Indian Wigwam 1Indian Wigwam 2

Fig 2

Indian Wigwam 3Indian Wigwam 4

Fig 4.

Material: Cardboard 5 in. x 8 in.; paper 8 in. x 16 in.; coarse thread, needle, scissors and ruler.

Place the cardboard on the desk, with the short edge toward you.

On the upper short edge make a row of dots half an inch apart.

Do the same with the lower edge.

Draw lines joining the dots, and cut along the lines. (There should be ten strips 1/2 in. x 8 in. See Fig. 1.)

Take one of the strips, and divide each long edge in half. Bisect the upper short edge.

Draw two lines joining the three dots. (Fig. 1.)

One-half inch from the pointed end make a dot, and one-quarter inch from the square end make another. (Fig. 1.)

Do the same with the other nine strips.

Pass the needle and thread through the dot near the square end of each strip, leaving two inches of thread between every two strips.

Pass the needle and thread through the dot near the pointed end of each strip, leaving one-quarter inch of thread between every two strips. (Fig. 2.)

Take the 8 x 16 sheet of paper, place the two short edges together, and fold the paper in the middle.

Turn so that the folded edge is toward the right.

One inch from the upper right-hand corner make a dot on the upper edge, and one on the right-hand, folded, edge.

Join these two dots with a curved line, and cut out this corner. (Fig. 3.)

Draw a diagonal line from the upper right-hand corner to the lower left-hand corner.

Eight inches from the upper right-hand corner, on the diagonal, make a dot.

With a curved line join this dot to the lower right-hand corner and the upper left-hand corner. (Fig. 3.) Cut the paper along this curved line.

Bisect the upper edge of the paper. One inch from the upper left-hand corner make a dot.

Join these dots with a curved line, whose greatest distance from the upper edge is 1 1/4 inch.

Cut out this ellipse.

Open the paper. Lap the two straight edges half an inch and sew together. (Fig. 4.)

Cut a rectangular piece of paper 2 in. x 3 1/2 in. and sew over the door.

Note. This is the winter wigwam. The summer wigwam has the edges turned back and left open from top to bottom. Twigs may be used for the framework and kid gloves or chamois skin pieced together for covering.