| Fig. 502.—Half of the egg. | Fig. 503.—The other half of the egg. |
One of the most beautiful of manufactured Easter eggs was the one presented to an Infanta of Spain some years ago. The Gospel of Easter day was inscribed on the inside of the white enamelled shell, and when a secret spring was touched a little bird would fly out and sing. It was said to have cost four thousand dollars. We can make an
Easter Egg Card
that will give almost, if not quite as much pleasure, for not more than four cents. This will be of pasteboard and will fold flat like the cross, but when opened a little chicken will sit up on the inside with its beak wide open and its wings lifted as if ready to sing its little chickie song. More than that, our egg will stand firmly on one end as Christopher Columbus made his famous egg stand.
| Fig. 504.—The outline of the chicken. | Fig. 505.—The little chicken will sit up on the inside. |
Trace [Figs. 502], [503] and [504]. Slide the first egg ([Fig. 502]) in at right angles through the second ([Fig. 503]); fit the slits into each other. Paint the chicken ([Fig. 504]) a soft light yellow, and when dry make the markings with ink; then slide the slit at the feet of the chicken diagonally over the lower cross portion of the two eggs and you will have [Fig. 505].
Fig. 506.—Cut this out of cardboard.
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