Project Gutenberg 2018-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 270 Thatcher, Edward Thatcher, Isabel 20000661 Making Tin Can Toys Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Making Tin Can Toys" by Edward Thatcher is a practical instructional guide written in the early 20th century. This work serves as both a manual for crafting toys and a way to inspire creativity through the use of repurposed materials, specifically tin cans. The book details the process of transforming common, everyday items into imaginative and durable toys, highlighting the joys of tinkering and manual craftsmanship. The opening of the book introduces the concept of creating toys from tin cans, a practice borne out of necessity when seeking a toy locomotive. Thatcher emphasizes the ease with which one can construct these toys using materials readily available and inexpensive, mentioning successful projects done with schoolchildren and even wounded soldiers in hospitals. This portion establishes the foundational principles of tin can toy making, outlining the tools, techniques, and creative potential while setting the stage for specific toy designs and further instructions in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Toys TS Text Category: How To ... Category: Sports/Hobbies 345484 2025-07-22T14:26:35.808337 text/html 327326 2018-04-07T14:41:56 text/html 2217769 2025-07-22T14:26:42.691325 application/epub+zip 2220849 2025-07-22T14:26:37.411326 application/epub+zip 139134 2025-07-22T14:26:36.574325 application/epub+zip 2328507 2025-07-22T14:26:46.478252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2271386 2025-07-22T14:26:41.822281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209961 2022-08-25T15:31:04.413019 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254172 2025-07-22T14:26:34.385318 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 254099 2018-04-07T14:41:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17807 2025-07-22T14:26:46.625252 application/rdf+xml 10672 2025-07-22T14:26:36.686309 image/jpeg 1924 2025-07-22T14:26:36.631331 image/jpeg 83933 2018-04-07T14:42:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 2009995 2018-04-07T14:42:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 2045669 2025-07-22T14:26:36.087307 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog