Fig. 403.—Pinch the underside to form the mid-rib. Fig. 404.—The finished leaf will look like this.

Before putting your leaves on the stems make the

Holly Berries,

for they must be fastened on first.

Fig. 405.—Place the cotton in the centre of the paper. Fig. 406.—Draw the paper around the ball.
Fig. 407.—Wrap the three stems together. Fig. 408.—Cut off the ragged ends.
Fig. 409.—Fasten the berries to the end of a twig. Fig. 410.—Beginning to wrap the stem.
Fig. 411.—The stem is wrapped with paper. Fig. 412.—Fasten the leaves to the stem.

Fig. 413.—Place the other leaves about one inch apart.

From your red tissue paper cut a number of pieces two and a half inches square, make a little ball of raw cotton a trifle larger than a good sized pea and place it in the centre of one of the squares of paper ([Fig. 405]). Draw the paper up and around the ball, completely covering it, then twist the remainder of the paper into a stem ([Fig. 406]). Make three berries, twisting their stems as tightly as possible and bunch them. With your fine wire or thread, wrap the three stems closely together ([Fig. 407]) and cut off the ragged ends ([Fig. 408]). Take up a natural branch and wrap the stems of the berries to the end of a twig ([Fig. 409]). Cut a strip of the gray-brown paper half an inch wide and about four inches long, and, beginning close to the berries ([Fig. 410]), wrap the stem with the paper as shown in [Fig. 411]. Fasten three leaves to the stem close to the berries as in [Fig. 412], and place other leaves about one inch apart, alternating first on one side then on the other side of the stem ([Fig. 413]).

When the holly is to be made into