The playwork book . t flat on the glass, with thefaces of the flowers pressed against theglass, and the leaves and moss pressed flaton top of them. Put the prettiest side ofthem next the glass. When all the surfaceof the glass is fairly well covered fold thepaper over the flowers so that it makes aneat parcel, and fasten down the cornersof the parcel with stamp paper. Then turnyour parcel over, and round three sides,about half an inch from the edge, cut a neatline, so that the paper will now lift like aflap and show your very pretty can be used instead of flowers—and if so, th
The playwork book . t flat on the glass, with thefaces of the flowers pressed against theglass, and the leaves and moss pressed flaton top of them. Put the prettiest side ofthem next the glass. When all the surfaceof the glass is fairly well covered fold thepaper over the flowers so that it makes aneat parcel, and fasten down the cornersof the parcel with stamp paper. Then turnyour parcel over, and round three sides,about half an inch from the edge, cut a neatline, so that the paper will now lift like aflap and show your very pretty can be used instead of flowers—and if so, they should be arranged on theglass in a dish of water and floated intoplace. 48 THE PLAYWORK BOOK CUP AND BALL Materials Required:— A piece of thin cardboard about eight inches square,scraps of tissue paper^ string, odd scraps of veiling,net, or thin silk or muslin, paste or mucilage,scissors. This is a very good toy to play with, andcan be easily made. Get a piece of card-board about six inches square and draw a. Fig. 27. line from corner to corner and cut it roll this triangle of cardboard into along cone shape, about two and a half inch-es wide at the open end, and with a stripof thin gummed paper across the overlap-ping edge fix it down tight, so that it will CUP AND BALL 49 not open out again. With the scissors trimthe open end to an even round. Next takeSi large piece of tissue or any other thinsoft paper, and roll it into a neat round ball,which must loosely fit the opening of thecone. Wind a thread of wool over it inone direction, and another so that it keepsits shape. Now, if you can get a piece ofa black veil, or some very thin soft net ormuslin, cover over the ball so that it looksquite neat and round and even, and stitcha thin string about eighteen inches long toit. You can now cover the cup also withthe veiling if you wish to, and if so, leaveabout three inches over at the open end,which must be drawn together, and thedraw thread then pushed down ins
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