C026

Draw a life-sized picture of a parrot, which you may use as a pattern. Trace around this pattern on a piece of wood one-quarter of an inch thick. Cut on the outline with a fret saw. Sandpaper the edges and then the rest of the parrot. Paint the head red, the beak yellow, the eye black, and the body, wings, and tail green. Saw off twenty-four inches of a quarter-inch dowel stick. Sharpen one end of this stick to a point, sandpaper both ends, and paint the stick brown. With some small wire nails fasten the parrot to the stick. Now the parrot is ready for your flower box or for the garden.