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Photo shows an assortment of fantasy animals made from tinker toys and kitchen items sush as pans, brushes, sponges, etc. Est. cost: $6.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Jul 1974 (v.52#7) pg. 29

Primitive wooden animals (sheep, cow, horse, goat, and tiger) to make from wood.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Dec 1978 (v.56#12) pg. 84, 160

Woolly sheep to make from a block of wood, wooden clothespins and a scrap of fleece fabric.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Sep 1981 (v.59#9) pg. 40, 53

Primitive wooden animals. Plans furnished for a pig and a bull.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Sep 1981 (v.59#9) pg. 43, 148

Family of pigs are cut from wood and painted. Full-size pattern can be ordered.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Dec 1986 (v.64#12) pg. 62, 140

Painted wooden horse. Full-sized pattern can be ordered.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Dec 1986 (v.64#12) pg. 64, 140

Cow whirligig. When wooden crank is turned, the cow chews her cud and spins her tail.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Sep 1992 (v.70#9) pg. 144, 152

Toy bugs and turtles use rubber band power.
BOYS' LIFE May 1963 (v.53#5) pg. 74

Toy farm set features a bright red barn which doubles as a carrying case to hold the wooden cut-out figures and animals.
CANADIAN WORKSHOP Dec 1984 (v.8#3) pg. 11, 30

The craft of carving in Iceland is viewed. Includes patterns for (1) troll (2) pin box for knitting needles that is chip-carved with eight geometric designs, (3) an askur food or drink container, and (4) a toy reindeer.
CHIP CHATS Jul-Aug 1991 (v.38#4) pg. 14

How to make a long alligator with a five section body from egg cartons.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Dec 1975-Jan 1976 (v.6#3) pg. 36

Trio of trolls, a cat, a bear and a bird, are all made from L'eggs containers and felt.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Nov 1976 (v.7#2) pg. 30

A doll house with a twist. A play barn with stalls for the animals and an accessable hay mow. Includes an assortment of animals, standup shrubs, and a farm family.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Oct 1978 (v.9#8) pg. 34

Wooden hippo acrobat toy.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Sep 1979 (v.10#7) pg. 66, 120

Three wooden animals to make and paint. Patterns for a hippo, elephant and camel.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Dec 1979 (v.10#10) pg. 37

Clothespin "critters". Cute toys to make from wooden clothespins.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Apr 1981 (v.12#3) pg. 29

Red barn made from milk cartons and an assortment of glue-dough farm animals.
FAMILY CIRCLE Oct 23 1978 (v.91#12) pg. 128, 206

Fancy eyes for wooden-animal pull toys are made from a dowel and brass tubing.
FINE WOODWORKING #66 Sep-Oct 1987 pg. 12

A wooden zoo and 22 animals to build. Animals are made from thin plywood on bases. Three-section zoo has solid plywood sides and back. The cage fronts are made from dowels. Hinged roof sections open up.
HANDY ANDY Dec 1979 (v.4#3) pg. 34

Hopping bunny toy is made from cardboard and strung so that legs hop when hanging string is pulled.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Apr 1986 (v.31#2) pg. 66

Wooden zebra, cut from a piece of 2x4, is painted with black and white stripes. Yarn is used for mane and tail.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Oct 1988 (v.33#7) pg. 58, 80

Wooden penguin, 10" tall.
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Oct 1988 (v.33#7) pg. 59, 80

Happy Hound, a wooden dog made of hollow dowel pieces strung with fishing line that moves as the strings are pulled.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #451 Dec 1965 (v.61) pg. 88

Wood mechanism animated toy consists of a dog, cowboy and horse which are mounted on dowels connected to gears and cams. Turning a crank causes them to move up and down or turn in circles.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #637 Jun 1981 (v.77) pg. 61

Wooden toys to make & treasure. (1) Laughing cow pull toy. (2) Bobbing horse and goat. (3) Balancing dancing ballerina.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #643 Dec 1981 (v.77) pg. 62

Wooden duck toy "walks" down an inclined plane.
NATIONAL CARVERS REVIEW Fall 1979 (v.10#3) pg. 19

Tip on making toy wooden animals from scraps of molding.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #67 Jul 1992 (v.12#1) pg. 92

How to make a bristly horse and giraffe from wooden handle scrub brushes, dowels, furniture pulls and beads.
SUNSET Nov 1977 (v.159#5) pg. 158

Circular wall-hung mirror for a child features a removable brontosaurus (dinosaur) toy.
WOOD MAGAZINE #19 Oct 1987 (v.4#5) pg. 76

Tip on using a toothpick to glue tiny jiggle eyes to children's toys.
WOOD MAGAZINE #121 Feb 2000 (v.17#1) pg. 30

Horse and two-wheel cart toy is made of wood.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Jul-Aug 1991 (v.15#4) pg. 48

Dinosaur habitat. The back of this wooden dinosaur (brontosaurus) opens up to access smaller Jurassic figures.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Sep-Oct 1994 (v.18#5) pg. 48

Walking bunny. Wooden toy will walk down an inclined board.
WORKBENCH Sep-Oct 1967 (v.23#5) pg. 41

Make a prehistoric zoo. Squared drawings of several dinosaur profiles suitable for cutting out of wood.
WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1981 (v.37#6) pg. 95

Patterns for cutting various animal shapes from thin wood using a scroll saw.
WORKBENCH Sep-Oct 1985 (v.41#5) pg. 54

Cow figure is made from dowels (reminiscent of a child's stick-figure drawing) and painted black-and-white.
WORKBENCH Mar-Apr 1989 (v.45#2) pg. 74

Triceratops in pine. Profile cutouts of body, side, leg and crest are assembled into a toy wooden dinosaur.
WORKBENCH Apr-May 1992 (v.48#2) pg. 66

Mighty tyrannosaurus. Assemble profile cutouts of body and legs into a 19" tall toy dinosaur.
WORKBENCH Jun-Jul 1992 (v.48#3) pg. 32

Sunning sailback. Combine wooden profile cutouts of body, legs and fin to create a toy dinosaur.
WORKBENCH Oct-Nov 1992 (v.48#5) pg. 66

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