The Daring Book for Girls - Andrea J. Buchanan [50]
3. Separate the two strands. Take the left and cross it on top of the right, making the shape of a number 4 . Then loop the left strand under the right and bring it through the opening created by the “4” shape .
4. This forms a knot that you will pull tight by sliding it toward the big knot at the top. Repeat this with the same string for as long as you want this color. When you’re ready to change colors, just take the right-hand strand and move it to the left.
5. With this new left-hand strand of the second color, repeat steps 3 and 4 until you’re ready to switch colors again, or until you’re done with the bracelet.
6. Finish with another big knot, and leave enough room to tie the bracelet around your friend’s wrist.
SNAKE AROUND THE POLE
For a heftier and more colorful Snake Around the Pole, use four colors, with two strands of each color. Knot the strands together, and attach to a hard surface. Follow the directions for the first Snake Around the Pole, but twist the knot around seven other strings instead of only one. Tighten each knot by pulling it toward the top. Repeat for as long as you want that color, then switch to the next. Continue until you’re done. Knot to finish.
SNAKE AROUND THE POLE 2
The flatter, wider Candy Stripe is a different kind of knot bracelet. With the string on the left, you’ll tie a knot around each strand one at a time, moving to the right. All this knotting can be a bit tedious—which shows your true devotion to the friend who gets the bracelet! Once you get the hang of it, though, you can knot a friendship bracelet practically without looking.
1. Cut three strands each of three colors, about one yard long. Tie a knot at the top, leaving two inches above the knot. Attach the strands to a hard surface, like a clipboard, or use a safety pin to attach it to your pants. Separate the strands by color .
2. Start with the leftmost strand and make the “4” shape over top of the strand directly to its right. Bring the left strand back through the opening created by the “4” shape, and slide it to the top, pulling the knot tight . Repeat for each of the other strands, moving left to right, always using the leftmost strand to make the knot. When all eight knots are done, the strand will be at the far right, where it should stay.
CANDY STRIPE
3. Take the strand that is now the leftmost , and start knotting across the strands, as in step 2. As before, when it reaches the far right, let it rest, and allow the new leftmost strand to make a new row of knots . The key to success is to make sure you make all the knots very tight, and push each finished row tightly to the top.
4. Repeat the process until you are done . Leave room at the end, tie a knot, and then fasten it with care onto a friend’s ankle or wrist.
Slumber Party Games
THERE IS USUALLY not much slumber involved in your typical slumber party. Instead, pajama-clad girls stay up into the wee hours talking, watching movies, playing games, telling stories, having pillow fights, and giggling. It’s a chance for girls to enjoy the bonding element of playing together as a group, and revel in subverting the normal evening routine—sleeping in the living room together instead of in bed, alone; staying up well past bedtime; being awake in the dark telling scary stories. It’s a time for mystery and daring, as illustrated by some of the most popular slumber party games played by girls over the years.
Bloody Mary
Who was Bloody Mary?
There are many different stories of who the real “Bloody Mary” was. The Bloody Mary of slumber party fame has been linked to Queen Mary Tudor of England, who gained the nickname of “Bloody Mary” when she had more than 300 people burned at the stake during her reign because they would not follow her Roman Catholic faith. She is also sometimes confused with Mary Queen of Scots (Bloody Mary Tudor’s cousin), who in fact may have been instead the subject of a much more benign children’s tradition: the nursery rhyme “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.” In other versions, Bloody Mary is also