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Decorating Thanksgiving Baskets eh fhi
How To Fix
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ByMissDuane
By ARDEN III. DUANE
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give away Thanksgiving goodies
when I decorate the basket or some
ether container. Have you ever
tried it? Try it! and you will have
just as much fun as 1 do. The
gay colors and amusing shapes
coupled with the thought and time
you give each basket will be doubly
appreciated
Here are number of different
ways in which you can fix up the
Thanksgiving BASKET that you are
giving your mother or friend or
neighbor or the sick.
FRUIT BASKET
First there is dainty way to
present fruit or candy to the shut
ir Or friend in the hospital There
is no need to purchase a basket. -.
use a small bus firm pasteboard
box. If necessary, cut the box
down to the required height. Cut
two strips Of colored mat stock
Qight green or yellow suggested
each one and one-half inches wide,
depending on the size of the baS-
ket. Cut in scallopS on both edges.
Using gnnmed tape, fasten firm
pieces of flower stem wire to the
underSide of each strip, allowing
the wire to extend about three
inches beyond each end. Make
small holes in the corners of the
box and put the extending wires
through, bending back and fasten-
ing with gummed tape to the un-
derside. Interlace the two handles.
Make a pattern of the Scallops
around the top of the basket and
cut sides for the basket from mat
stock Make four separate pieces,
or if the mat stock is long enough,
score it in the correct positions
and bring the mat stick around two
or more sides.
FaSten to the sides of the box
with latex paste. Decorate the
sides of the basket with coloreo
gummed seals of different kinds of
fruit and place colored gummed
cot in the center of each scallop.
TRANSPARENT GIFT BOX
An attractive gift box for tenn
porarily- n-bed friend is one OF
those transparent "Cellophane'
hat boxes which while it is decorat-
ed for Thanksgiving, may be used
later for its legitimate purpose
Decorhte the bcty with colorec
Scotch tape put on in diamond
pattern The Scotch tape needs n,
moistening but will stick securelI
to the "ceIophane" as no othe
tape will. In the center OF eacl
diamond, attach a small gummet
seal of a fruit. For extra security
use latex paste instead of CUMMING
that is on the seal. Fill the boz
with goodies. :. jelly, fruit, ant
other small gifts that the invali:
may enjoy, each wrapped in al
intriguing way TO excite curiosity
Finish with a big "Cellophane'
bow. Cut in strips five inches
wide and hold the loops with wire
Fasten to the top OF the box with
Scotch tape so that it may easily
be removed later.
MARKET BASKET
A simple but very colorful way
to deck out a market basket is To
cover it with crepe paper ruffles.
Use rust, brown, vermilion, light
orange and light amber crepe
paper, cutting the strips about
three inches wide and gather them
on the sewing machine. Beginning
at the bottom of the basket, with
the darkest color, fasten the ruffles
in place with paste. Finish the
top edge with leaves cut from a de-
sign of crepe paper that has col
ored autumn leaves printed on it.
HORN OF PLENTY
If the gift can be placed in a
small box, use q round one such as
an oatmeal box Cover the top and
as far down The sides as necessary
With crushed gold metallic paper.
Now using a large piece of wrap
ping paper, make a pattern for
the horn. Place the box on its
side and roll the paper around the