downward.
The
middle of these two strings is joined by another string whose end is
allowed
to hang down (see FIG 2). If you lang up the Jumping Jack and pull on
the
end of the string, you will see why he is called a "Jumping Jack" (see
FIG 3), |