“Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie”
will be just the thing.
| Fig. 225.—Card ready to attach to one article. | Fig. 226.—A tub like this for the blackbird grab-bag. |
Take an ordinary wooden tub ([Fig. 226]), cover the outside with gay tissue paper laid on in flat plaits from top to bottom. Paste the paper along the inside of the top edge, carry it over on the outside down under the bottom edge. Cover the handles with the same paper, and fasten ribbon bows on the outside of the handles ([Fig. 227]). If the tub is covered with pink tissue paper, tack pink ribbons on the handles; if red paper is used fasten green on the handles.
| Fig. 227.—The grab-bag tub covered with colored paper. | Fig. 228.—Package ready for grab-bag. |
Fig. 229.—Pattern of blackbird.
Fill the bottom of the tub with large, lightly crushed pieces of newspaper, cover these with a double layer of smooth paper, leaving sufficient space at the top for a layer of sawdust, bran or sand, deep enough to cover the different sized articles intended for the grab-bag. Each separate article must be wrapped in paper and tied with a string ([Fig. 228]).