Fig. 402.—The Duck.
Canoes, consisting of a cork split in half, lengthwise, with the inside scooped out by means of your knife, are made with a few minutes' work, and these can be transformed into
Small Sail-boats by sticking a toothpick in the bow for a mast and rigging a tiny sail upon it.
Cork Furniture is not a new idea for toys, but, inasmuch as many have never heard of them, a few examples of what can be made in this line have been introduced in this chapter. For
Fig. 403.—Chair.
A Chair, such as shown in [Fig. 403], find a flat cork, and stick four pins in one side for legs, and five pins fairly close together in the other side for the chair-back (see [illustration]). When the pins have been properly placed, take some worsted and wind it around each of the four legs, crossing from one to another as shown in the drawing, thus forming the chair-rounds. Also weave the worsted in and out around the pins forming the chair-back as in the drawing, so that all but the heads of the pins are covered when the operation is completed.