See Fig. 56.) The
pedestal may be a long board or piece of heavy cardboard which can be
tacked to the table or held firm by a clamp, or it may be a thin board
fastened to a U-shaped block which is held firm on the edge of the table
by a wedge.

=Cardboard and Paper Animals that Stand.=--For younger children who cannot
handle the saw easily cardboard or stiff paper may be used.

[Illustration: FIG. 58.--Notched rest for animals.]

To make the animal stand the feet may be tacked to a small piece of wood
about one inch square on the end and as long as needed, or a cardboard
brace, such as is used on easels, may be glued to the back. A realistic
effect is given if the animal is cut with two legs and the brace made to
represent the other two, or a piece of cardboard cut as in Fig. 58 may be
used as a brace, the body of the animal fitting into the notch.

_Clay_ makes an excellent medium, but it requires more skill in clay than
in wood to get an equally good effect. Clay animals should be modeled with
a pedestal, and the separations between the two forelegs and the two hind
legs merely indicated. If each leg is modeled separately, the figure is
likely to be frail.

[Illustration: FIG. 59.--Balancing figures.]

=Balancing Figures.=--Design such figures as a prancing horse or dancing
bear and saw from a single piece of wood. A little below the center of the
figure insert a curved wire, on the other end of which is a ball of clay
or other weight. The wire must be fastened firmly so that it cannot turn.
Adjust so that the figure balances.

Figures of people in foreign costumes, children running and jumping, as
well as all sorts of animals, are very fascinating problems of this sort.
(See Fig. 59.)

=Seesaw Figures.=--Such groups as two boys chopping wood, two chickens
drinking, two dogs tugging at a string, wrestling boys, and similar groups
are interesting problems of the seesaw type. (See Fig. 60.)

_Detail._--Cut the figures from cardboard. Make with a long pedestal.
Color with crayon or water color. Use two light sticks for the seesaw, to
which tack one figure in a vertical position and the other on a slant.
Fasten to each stick with one tack. If a central figure is used, tack
firmly to lower stick. Work the figure by moving the upper stick while the
lower one is held firm.

[Illustration: FIG. 60.--Some simple toys.]

=Toys.=--A box of carpenter's scraps of soft wood will supply material for
a variet