TOY RABBIT FOR SMALL CHILDREN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue IX, 26 August 1899, Page 47

TOY RABBIT FOR SMALL CHILDREN.

A soft and indestructible toy that one can give with safety to a young child’ to play with is a nice thing to know, and as. in addition, it can be mad e at home very easily and inexpensively, I am giving an illustration, and particulars of what I mean for the benefit of my readers. The illustration shows the toy when complete, while Fig. 1. 2. and 3 give the shapes of the different portions that give this result. To make the rabbits use fine, white flannel, while for the ears, unless a pure white one b e required, black, tan, or drab material can be used. The eyes are represented by the smallest porcelain buttons, the whiskers by a little white horsehair, and the tail by a small roll of the flannel ravelled at the ends. This may not be an absolutely" lifelike “bunny.” but babies and young children will be quite satisfied with such a toy.

Fig. I represents the lower portion of the rabbit, and of this only one piece will l»e required, about four inches long, but the side portions must at those of the body of th rabbit.

Fig. 2 represents the body of the rabbit, and of this two pieces will be required, about four and a. half or five inches long, though the bunny may be made as large as preferred, and cut to the shape of the illustration. Fig. 3 represents the shape of bunny's ears, two pieces being required, about three inches long, which should be glued to pink muslin (cut to the same shape), and when they" are nearly' dry, fold them lengthwise, and crumple th e edges a little. Sew' the two portions of Fig. 1 to Fig. 2, which represents the low’er part of the rabbit, making as narrow a seam as possible; turn out and fill with fin e sawdust. The slit in Fig. 1 shows where this can b e done. Put a dash of red or pink at the mouth, and also shape the eyes with pink.

A rabbit pie for the little ones can be made by putting a number of small ones each in a sweatmeat box. and then putting these in a deep round tin pan, and covering them with a round piece of coarse brown paper, glued to the pan, and made to look like piecrust, which can be eut, and the boxes distributed as favours.