When mother lets us make paper box furniture

Chapter 59: SCREEN.

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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.

SCREEN.

Use three pieces of cardboard cut from bottoms or covers of boxes.

1. Hinge the pieces together at their edges with thread, wire or ribbon.

2. Cut out the slats at the top.

3. Cut out the three large holes and gather in silk or muslin; or paste pretty paper or figured cloth flat on the cardboard; or paint flowers or landscape right on the cardboard.

4. Paint the “wooden” parts gold or white.

THE PARLOR SCREEN.

If the screen in your parlor you use,

You might burnish it all with gold;

Then colored silk so pretty and bright,

On each of the sides you might fold.

But if in the bedroom it finds a place,

White enamel is better to use;

Then for each side, instead of the silk,

Some dainty white muslin I’d choose.

Screen.