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When mother lets us make paper box furniture cover

When mother lets us make paper box furniture

Chapter 19: BED.
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A practical craft manual for children and supervising adults gives step-by-step instructions for turning discarded boxes into toy furniture, covering materials, tools, measuring, scoring, cutting and fastening with brass fasteners, plus safety tips. It presents illustrated, proportioned patterns and detailed construction for room-by-room pieces—parlor, bedroom, dining room, kitchen and hall—including beds, tables, chairs, stoves, pianos and storage units—along with variations, decorative finishes and assembly details. Introductory notes suggest suitable box sizes, ways to adapt designs, age-appropriate tasks, and community uses such as gifts, club projects or hospital donations, encouraging creativity and practical skill development.

BED.

Use a shallow box and its cover.

For a large bed use a stocking box.

For a smaller bed use a spool or caramel box.

For a very small bed use a jewelry box.

1. Cut the cover into two parts, making one part longer than the other. The longer part is the headboard, the shorter part is the footboard.

2. Fit the headboard and footboard on the ends of the box and hold them with both hands. Slide the box up or down until it looks like a bed.

3. Lay the footboard down, but hold the headboard and box together, until you fasten them.

4. Fit the footboard on again to match the headboard, and fasten it.

5. Cut the bottom of headboard and footboard to look like legs. Also cut the slats in the headboard and the footboard.

6. Paint brown or white.

Details of Bed.

  • Large bed—stocking box
  • Small bed—spool box
  • Foot board
  • Head board
  • Cover—cut on dots
  • Head board—Foot board
  • Box
  • Body of bed
  • Fastened
  • Legs and slats cut

COSY DIVAN.

To make this divan comfortable,
What would you next suggest?
You might make sofa pillows,
So dolly may lie down and rest.

Divan.