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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
April, 1911 
A beehive made of crepe paper and orna- 
mented with flowers 
be glued in place and the bill gilded. When the feathers 
are on, the eyes, made of round bits of yellow paper with 
ink spots in the center, may be put on. 
In the same way a rooster can be made for carrying mail- 
bags containing Easter favors. These mail-bags may be 
made of buckram, in the shape of an egg which has been 
cut lengthwise through the middle. ‘The top should be 
left open, after the manner of a wall-pocket, and the out- 
side covered with crépe paper. A tiny chick for each 
guest is attached to the ends of the favor ribbons hanging 
from the mail-bags. The tail feathers should be made 
double, with a wire between the layers, so that they may 
be easily curved into shape. 
The egg Jack Horner is very easily made by covering 
an egg-shaped wire frame with crepe paper or cotton bat- 
ting. ‘The frame is supported by four large bunnies, and 
chicks are attached to the ends of the favor ribbons. 
A discarded toy cart decorated with flowers and colored 
paper or ribbon is the foundation for the chariot. It is 
drawn by a home-made chick, and driven by a little girl 
doll. If the chariot is made from a large cart, it will serve 
as a Jack Horner Pie, and a very small cart may be used 
as an individual favor. 
An adaptation of ‘There was an old woman who lived in 
a shoe”’ is carried out in the shoe swarming with chicks and 
A toy cart decorated with flowers 
A rooster with a mail-bag made of crépe paper 
containing Easter favors 
A Jack Horner egg made of crépe paper and 
cotton batting 
presided over by a distracted hen, also made of flat card- 
board and covered with feathers. The block shoe is easily 
made from buckram. The seams should be overcast to- 
gether and the whole covered with crépe paper. Short lad- 
ders made of cardboard provide a foothold for the numer- 
ous brood. 
The little carriage with its doll coachman shows another 
use for a child’s cart. It is filled with leaves and moss and 
topped with flowers, and the harness is decorated in the 
same way. A Saturday morning sewing bee may terminate 
in a luncheon with a beehive centerpiece. The foundation 
is a frame made of thin pieces of wood nailed together, 
with a Hat board top covered with plain crépe paper. This 
material, cut into strips narrow enough to look like grass, 
is fastened to the posts, and clusters of flowers are used for 
decoration. For the top of the hive use a shallow, round 
bandbox of a size in proportion to the base. Around the 
top fasten a cone of stiff paper and cover with paper rope, 
beginning at the bottom and winding upward, using a little 
paste to secure it. The rope may be made by twisting two 
strips of crépe paper tightly, and then twisting the two to- 
gether in the opposite direction. A few artificial bees on 
the hive will give a realistic touch. Under the hive, place 
a hen and her brood of chicks. 
The accompanying illustrations show three or four ways 
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an old woman who lived in a shoe” 
A adaptation of ““There was 
