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When mother lets us make paper box furniture

Chapter 35: THE TABLE SCARF.
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.

MORRIS CHAIR.

Use two boxes of the same size. They should be fairly deep and nearly square. The covers should overlap the boxes only a little.

For large chair use collar boxes.

For very small chair, use jewelry or square pill boxes.

1. Place one box bottom up.

2. Place both covers against the sides; hold with both hands and slide up or down until the proportions seem right for arms.

3. Mark where they are to be cut off. Cut and fasten the three parts together.

4. Study the picture to see how the arms are made to look more natural by cutting away parts of the edges of the covers.

5. Shape the legs and cut the slats.

6. Use extra cardboard for the back. “Score” and bend the lower end, so fasteners may be put through it into the seat.

7. Make holes at the proper places. Use a meat skewer or a heavy wire hairpin as the rod against which the back rests.

8. Paint to match furniture. Make cushions.

Details of Morris Chair.

  • Two boxes—same size—nearly square
  • Extra piece of cardboard for back
  • Large chair = collar boxes—Small chair = jewelry boxes
  • Invert box for seat
  • Fasten covers for sides.
  • Portions of cover edges
  • cutaway to form arms.
  • Shape the legs
  • Cut slats in arms.
  • Fasten back to seat
  • Rod = meat skewer or hair pin

THE TABLE SCARF.

Your library table you’ll want to keep smooth,
And free of all scratches from books;
Make a scarf then of velvet or linen or felt,
And see how attractive it looks.
You can, if you wish, hem both of the ends,
And embroider or stencil them, too;
Then, if across the table you lay it,
The top will keep shiny and new.

Library Table.