A FAIRY TEA-SET.
A complete tea set can be made from acorns and their cups. But as such dishes do not hold much, you had better not take a meal from them when you are very hungry. The tiniest cups are the tea-cups, the larger ones will serve for saucers and plates. An acorn hollowed out makes a bowl or sauce dish ; a smaller one can thus be made for a sugar-bowl. A spoon-holder can be obtained in a similar manner. A butter-dish can be made by cutting an acorn in two about half-way between the base and the top. The lower part should be hollowed out. The top part represents the cover. A tiny teapot can be made by making a hole in an acorn, and putting in a bit of straw for a nose. On the opposite side, two holes can be made to hold in place another bit of straw, which serves as a handle. Make the cream-pitcher in similar fashion, omitting the nose, however. By-the-way, the seed of the pine will furnish you with knives and forks to match your fairy tea set.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 6, 6 February 1892, Page 143
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187A FAIRY TEA-SET. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 6, 6 February 1892, Page 143
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