The Jolly Book of Boxcraft

Chapter 6: THE BOXCRAFT ROAD

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About This Book

A hands-on manual for creating an entire toy town and many playthings from cardboard boxes, offering materials lists, step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and photographic illustrations. Organized as a series of projects—cottages, shop, school, church, railway station, hotel, farm buildings, boats, wagons, animal enclosures, dolls’ furniture, games, and more—it guides children through cutting, assembling, decorating, and furnishing each model. Additional patterns, construction tips, and simple games encourage imaginative play, resourcefulness, and cooperative building, while emphasizing reuse of everyday materials.

THE BOXCRAFT ROAD

Near Jollyplay in Boxland, on Boxcraft Road to Fun,
There lies a children’s village—a very happy one.
Its buildings are all boxes—the hotel and the store,
The school-house and the station, and many others more!
The name of it is Boxville. Its villagers are toys,
And those who build in Boxville are merry girls and boys.
You, too, may go to Boxland to make a house for play—
Look! Here, you’ll see the guide-post! Before you lies the way.
Take cardboard boxes with you—maybe, some paste or glue,
A pencil, and a paint-box,—and take your scissors too.
I’ll tell you all about it. We’ll start—the turning’s here—
It was a fairy told me about this village, dear!

THE JOLLY BOOK OF BOXCRAFT

The Jolly Book of Boxcraft