English-Walnut Shell Mouse
It is a far cry from a lecturer to a little mouse, yet one English-walnut shell will make both, half a shell for each.
Fig.144 - The Nutshell Thimble Box.
Fig.145 - Tie a ribbon around the nut.
This is a nice, cosey-looking little mouse who crouches down comfortably and does not show his legs ([Fig. 142]).
The point of the shell is the nose of the mouse; above it make two round, black eyes and then paste on two brown-paper ears. Cut the ears like [Fig. 143], bend back the little stems at the bottom, put a touch of paste on each stem and stick the ears to the mouse's head in the position shown in [Fig. 142]. Cut a piece of string about three inches long for the tail and paste one end of it on the inside edge of the shell at the large end.
If you make three of these mice and glue them to a piece of cardboard they will look very cunning. Or you can glue one mouse to a small card and use it for the top of a Christmas pen-wiper.