Chapter 25: Homemade tools and teaching materials
The cord
1. Cut a long piece of cloth
about 52 centimeters
(20 inches) long and
8 centimeters (3 inches) wide.
52 cm
8 cm
2. Fold the material together,
lengthwise, and sew along
the edge.
3. Turn the material inside
out. Stuff it with
something soft, just as
you stuffed the placenta.
Put stuffing in.
Sew ends closed.
4. To show the arteries and vein in the cord, wind 3 thick strings
or pieces of yarn around the cord and sew them down so they do not
get tangled. Two of the strings should be the same color. If possible,
cover the cord with a
piece of thin material
like you used for the
membranes, so it
looks like this:
5. Sew one end of the cord onto the
top side of the placenta (the side
covered with thin material).
Draw veins on this side of the
placenta with a felt tip or ink pen.
veins
cord
placenta
6. Attach the other end of the cord
to a doll (see page 459). You
can sew the cord to the doll or
fasten it with a safety pin.
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