Now cover the inside of the back of the head with paste, lay the neck on the head and cover that too with paste ([Fig. 137]). Then fit the front of the head to the back and press it down until the two halves, with the twig between, are pasted firmly together. In the same way paste on the hands and feet. Make Daffy's dress of yellow tissue-paper, the color of a daffodil. Cut a circle for the skirt with a small hole in the centre and slit it down the back;' then draw it through your hands to shape it and make it hang nicely.
Cut out a little waist with pointed sleeves, like [Fig. 146], and a pointed collar, like [Fig. 147]. Make the waist double with the fold at the top, cut a hole for the neck, and slit down the back. Use green tissue-paper for the collar.
| Fig. 146—Waist of Daffy. | Fig. 147—Collar of Daffy. |
Put the waist on the doll, gather it at the belt line, front and back, and paste. Paste it also at the neck and along the under edge of the sleeves. Paste the skirt to the waist at the belt, bring the edges of the slit together at the back, lap them, and paste. Wrap a strip of the yellow paper around the waist for a belt, then put the collar around the neck, and fasten with a touch of paste.
Jack-be-Nimble
Fig. 148—Jack-be-nimble.
came from the elm tree. He is ten inches tall from his cap to the sole of his shoe ([Fig. 148]). You will find his head in [Fig. 140]. C ([Fig. 144]) is the pattern for his hands, and D ([Fig. 144]) the pattern for his feet, which are made of brown paper. His brilliant costume is fashioned of orange-colored tissue-paper. Cut the coat like [Fig. 149], making it double, with the fold at the top of the high flaring collar. Cut a hole for the neck and make a small slit down in front, then turn back the points of the collar at the neck. To avoid slitting the coat all the way to the bottom, put it on little Jack before you adjust his head. His neck can be slipped through the hole without trouble; then the edges of the coat are pasted together. Each leg of the short trousers is made separately, of an oblong piece of tissue-paper. This is gathered at the knee and waist line and pasted in place ([Fig. 150]). If the stripes on Jack's cap are painted orange color and his pointed shoes are also orange, the effect of his bright costume will be still more glowing.
| Fig. 149—Pattern of Jack-be-nimble's coat. | Fig. 150—Each leg of the trousers is made separately. |