When mother lets us make paper box furniture

Chapter 21: DIVAN.

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About This Book

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.

DIVAN.

Use a box with a cover which entirely overlaps it, or two boxes exactly alike without their covers. They should be fairly deep, long and narrow, like an ordinary candy box.

1. Cut away one long side, leaving the other long side for the back, and the short ends for arms.

2. Set this on top of the cover and fasten through the seat.

3. Cut away pieces to shape the legs.

4. Cut slats in the back and arms.

5. Paint to match the rest of the furniture in the living-room. Use antique oak, rosewood or mahogany.

Details of Divan.

Candy box
Box—front cut away
Fastened to cover
Legs and slats cut

SETTING THE TABLE.

If mother has an extra piece

Of linen she won’t need,

I’m sure she’d let you make a cloth,

And be very pleased indeed.

Perhaps you can make some napkins, too,

Out of pieces, oh, so tiny;

Then just set them with your dishes small,

And knives and forks so shiny.

Dining Room Table.