First make a model of the toy in wax, and take a cast of this in plaster of Paris. To do this, procure a small wooden box which will hold the wax model comfortably. Mix some plaster of Paris with water to a very thick cream, and pour enough of this into the box to about one-third fill it. Next place the wax model upon the plaster with its base pressed against one side of the box, and fill up with more plaster. "When the plaster has set, take the box to pieces, remove the wax model, and with a fine saw very carefully cut the mould in half. The cut faces may be smoothed by scraping carefully with a knife so that they fit close together. The mould may be improved by warming and rubbing it with warm paraffin wax or a waxed cloth until it has received a slight polish. In using the mould, bind the two halves together with rubber bands and force the sugar paste or syrup through the opening left by the base of the wax model until the mould is quite fall. The colours now used are harmless coal - tar (aniline) dyes sold specially for the purpose. If a glaze is employed, it is either sugar syrup alone or sugar syrup to which white of egg has been added.

The toys made from pure sugar will not melt in the sun.