Two Winter Projects (and One Chewy Treat!)

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At this point you can either call it quits or make one last addition to help the headgear fit better. If you want to keep cold air from sneaking in around the back of your neck, pin the middle of a 4"-long piece of elastic to the hat's inside bottom edge. Stretch the ends of the elastic toward the sides of the cap and pin them down. Then, using the zigzag stitch on the machine, fasten the stretch cord in place by starting in the middle and sewing outward to both of the ends.

You're now ready to put the cap on your head, tie the string under your chin, go to bed . . . and sleep toasty warm. The head-warmer works so well that you'll want to take it with you on camping trips as well as use it at home. Why, when the weather gets really cold, you may even be tempted to wear your nightcap all day longl

Rachel's Wheat-Berry Bubble Gum

My daddy believes that bubble gum is bad for us, so he lets us chew wheat berries (wheat grains) instead. We like the little seeds, too, and we've learned how to blow bubbles with them. (Dad think's that's neat.)

To do this yourself, grab a handful of wheat berries . . . but don't take so many that you can't close your handl Then put the grains in your mouth and chew them for 15 to 30 minutes. After a while, they'll soften up, and you'll be able to blow bubbles from the mushy food.

It's a lot of fun. If you can't do it at first, keep on trying . . . you'll get the hang of it. And if you want a special treat, chew some wild huckleberries with the wheat seeds. You'll get purple berry guml

EDITOR'S NOTE: Two of MOTHER's staffers tried Rachel's idea, but we couldn't stop ourselves from swallowing the gummy seeds before they were malleable enough to make bubblesl So we wrote back to inquire, and Connie Ball—the mother of Rachel, Steve, and Tirzah—told us that she'd had the same problem. Her children, though, have the patience to stick with it until they can blow wheatberry bubbles . . . and now they always chew the wholesome kernels instead ofgum.

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