Mother Nature's Toy-Shop

dress made of the wavy hair-grass and playing that she is a wood-nymp

of string across front of

f grass and string passed around b

forward again and slippe

s of this kind, but you must gather an armful or more. It takes

eased with her pr

ur thumb, and have the heads of all the grasses together at on

ong string for tyi

pass the string around the back of the bunch (Fig. 68), then slide the end through the loop A, Fig. 69. Draw this loop-fastening very tight and it will hold. Now place the second bunch under your arm with the first bunch, and make a loop-fastening around the third bunch. Keep on

Cyperus grass used for h

ong enough to reach around your waist, for the skirt-it needs no waist-

Head

band of grasses, with bunches of the bristle-spiked cyperus grass (Fig. 71) hanging downward on each

when you give your next outdoor fancy dance, or take part in outdoor tablea

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