Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them

by Lina Beard; Adelia B. Beard

Fig. 535.—The head of the Mikado.

Fig. 535 represents the head of

The Mikado

fashioned from an egg. The egg must first be pierced at both ends, and the contents blown out, leaving the hollow shell; then a face, as nearly as possible resembling the Mikado, painted on the egg. A narrow strip of black paper (that encasing needles will answer the purpose) must be pasted on the back of the head, and made to stand erect with the top end curled forward as in [Fig. 535]; the egg should then be painted black, except the face, as seen in the picture. The head must be made to stand in the same manner that Columbus made his egg stand, by levelling off a portion of the end.

Fig. 536.—The Easter egg pin-cushion.

To Make the Pin-Cushion