Use brown paper, as near the color of the potato as you can get, for the alligator's head and legs. Make the head like [Fig. 157], cutting along the heavy lines and bending along the dotted ones. Bend down the sides of the head and of the neck, then bend the head first up, then down, to lift it above the neck ([Fig. 155].)
| Fig.158 - Cut two front legs by this pattern. | Fig.159 - Make the two hind legs by this pattern. |
The eyes of a baby alligator are large and prominent. Draw them on the head as you see them in [Fig. 157]. That is as near as we can come to the real eyes.
Fig.160 - The Radish Imp is a decorative little fellow.
Cut out of the same paper used for the head two fore legs like [Fig. 158], and two hind legs like [Fig. 159]. Slide the fore legs into the slits nearest the large end of the potato and the hind legs into the slits near the tail. Push the point of the paper neck into the slit at the large end of the potato. That finishes the baby alligator, which is wonderfully true to life.
What to Make of a Radish
A crisp, fresh, clean radish is very tempting, but don't eat it this time; turn it into something else by the magic your ten fingers can work.