form of a bunch of grapes is a pretty good form for the turtle shell, as you will see by the illustrations.
The head, the tail, and the four feet are cut out of tin from a can, and bent into the forms shown in Fig. 117. Then slits are cut through the narrow rim of the mold by piercing the tin with the point of a nail at the proper places for attaching them, as shown in the small detail drawing, and the tab ends are pushed through the slits, bent over, and clinched with a pair of pincers.
Fig. 117.—How Head, Feet, and Tail are Attached to a Jelly Mold to Make the Turtle shown in Fig. 115.
Fig. 118.—The Spool Wheels and the Rubber-Bands which Propel them.
A thread spool 1¼ inches long forms the wheels on which the turtle runs, and two rubber-bands 1½ inches long propel it. Cut a piece of a lead pencil a trifle longer then the spool, split it into halves, remove the lead, and insert the rubber bands in the groove; then slip the piece of pencil
