A Teenager Spool Party
Author: Rehan Husain

Spool party is one of the best parties that both boys and girls
can enjoy together. All it requires is a handful of spools and
some delicious refreshment for party gang.

"Ooo Grandmother! Where did you ever get so many empty spools?"
Bobby was kneeling in front of a drawer in Grandmother's
sideboard. "I've been saving them, Bobby, all winter long. I
thought maybe you'd like to have a spool party this vacation."

"A spool party?" Bobby's eyes opened wide in wonder. "I've
never even heard of one."
"All the better," said Grandmother, as she reached into the
drawer for a handful of spools. "These short fat spools would
be good to write the invitations on. I'm sure there are enough
for that."

Bobby was eager as he dug through the full drawer of spools his
grandmother had accumulated. After several tries, Bobby and his
grandmother printed in small letters around the middle of the
short fat spools, Come to my spool party Friday at three P.M.
Bobby Halverson.

It was lots of fun passing out these spool invitations to the
neighboring children with whom Bobby played during his summer
vacation at Grandmother's. During the days before the party
Bobby cut many strips of cardboard one-half inch wide and three
and four inches long. These were to be used during the party for
building material. Then Bobby picked four small spools of equal
size; painted one red, one green, one yellow, and the other
blue. These were the family autos.

Friday afternoon the boys and girls arrived anxious to discover
what a spool party would be like. As soon as all the guests
arrived Bobby showed them a spool dog that Grandmother had
shown him how to make. The head was cut out of cardboard
tapering into a long neck which fitted into one end of the
spool. The face was drawn with black crayon. At the other end
of the spool emerged a long curved tail that looked as if it
would wag any minute.

Four cardboard legs were glued to the sides of the spool. He
made a surprisingly good-looking dog. When Bobby told the
children that they could make any kind of animal they wanted
to, there was much excitement. In every corner of the room
dogs, cats, lambs and cows were being created. When the animals
were all finished, the youngsters built a spool pen by placing
spools of equal size about three and one-half inches apart. The
four-inch strips of cardboard were then put across the spools
and held in place by small button-twist spools.

Spools party is very entertaining and exciting for young boys
and girls. It gives them a great delightment and joy.


About The Author: Mitch Johnson is a regular writer for http
http://www.kids-games-n-crafts.com/. His articles have also
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