The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIME
SECTION TWO
Thursday, December 20, 1979
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HOMEMADE TOYS luting L'e( hosiery packages are easy lo
make for any member of the family. A bright idea for gifts and
holiday decorations.
Homemade toys make for
easy holiday decorations
Christmas toys all don't have
to come from the store. Here's a
gift idea anybody can make for
both boys and girls under five:
wobbly spin toys.
They're simple to make and,
since they're made from house
hold scraps, they cost less than
the gas to drive to the store.
Christmas is approaching,
and with it are the hordes of
grandchildren, nieces, cousins
and neighbors' kids. These toys
will keep them entertained until
dinner and the football game are
over.
And anyone who works as a
babysitter might find these
wobbly toys a way to ease her
charges' energies, and help her
maintain her stability.
All that's needed for each
wobbly toy is a L'eggs hosiery
egg, plaster of paris (or a hand
ful of sand or clay), scraps of
felt, paper, rickrack and trim,
glue and a marker pen.
Open the L'eggs container
and partly fill the smaller half
with either a bit of plaster (fol
low package directions), a piece
of clay or sand. (Anything that
will give the egg some weight
can be used.) Now glue the egg
together.
Create a Singing Santa by
first gluing a Vi-inch wide black
piece of felt around the egg at
the point where the halves at
tach. Cut a piece of red felt, two
by four inches and shape it into a
cone.
Glue this to the narrow top of
the egg. Add a pom-pom to the
end and a narrow strip of white
felt around the lower edge.
Cut out a beard and a mous
tache from white felt, gluing it
on above the belt. The Santa is
finished by adding round circles
for eyes and an "O" for the
mouth.
Other wobbly toys can be
made in a similar manner. A
pair of Christmas carolers are
like Santa but with rickrack
belts, ribbon hair, a felt bowtie
and a cardboard hat.
But this is just the start; elves,
dwarves, snowmen, and angels
are a few other holiday charac
ters you can make.
But don't just make these toys
for Christmas. With a little im
agination you can create a col
lection of toys for year-round
enjoyment.
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Artie 'Pat Vhwarr S
Oregon Dairy council urges moderation
Tis the season to be
enjoying, indulging, and
perhaps, overdoing it when
it comes to holiday goodies,
meals, and drinks. The
Oregon Dairy Council
points out that many of us
get carried away at this
time of year and don't
realize how many extra
calories we are consuming.
You don't have to be a
"Scrooge" and avoid holi
day goodies entirely, but
nutritionists for the Dairy
Council have a few pointers
to keep from developing a
belly like jolly old St. Nick.
First of all, remember
. that you need an excess of
3.500 calories for each
pound of weight gain. To
calculate your approxi
mate daily caloric need,
multiply 15 (calories per
day) by your weight in
pounds. So. a person weigh
ing 120 pounds can eat
about 1800 calories daily
without gaining or losing
weight. Likewise, an ex
cess of just 10 calories per
day can lead to a 1 pound
weight gain in a year's
time.
If you're going to a party
later on where snacks are
going to be served, go easy
on the calories during the
rest of the day. Conversely,
if you've enjoyed some
cookies or fruitcake at the
office in the afternoon, you
can skip dessert that eve
ning. No matter when or how
you consume those calo
ries, they still add up to the
same. And don't forget to
count the calories con
tained in the Holiday
"cheer." One and a half
ounces of l()()-proof alcohol
contains 124 calories, three
and a half ounces of wine
has about 100 calories. An
estimated 210 calories per
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