AN EGGSHELL FLEET
Si AVE a number of empty eggshells, and then trv using them up by making a little fairy fleet of boats with the in. Trim the edges of a shell until it is a nice depth, and then take your paint box and paint the inside in a pretty bright colour. Some of the shells may be left white, for the sake of
variev. In the middle of the insmle *■ fix a small matchstick mast bv means of a drop or two ot sealing wax or a small bit or plasticine. On to the mast slip a, tu . paper sail as the picture shows These little boats will sail beautifully, and look quite fairylike in their dainty colours. ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22729, 15 May 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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121AN EGGSHELL FLEET New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22729, 15 May 1937, Page 8 (Supplement)
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