When all are ready,
Dip Each Doll in Melted Wax.
One-half a wax-candle will be sufficient for the work. Be sure that each doll is completely covered on both sides with wax, and instead of paper dolls you will have twenty funny little wax dolls, the coloring showing distinctly through the wax. With a coarse needle and thread make
A Toy Life Rope
and string on the thread four dolls with arms bent forward—a boy, a girl, a boy and a girl—by piercing the hands of each with the needle and drawing the thread through. In this way they are made to hold on to the thread rope.
| Fig. 466.—The boy bather. | Fig. 467.—The paper is folded for cutting out the boy. |
Choose a clear, shallow pool or the edge of a pond for
The Bathing Place