Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-26
Nut Favors for Halloween.

a deft hand can transform the most
common of these into all sorts of
charming favors. Nothing could BE-
more appropriate than nuts favors.
whether for an elaborate dinner or the
simplest OF evening frolics. The very
fact that each souvenir shCWn here is
devised from an ordinary nut is the
amusing feature of the collection.
Look at d long, smooth pecan, most
beautiful Of all nuts because OF its pol
ilsi.ed wood What does it suggest
in form? Nothing in the world SO much
as q football. From Il ten-cent box of
water rolors you can select cake of
paint with which to make the lines OF
the ball. White shows best on the
da1k nut You need be no artist to do
this Glue Il loop oil ribbon to the nut,
/ by which to hang it.
Another half pecan shell whitfield a
trillc at the sides. so as to leave slight
points back and front. makes the cap
on u mortar board. The board, about
one and one-haif inches square, is
made OF pastetoard covered with black
silk. and the tasseI is of darning cot
toI. or hloSSlle Glue this t. the nut
or pat 1870 stitches through il little hole
The pecan must be cut with i very
sharp knife, as it halves less easily
than the English walnut Perhaps you
may find it easier to crack few nuts
until the perfect half comes by chance.
| The English walnut has always been
| tempting for a thimbe case, pincushion
and the like. A novel idea for half i
shell is to stuff it with Il piece Of
sponge Standing on a desk, it offers
convenient penwiper. You may gid
the shell if you like.
| Take the perfect halves of a walnut
daub their inside surfaces with muci-
lagc, and press in pieces Of red crepe
paper until they are neatly lined
Trim the paper carefully. Paste a
| tiny strip of red ribbon on the inside
OF the shells loosely enough to allow
the upper shell to lift as on hinge.
Fill the little case with bonbons, and
tie It shut with red baby ribbon. which
should be glued so that it Will not
fall off when the case is opened.
| Another style of bonbon box is the
trick peanut" Open 3 peanut smooth
I ly with a knife, remove the kernels.
and fill the shell with bonbOns. \
| touch of mucilage about the cut edge
and the nut is whole again. Do not
ornament this in any way, but offer it
as an innocent peanut. invite your
guest tcscrack it, and enjoy his sur
| prise. r~.N
The color and shape of an almond
must suggest John Chinaman to any
one with imagination. The slantins
eyes and broad nose of our Celestial
friends are quickly sketched upon the
surface with pen and ink. Cut piece
! of blue Dashboard Cor any pasteboard
Ecovered with blue cloth) to the form of
! his blouse-covered body, outline the
I coat with a touch of water color. glue
Z the nut to the neck, and insert the
mucilaged end of darning cotton
| queue.
Another fancy sees fat fish in an
! almond Paint the nut in the pink
ish-ycllow tone of goldfish or suniish,
make round eyes with ink, and cut the
mouth with a penknife. Tiny Sits in
the nut will allow pasteboard fins and
/ tail to be inserted. They should be
frsf. wet at the edges with mucilage.
4 a touch of water color gives them the
/ needed lines. a piece of embroidery
Esilk on q wooden meat skeWer repre-
\
| will faSten the line in the mouth.
Drollest of all these grOWn-up leG-
pies toys is the peanut polly. Choose
q nut with a well-defined beak. Paint
] it brilliantly green all over except fol
| the heak. which is left the natural
color. Make two ink eyes. ana the bird
is done. His perch is made Of Il
match placed and glued across the end
II .,v-o Il, I, do
stand upright By means of a base,
(which consists of the halc Of pill boz
4 with mole punched to fit the perch
i A bit of wire run through two holes in
4 the nut is curved and the ends twisted
4 around the perch so that they suggest
i the clinging feet of the bird
If you hive where the Paradise nut
lean, tie purchased, cut one with d
lSharr knife to the form Of canoe
, digging out the nut meat. The ends
, lend themselves admirably to tho point
Ell enfs of the boat. A paper-doll In
; dian is made with scrap of paste
board and few touches of water
color. Glue him. knecling. into slit
cat in the bottom of the boat, and fas-
ten 4 rast@board paddle in I; slit in his
, haEdS.
There are many other ways Of using
nuts tor favorS which will sEgGos
| themselves readily to the ingcniou,
f glr'.
The pecan is especially adaptable
, Here is one way to use a large pcrfcc
nut. Paint half of the shell to repre-
sent beetles back leaving the from
? part in the natural brown. and color
! ing the rear yellow. with red spots
Cut a bit of thin paste board the siZ'
| OF this shell. with the addition of leg.
and head. Glue the nut to this piece
s., that the br0wn-paiEtcd members
. will project beyond, and you will have
Il drOll toy beetle
| Tho Brazil nut is a clumsy thing t.
, transform. Did you know. however
r that the rough side of this "Niggc
Toe is an excellent match scratchcr
, Paint some legend. such "Scratcl
| Me- in white on this surface and bore
; a hole through the top of the nut Sc
that it can be hung beside a mattel
safe by cord or bright red baby rib
| bon put through the hole. The bril-
l liant color and the rich brown nu