How to String the Seeds.
Now, beneath the original five, place four, pointed ends up; beneath these put three, then two, then one. If these are rightly placed, the pointed ends of one row come just at the sides of the wide end of the seeds above.
Run a thread through the lower end of the two and the upper end of the three; then through the lower end of three and the upper end of the four; continue thus till all have been united. The result thus far will be a double pyramid of the seeds. Draw an eye in the middle of the head, paste or sew on a bit of quill for a bill and a bit of flannel for a comb. Attach a few feathers from the duster for a tail. Take two more seeds and sew to the middle of the row of five for the thigh of the legs, and to each sew a quill for the rest of the legs, cutting into points at one end for toes.
Squash-Seed Chicken.
Make another chicken like the above and suspend the two face to face upon a slender stick by running a thread through the head and one through the tail. When the stick is moved the chickens assume very realistic attitudes. A comical toy, made with no expense save that of time and patience. (See illustrations.)
Pincushion or Penwiper (Five plump apple-seeds, sharp pen-knife, black thread, stiff card, square of muslin, emery or cotton batting)