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When mother lets us make paper box furniture cover

When mother lets us make paper box furniture

Chapter 28: BIG BROTHER.
By G. Ellingwood Rich
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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.

DRESSER.

Use a box, with a cover which overlaps the box only a little.

For a large dresser use a shoe box.

For a medium sized dresser use a candy box, having the right kind of cover, or a corset box of the wide and shallow kind.

For a very small dresser use a jewelry box.

1. Cut the cover the height you wish the back to be.

2. Fit the box into the cover; hold with both hands, and slide the box up or down until it looks like a dresser.

3. Mark where you wish the bottom of the box to be cut off. Cut it off and fasten the two parts together.

4. Cut a hole for the “mirror” and fasten an extra piece of cardboard behind it. Paste silver paper on the cardboard, or fasten a real piece of looking glass between it and the back.

5. Cut pieces of cardboard for the “drawers,” and fasten them so that the fasteners look like knobs.

6. Paint to match the other furniture. Mark key holes.

Details of Dresser.

  • Low box—about twice as long as wide
  • Back
  • Fastened
  • Cut on dots
  • Legs and hole for “mirror.”
  • Silver paper
  • Drawer Fronts
  • Extra back
  • Back and drawers fastened.

BIG BROTHER.

Mother let me make these toys,
And I made them all myself;
And all I used was boxes
I found upon a shelf.
Now that the cute little things are made,
I’ve painted them all as well;
Dear little sister is surely pleased,
As you from her face can tell.

Big Brother.

DOLLY’S BOOKS.

Cut small strips of paper,
And fold them like a book;
Upon the outer covers print,
So they’ll quite natural look.
If you would have some fairy tales,
Or tales of gnomes and elves,
Just make a goodly pile of these,
And put them on the shelves.
When dolly dear then learns to read
Her tales of fairyland,
She’ll find that all the books she loves,
Are here right close at hand.

Book Case.