Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends: A Book of Nature Dolls and Others

Chapter 10: Pansies

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About This Book

This book presents a collection of craft projects, short sketches, and songs guiding children and caregivers to make dolls, figures, and toy animals from flowers, fruits, seeds, nuts, corn husks, clay, paper, and common household odds and ends. Clear instructions, patterns, jingles, and plentiful illustrations accompany step-by-step plans and brief vignettes that suggest play scenarios. Emphasizing imagination, thrift, and hands-on skill-building, the selections encourage observational acquaintance with plants and seasons while promoting creativity, resourcefulness, and simple domestic arts suitable for young makers.

Pansies

“I am thinking of you” is what pansies say

When they come to you from a friend;

And “I am thinking of you” is what they say

When you the blossoms send.

No need of words when pansies are near

To carry the message for you—

Just send a bunch of the blossoms fair,

They’ll speak plainly as you could do.

All over the world in their simple way,

No matter where they go,

“I am thinking of you” is what they say,

And all people their language know.