Fig.196 - How to slash the hat brim.
Cut the coat from a folded piece of dull-green tissue-paper, and just at the neck make a hole large enough for the man's head to slip through ([Fig. 191]). Paste the front edges of the sleeves over the back edges and lay the front edges of the coat over those of the back. Fit the coat in at the belt-line with your fingers. Cut a black belt of tissue-paper, fold it lengthwise, and belt in the fulness of the coat, then paste the belt ends together. Be careful to make the belt loose, for men's waists are large. Make the collar ([Fig. 192]) of white paper and fasten it around the man's neck with a drop of paste in front.
From black, brown, or drab-yellow tissue-paper cut a strip of fine fringe and paste it on the man's head for hair ([Fig. 193]). Then make his hat. To do this, roll a small square of stiff black paper into a cornucopia to fit the man's head, paste the edges together, and trim off the corner which hangs down at the bottom ([Fig. 194]). Glue the hat-crown on the man's head, cut off the sharp top peak, and tilt the crown back a little ([Fig. 195]).
Now cut a disk of the black paper for the hat-brim, slash it across the centre into four points ([Fig. 196]), but only just far enough to make the opening fit over the hat-crown. Slide the brim on the crown, allowing the slashed central points to lie up against it, and fasten them there with paste ([Fig. 197]). Glue the pioneer's feet into holes cut part-way through a small piece of the corrugated flat pasteboard used for packing purposes. In this way the little man becomes independent and able to stand alone ([Fig. 197]).
Fig.197 - The pioneer is fully dressed and wearing his hat.