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part of
Both boys and
Mexico
A Mexican Scene

girls can have-e

right in your own
in Dfiniature

playroom)
My-
fun Hana-b5- making a
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corner of your bedroom or an lace you can call your own.It can
moéu

topW
be/(m a large table .
on the floor where

it won't be disturbed.

Wgrotect the floor or tabletop with a

piece of plastic, such as a large garment bag cut open, or an old
plastic tablecloth or drop cloth.
Un
top of the plastic, place a
layer of old cardboard cartons, cut so they lie flat.
5 Iilateau
A
plateau is a flat piece of land which you reach by climbing
mexico has many hills, and many plateaus, so you
a steep hill.
will want to build one.
Visit a lumber yard, or perhaps your dad’s workshopEf-hc-cum
and find pieces of light wood to make a frame for a box which 'm'.ll
cover fluent l/3 of the space you are planning to use for your scene. 0’
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The
boards should be about 3
or 3
l/ 2 inches wide. Nail the h pieces
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together to make a frame without a top.
Now
find or buy a piece of 1N; i ch plyw
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Plant about two of these in two red clay pots which

c1ay
are four he flive inches wide} Into aa? ller red
pot Plant any of the cactus plants whichyou can find in
manydepartment stores. Use sandy 5011for all
7

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of these,
mix 1nto 500d garden 10am.
but it a I
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1mg on your plateau (not closely together) Cut round

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a mountain
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red clay of the pots is aboutthe 9°1°r ofreal
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“*Mexisane115) they will blend
so Scene quite intothe
21naturally.;§r
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After the holes are cut, nail the top t9 the frame,
then place the three plants the holes, anfi put a 11t~111v’
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in
dish underneath each plant €?_
plastic
tie water to catch any extra
water.‘ them sometimes, but not toomuch.. These
«1? are dIesert plantS.
Mt. Popocatepetl
Mexico hasmany mountains 'the most noted one being
Mt. Pepocatepetl, go you want.&vm0untain 1n yen? scene,§§
ll
Findan old piece ef wind: Sacreen,or chicken wire, Vg_I‘
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have sBme gnBBn and yBu
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belt. 11
LLszp1th1ng the ground BB
cover mixture tightly to tth, that
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when 1t dr1es thBy w111 hBld
be firmly. BB sure you have LL

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them poin+ed straight up toward the sun, which
LL7LplaBts
allliving
try toreach
The lower Part Bf th9 mountain should be greaner
Band have nB
evergreens. HBrB yBB migBt plant some little Bj.fl7:*”
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painted green theiirL BBL¥1-";
9n tips
(theylock like little shL U¥aflawgivwm
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together ta make BBB plant
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Do nBt pastBL
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the bBttom parts, butfold them ;;
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stronger.
~: in opposite directions so yBur cactué will have B base
to
stgnd an. Now plant them.-
An AdpbB House
usua11y
People use whatever materials are arBund to
build thB1r homes. MBxico a Boil is very_ 509d for making
13 ca11Bd adobB, 39 will want to make an
V

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br1cka.
adobe brick house. It LLL
you”L L
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amaii rectangle onL Bf thB _f;”f§L

F1rst,.mark B
the floor
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be_.' Then
wplateau to
1Vine
outlinewhere. your house will take
cupful your play dough, and tintit with a little
librown endof
a little red posterp:a1nt, working it up until
¥171§»I
is pinkish tan color.EE:1
Smoothly blended into a M

Then take about % teaspoon Of 1t and shape 1t into

7111atiny
rectangular brick. Place it on the outline you
ismade
Torthe house. Make a row of these bricks, pressed
A

"1Ewe11
together a11 around the house, leeving an open door -“
way. eQ' . ~
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‘1theVThe next rowof bricke

shou1d
be placed en top of
first row, but epaced so that each
whole br1ck
"bridges
.the gap where the first row of brioks joined.
‘

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This will make a sturdy
1

building.
“

the front wall about1 inch h1gher thanwthe

MaEe-

w
:bach wall, with the Side wells slanting so that the roof .7
;‘ ,3“?
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fit on.
Now cut a piece of cardboard
about1 inch wider and
*Vrkl inch longer than the house
top and glue it eolidiyintVlT
M|CEp1 aee. '

Mexicanroofs are made

Many :

of thatched leaves, so
k1 nd
gather a few leaves from any
of tree, and when they
lViijhave dried tear off pieces to thatch your roof with.v
¥_§Start the Tirst ieyer along the bottom the roof, and '
1- the_
of
one
‘

flag leaf 3 ectiOns so they overlap another, gluing

,
7fEithem oh with Elmer a glue.‘ “
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U the white play dough m1xture, shape 1t carefu11y

into dishes, and let dry for two days. Then paint them
Indiah designs,
5ay it
for- Indiana make very prevtty th1n53.
51p
2Uae
gay red, yellow, blue and green. Make somev des1gns,
"Ybesides others.
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When finished and dried spray théh with a 913a: piég-
W1)
it1o spray ‘_ Jk.yh
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To display them for sa1e 1n the market-place, you

.

m15ht make 11ttle tab1es painting

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by toothpaste boxes, and

"plaoing thém around as you wish, with dishes on. them. 1

Other things
to 5911 could be fruits and vegetables
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7.
Use paint or food_coIOr to tint play dough various 6010 r3:
'for d1fferent foods‘fl form
red you oouid
‘

FrOm
tiny tomatoea
'1radishes and peppers. From orange, yowroould make orangost
":fgffllfrom yellow, bananas._ .By mixing &
b1;offbhoqya;xgujoofilfigfl
:form pineapples. 1T1ny pieces of green pipe cleaners couié7"
'makerstems.
“8 Ifiyou want venture 51111 further, buy SOme ,-~?.
to anima13.15M
stovepipe wire and form frames for peeple and-
Try usin5 ohly ong long p1ece of wire for each one.'%4

Now papier-mache' arouhd”the

wind t1ny Strips of wire,
and wheh dry, color them as neariy like the real th1hg as
pass1b1e- Remember Mex1oan peop1e have a heaIthy tan skin‘
 Miraéle Medicine Plant (A101; or Burn Pianfi)»’ “
'”§5¥L.Order by No. 31A3147, from Nurséries [; §
SpringHillOhio
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UU*':§Pr1ce quoted in 1975 catalogue; 81 98+ 81 25 postage.A I” 1

.rfr 3:12
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2£02 8575 + 81 25 postage.

”II or
Bas1c P2212 fér Papier-maehe
818
fl/S cup wheat paSt2 flour (buy in 2# sacks)at wallpaper
”1,, store
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Stir gradually 1/4 cup goo; water until smoothly mixed

in
‘

1"
g
‘111/
Basic Sawdust M1xture for Ground«it»Cover
Use thfl above rec1pe for paste, andSiip¥fintgfi
Penouah saWdust
to mixture;
r“‘.‘ 4'». ”g 113%
t
make a clayulike ww

Pough Rec1pe
Basic Play
UI-~-Combin9 together
7"«I‘2cups cornstarch
salt m1.x well.in
‘ saucepan,
'f1 cup
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[Add 1 cup
boiling Waterand stir hard.tm“
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too
over very lbw heat, stirring hard until
PPlaee Stiff to
8°Zflatipl Whencool knead by turnéns out onto a table and
afolainsqve-r and pressingdawnfirmly until smooth.552 828,88:
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in aplastic bagin a cool place, until wanted-
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Editor
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