T ETS US MAKE BOX FURNITURE g.e;llingwood rich Class i^s Kf Co|?;TightN?, COPTOIGHT DEPOSIT. WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE PAPER BOX FURNITURE A Happy Little Worker. WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE PAPER BOX FURNITURE A BOOK WHICH SHOWS CHILDREN JUST HOW TO MAKE MOST ATTRACTIVE TOY FURNITURE OUT OF MATERIALS WHICH COST PRACTICALLY NOTHING —TOYS WHICH GIVE AS MUCH PLEASURE AS THOSE FROM EXPENSIVE TOY SHOPS. By G. ELLINGWOOD RICH Teacher of Art and Manual Training y Brooklyn Training School for Teachers ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR NEW YORK MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 1914 ^ <<' Copyright, 1914, by MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY New York All Rights Reserved j^ ^<£ o I 1914 ©C1,A876594 :^ TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER THE BEST PLAYFELLOWS I EVER HAD TO WHOSE ORIGINALITY AND INGENUITY I OWE MY FIRST CONSTRUCTIVE IMPULSES TABLE OF CONTENTS PARLOR FURNITURE PAGE Divan 34 Book Shelves 52 Writing Desk 56 Morris Chair 60 Library Table 64 Fireplace 74 Piano 78 Parlor Chair 88 Tabouret and Palm 96 Screen 98 Piano Bench 108 BEDROOM FURNITURE Bed 30 Dresser 46 Crib 80 Chiffonier 82 Chair 88 Screen 98 Cradle 102 DINING ROOM FURNITURE Table 38 Arm Chair 42 Fireplace 74 Chair 88 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAOE High Chair 92 Tabouret and Palm 96 KITCHEN FURNITURE Table 38 Stove 68 Kitchen Cabinet 84 Chair 88 Wash Tub and Bench 100 HALL FURNITURE Hall Rack 90 Umbrella Stand 106 Clock 110 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE A Happy Little Worker Frontispiece Necessary Tools 17 Bed 29 Details of Bed 31 Divan 33 Details of Divan 35 Dining Table 37 Details of Dining Table 39 Arm Chair 41 Details of Arm Chair 43 Dresser 45 Details of Dresser 47 Big Brother 49 Book Case 51 Details of Book Case 53 Writing Desk 55 Details of Writing Desk 57 Morris Chair 59 Details of Morris Chair 61 Library Table 63 Details of Library Table 65 Stove 67 Details of Stove 69 Fun on a Rainy Day 71 Fireplace 73 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Details of Fireplace 75 Piano 77 Details of Piano 79 Crib 81 Chiffonier 83 Kitchen Cabinet 85 Getting Supper 87 Parlor Chair 89 Hall Rack 91 High Chair 93 When Baby is Hungry 95 Tabouret and Palm 97 Screen 99 Wash Tub and Bench 101 Cradle 103 Rock-a-by-Baby . 105 Umbrella Stand 107 Piano Bench 109 Clock , . . . Ill TO GROWN-UPS. You are interested in very little, middle-sized or big girls or boys, each child according to his years craving a medium for self expression and opportunity to create. To each according to his interests and develop- ing powers the suggestions in this little book are offered. It is the author's hope that the industry, per- severance and ingenuity needed to work out the suggestions may help in some small way to lay the foundation upon which big after things may be builded. 14 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TO VERY LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS. You can make the furniture easily if your big sister or brother will read the directions to you. You will have great fun looking at the pictures, listening to the rhymes and playing with the fur- niture. TO MIDDLE-SIZED GIRLS. You, also, will enjoy the pictures and rhjTiies. Of course you will take great pleasure playing with your doll furniture, but, best of all, you can make every bit of it yourself. Just think — jou can make it just the size and just the color you wish it; and the rhymes will suggest many de- lightful little ^'extras'' to make your doll home attractive just as mother makes hers. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 15 TO BIG GIRLS AND MIDDLE-SIZED AND BIG BOYS. Even though you may not wish to play with the furniture yourself you will thoroughly enjoy making and giving it to some dear little folks of your acquaintance. You will also be getting and giving a great deal of pleasure by helping other little friends make their own furniture. You will enjoy changing the designs or mak- ing other pieces of furniture from your own orig- inal ideas. I suggest that you design and make a china closet, sideboard, combination desk and bookcase, four posted bed, wash stand with towel rack, music cabinet, business desk for ^^father," rocking chair, circular top table, lamp or shirt- waist box. I'm sure you will think of many more. 16 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY. You might make toy furniture for the chil- dren 's ward in a hospital. You might make them for some little friend who is quarantined. You might make them for some little ^^ shut- in." You might teach some little *^ shut-in" how to make them, being sure to k^ep him supplied with boxes. You might organize a toy-making club and make them as gifts for poor children. Your Sunday school class might make them to be sold on a ^^Toy Table" at your church fair. You might show them to your teacher at school. She might wish to form a club so that many children may have the pleasure of making them. You might make them for Christmas or birth- day presents for your little friends. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 17 NECESSARY TOOLS. 18 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE MATERIALS AND HOW TO USE THEM. BOXES. Boxes of all sorts, sizes and kinds are to be had by simply asking for them. Every store throws away dozens of them every day. They seldom keep any because they haven't room for them. If you explain to a clerk in a store what you are doing with the boxes, I am sure that he will save them for you. You must be sure to go for them at the time he tells you because they will be in his way. You will find many fine, strong boxes at drygoods, stationery, drug and candy stores. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 19 SIZES AND PROPORTIONS. You must first decide about what size you wish your set of furniture to be and then make a col- lection of boxes of suitable sizes. If you wish to make a tiny set to fit into a lit- tle play house to be used for small china dolls or paper dolls, then collect small peppermint, spool, jewelry, powder or pill boxes. If you wish to make larger furniture to be used in a large play house or on the floor, for medium-sized dolls, make a collection of large candy, stocking, collar and corset boxes. If you wish to make quite large furniture to be used on the floor, for good-sized dolls, collect still larger corset, envelope, shoe and wholesale candy boxes. Try as far as possible to keep all the pieces of furniture planned for one room in good propor- tion to one another. Try also to keep all the parts of each object in good proportion. 20 WHEN MOTHEE LETS US MAKE "SCORING." To bend a stiff piece of cardboard so that the edge will be nice and straight, it should be ** scored." Lay a ruler along the line where it is to be bent and make a light scratch with the knife. This is called *^ scoring." The card- board should then be bent with the ^* scoring" on the outside. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 21 CUTTING. To cut a box or cover into two pieces, draw around the sides and bottom, making it ''square" by using a carpenter's square, a draughtsman's triangle or the corner of another box or cover. Use scissors to cut down the edges of the box ; if the scissors will not cut quite to the bottom, finish with the knife. "Score" across the bot- tom and bend it. By bending back and forth, the two pieces will come apart. To cut a piece out^ as when shaping a leg like those of the dresser, use scissors to make two cuts in from the edge; use the knife to "score" across between the cuts, and bend back and forth until the piece comes out. To cut a piece out to make slats like those in the headboard of the bed, use a ruler to draw the shape of the "hole"; stick the point of the knife through the cardboard at the corner of the "hole," and, with a smving motion^ carefully fol- low the lines. To prevent the cardboard from tearing, put your hand underneath to support it, but be very careful to keep your fingers away from the knife. 22 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE FASTENING. To fasten the parts of the furniture together use brass fasteners instead of glue. Fasteners cost about ten cents for a box containing one hundred. Glue is not satisfactory because it will not securely hold the heavy cardboard. These toys are to be played with by children and must be strong and securely fastened together. Hold two parts together and stick the point of the knife through both pieces. Push the prongs of the fasteners through the slit and separate them on the under side ; then flatten them in op- posite directions. The fasteners can be put in and bent to fasten and, at the same time, suggest knobs, hooks and piano pedals. The directions and pictures will show how. It is possible to fasten parts together by punching two holes instead of one and using string. The string can be pulled through with a darning needle and must then be tightly knot- ted and cut off. This is strong enough but slower and more difficult. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 23 PAINTING. The little pieces of furniture are very cunning whether they are painted or not, but painting them adds greatly to their attractiveness. iWhen you have finished one piece you may be so anxious to see how it will look when painted that you will be tempted to paint it immediately. It will be wiser and more workmanlike to plan and make all the furniture for one room before you paint any of it. Before you begin to paint, it is a good idea to examine the corners of the furniture; if any of them are split or weak, strengthen them with ad- hesive tape of some sort (passe-partout tape comes in convenient and inexpensive rolls). The paint will cover up the tape. Since boxes usually have printed labels which may show on the furniture, it is best to use a thick paint. Enamel in small ten cent cans may be bought in a variety of colors suitable for the furniture, black, white, mahogany, antique oak, light oak and rosewood. If dull paints or stains are used, put on a coat of shellac t© make it shine like varnish. White shellac can be bought in bottles for about twenty cents a pint. One brush will do for all colors because with care it can be kept clean and soft. Clean shellac brushes with alcohol; clean paint brushes with 24 WHEN MOTHER LETS TJS MAKE turpentine. The turpentine will take paint off of fingers or remove any little spatters which may aecidentallly have gone on to other things. THESE ARE SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS : Choose a place to work — kitchen table, bench in woodshed, sewing table in nursery, work- shop, barn, back porch, under a tree in the or- chard or back yard. Spread papers or oil cloth to protect mother's furniture and carpets from paint. Choose a place to put your furniture while it is drying, where no one is liable to put other things which might be damaged by the paint. Use a screw driver to pry off the cover of the paint can; scissors or knife will break if used for this purpose. Use a small stick like a meat skewer or old pen-holder to stir your paint from the bottom. It will need to be stirred thoroughly each time it is used. Paint all the underneath and lower parts first, while you are still able to hold it in your hands ; then set it down and hold an upper corner while you paint all the rest; then let go and paint that corner. Put the cover on the can when you have fin- ished. If the paint has thickened on the edge of PAPER BOX FURNITURE 25 the can it should be scraped off, because the paint will dry up if the cover is not tightly closed. Thoroughly clean your brush. Put your painting materials in some place where mother lets you keep such things. Pick up and destroy all the soiled papers. 26 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TO BOYS. Don't think this work's for girls alone, For surely that's not true; It's every whit as boyish sport As anything you do. And won't the girls be pleased indeed, When to them you present As fine a set of furniture, As if to a store they'd sent? And you can good designers be, Makers and painters, too. The happiest little workmen known. In your occupations new. And you can play you're salesmen keen, When all your goods are done, Or give them to your little friends. For surely that is fun. So now get boxes from the stores. And fasteners, bright and strong; Ruler and knife and scissors, too. Will help your work along. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 27 TO GIRLS. Don't think this work's for ioys alone, For that's not really true; It surely is as girlish fun As anything you do. Of course, when boys have made the toys, They'll give them right away; But girls, when they have finished theirs, Will sit right down and play. You also may designers be, Makers and painters as well, And in your dainty workmanship May even the boys excel. But there's one thing that girls can do. Which boys won't undertake, That is, the attractive little things With needle and thread to make. So get your boxes and fasteners strong, And sewing materials you'll need, And then your playhouse, when 'tis done. Will be unique indeed. 28 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE MAXIKG THE BED. A mattress you need and some pillows, Some cases, a blanket and sheet. To place in the little white bed you have made, I'm sure it will then be complete. PAPER BOX FUKNITtTBE 29 30 WHEN MOTHEE LETS ITS MAKE 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 head- board 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 head- board and the footboard. 6. Paint brown or white. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 31 Urge bed -stocking box 5nicil] bed-spool box foot boDvd Head bocird Covers - cut on dots Box^ Head board-foot board Body of bed fa5teT]ed Lec^s and sbtb cut Details of Bed. 32 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US MAKE COSY DIVAN. To make this divan comfortable, What would you next suggest '^ You might make sofa pillows, So dolly may lie down and rest. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 33 > 34 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE DIVAN. Use a box with a cover which entirely overlaps it, or two boxes exactly alike without their cov- ers. They should be fairly deep, long and nar- row, 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. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 35 Candy box Box-front cut away Fastened to cover Lc§s and slats cut Details of Divan. 36 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE SETTING THE TABLE. If mother has an extra piece Of linen she won 't need, I 'ni 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 shinv. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 37 Dining Eoom Table. 38 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE DINING TABLE. Use a deep box and the cover of another larger box. The cover must be about the same shape, but enough larger to project over the box like the top of a table. A correspondence card box may be used. Quite deep and strong boxes for this purpose may be got from a drug store or dry goods store. 1. Place the box bottom up. 2. Place the cover on top and put fasteners through it into the box. A piece of cardboard may be used, if you haven't a cover of the right size. 3. Cut the legs as shown in the picture. 4. Paint to match the other furniture. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 39 Cover 0? slightly laroer box Correspondence card' box Fastened- bottom of box up Le$s and rails cut Details of Dining Table. . 40 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE THE FAMILY AT DINNER. Put this arm chair at the head of the table, And into it put father doll; Before him place the platter for meat, And play that he serves them all. At the opposite end, where the tea set stands, Of course mother doll should be. And on either side of the table. Their little children you'll see. PAPER BOX FXTRNITTTEE 41 Arm Chair. 42 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE ARM CHAIR. For a large chair, use two shoe boxes without their covers. For a small chair, use a chocolate peppermint box and its cover. For a medium sized chair, use a corset box without its cover. The following directions are for the corset box: 1. From one end cut a piece as high as you wish the seat. From the other end cut a piece at least twice as high, for the back. 2. Fit the seat into the back and fasten to- gether. 3. Cut away the unnecessary ^^end" at the top. 4. Cut out the pieces to form the arms, the legs and back. 5. Paint to match the other furniture. If you cut a corset box just in the middle, you can make ttvo chairs. Use the two ends for the two seats, and the other two pieces for the two backs. PAPER BOX PTJRNITUEE 43 Corset box- cut on dots Sides and back - Waste - 5eat I Sides and back - 5eat — fastened 1 // mik Ibp cut awaynAfms cut - Slats cut Details of Arm Chair. 44 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE A DAINTY LITTLE DRESSER. A little girl's dresser should always be neat, 1 As all little maidens know ; And brushes and combs and scissors and files Must all be placed in a row. So when you arrange dolly's dresser, Be careful of what you choose ; And put on the top, only such things As you're sure she'll really use. Just make a muslin scarf of white Over yellow or pink or blue ; Then make a pretty cushion small, Which things will nicely do. Add a powder puff and mirror, With comb and brush between; She surely can be taught, I know. To keep these neat and clean. PAPER BOX FTJBNITURE 45 Dresser. 46 WHEN MOTHER LETS TJS MAKE DRESSER. Use a box, with a cover which overlaps the box onlv 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 sil- ver 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. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 47 Low box- about twice as lon6 as wide Back Le^s and bole for'mirror:' Cut oTi dots Fastened 1 PP I I Drawer Fronts Extra back Back and drawers Details of Dresser. 48 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE 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. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 49 Bipr Brother. 50 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE DOILY'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. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 51 Book Case. 52 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE BOOK SHELVES. Use a shallow box with a cover which entirely overlaps it, like an ordinary candy box or a note paper box. For a very small bookcase, use a box such as druggists use for powders. 1. Study the picture carefully. Notice how one end of the cover is cut off and then fastened on the top to form the little railing. 2. All the shelves are made from the box. If the case is tall enough for three shelves, use both ends and a piece of the middle. 3. If the case is not tall enough, then make tivo shelves, using only the ends. When fitting the shelves, push the box in as far as it will go ; then mark where it is to be cut off. 4. For books, use the corrugated cardboard in which bottles are packed. Cut strips of this, making some parts high and some parts low, to look like a row of books. By painting them dif- ferent colors, and making little marks to suggest the titles, they can be made to look very much like books. The strips must be cut long enough to be bent back and fastened to the sides. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 53 Candy box or note paper box Cover- cut sitoII piece from bottom Fasten on top- clip corners Fit box for shelf Fit other end of box Hark-cut on dots Mark-cut on dots m Fit TTiiddle of box Mark- cut on dots m Fasten shelves Shape bottom Details of Book Case, 54 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE DOLLY'S CORRESPONDENCE. Cut tooth picks up for pencils, And fold small papers, too; Tuck these inside the little desk, As grown up people do. Fit a piece of mother's blotter On the shelf on which you write ; Lay on this your doll's note paper. Choosing dainty blue or white. PAPER BOX FTJENITURE 55 Writing Desk 56 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE WRITING DESK. Use the kind of box suggested for the book- case. 1. Cut the cover the right height for the desk. 2. Fit in the hox^ and slide it up or down until it seems right in proportions, as in making the dresser. 3. Mark where it is to be cut off. Cut and fasten the parts together. 4. Study the picture; then cut the top and slanting sides. 5. Shape the legs. Fasten the '^ drawer'^ with *^ knobs." 6. Fit and fasten in the extra cardboard so that it projects and forms the writing shelf. 7. Use the other end of the box for the inside shelves. Cut these narrow and lit them care- fully. Real pigeon holes can be made by cut- ting up penny-in-the-slot caramel boxes, and glu- ing them into place. 8. Paint to match furniture. Glue a piece of blotter on the writing shelf. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 57 Candy or note paper box One end of box fitted in End cut away and cut off a^in dresser lop and lec^s cut - Extra piece project i n9 Drawer front fastened for writing shelf- other end ot box fitted m for shelves as in booK case Details of Writing Desk 58 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE MAKING FATHER COMFORTABLE. Haven't you often noticed, As father sits in his chair, How he enjoys the cushions As he reads his papers there? So try to make some cushions Of velvet or silk, and see If by stuffing them with cotton, Father doll as *' comfy" might be. Then if, with hands that are skillful. You could small ^'papers" make, And place with his chair by the ^^fire," What comfort he could take ! PAPER BOX FURNITURE 59 Morris Chair. 60 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE 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 iox 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. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 61 Two boxes- same bize-nearly square E)(tra piece of cardboard for back br§e chair=.col1ar boxes - Small ch^lir^ewelr^ boxes Invert box for 5eat Portions o( cover ed^es Fasten covers for sides, cutaway to form arms. Shape the le^^s Fasten back to seat Cut slats in arms, l^od^meat skewer or hair p'm Details of Morris Chair. 62 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE 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. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 63 Library Table. 64 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE LIBRARY TABLE. Use two shallow boxes and their covers. Spool boxes might be used, but caramel boxes would be better. 1. Use both covers for the legs. Cut them the height the table is to be. 2. Turn one hox bottom up; fit the two pieces of the covers on the ends and fasten. 3. Turn the other box bottom up and fit it in from the bottom. Slide it up or down imtil the proportions look right for the shelf. Fasten the shelf at both ends to the legs. 4. Fasten on the projecting top. This may be the cover of a slightly larger box or of extra cardboard. 5. Shape the legs. You might cut vertical slats in the ends between the shelf and top. 6. Paint to match furniture. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 65 Two shallow boxes i the same si^e. (Ceirame) or spool boxes I Cover of slightly Iar9pr ^^^^^^ Ibox-or piece of card board i i i h I Both covers cut the height of le^s. One box fastened in for top of tabl^ Other box fastened Larger cover or cardboard lower down for shelf fastened as top d table. Details of Libraiy Table. 66 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE LITTLE COOKS. The oven doors won't really open, But the holes are really there ; You can play there's fire in them, And your dollies' meal prepare. If you have some little pans. And pots and skillets as well. And mother lets you have some things, What to do with them, I'll tell. Don't use any water for cooking, For that might make a mess ; Just mix up some little dry things, That would be better, I guess. If you take some rice or barley. Some co:ffee, beans or tea, A fine make-believe supper you'll have. Just try it, and you will see. PAPEB BOX FURNITURE 67 Stove. 68 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE STOVE. Use two boxes of same size, with covers which overlap only a little, like collar boxes, candy boxes with this kind of cover, baby-shoe boxes or jewelry boxes. 1. Place one box right side up on top of its cover. Place hetween the two an extra card- board, large enough to project from one end and side. Fasten through the bottom of box and cardboard, into the cover. 2. Shape the projecting cardboard into front and side hearths. Shape the legs. 3. Cut six holes in the other cover. Use sil- ver half dollar or spool for pattern. Fasten on the top. 4. Fasten on the oven ^^ doors," etc. Study the picture to see how the fasteners have been made to look like hinges, by cutting two little slits for the prongs, and bending one out flat and then down. The ^^ knobs" are put through one slit as in the dresser. 5. The pipe is made of a roll of stiff paper or a pasteboard mailing tube. Push through one hole ; if it fits, it will not need to be fastened. 6. Paint it with black enamel. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 69 Two oblong) boxes - Scime size Extra piece of cardboard for hearth Cc\YidY box , baby shoe box or collar box One box fastened through Its bottom to top of cover- e^tva cardboard between and projectino for hearth. Other cover- half dollar used as pattern for holes Top fastened on and le^s cut. Boors fastened on Pipe put into hole Details of Stove. 70 WHEN MOTHEE LETS US MAKE FUN ON A RAINY DAY. When the rain comes down, and the wind does blow, And indoors we must stay, Mother lets ns to the nursery go And with our boxes play. Oh, it's lots of fun when we're all alone, To make such lovely toys, Especially, when the rain beats hard And keeps in girls and boys. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 71 Fun on a Rainy Day. 72 WHEN" MOTHEK LETS US MAKE BEFOEE THE EIRE. Take some beads of jet and coral, And fuzzy white wool for smoke ; Of course 'tis only a make-believe fire, But it's just as much fun to poke. Pull a cozy chair in front of your ^^fire," Where grandmother doll may sit ; While all the little dolls 'round her gather, That she may tell stories and knit. Play it's Christmas and hang up the stockings, If your dolls are fast asleep ; Fill them with a few little trinkets, Which out of the tops will peep. PAPEB BOX FURNITURE 73 Fireplace 74 WHEN MOTHER LETS VS MAKE FIREPLACE. Use two chocolate peppermint boxes of the same size, or one peppermint box and its cover ; also a long and narrow cover of some other box. 1. Stand the boxes on their ends. If too tall for the mantel, cut them off; but be sure to cut off the tops^ as the bottom ends are needed to fasten to the hearth. 2. Use extra cover for shelf and fasten the ends to the boxes. 3. Use extra cardboard for hearth and back. *^ Score" and bend it. 4. Set the mantel on the hearth and close against the back. Let the back slant out while you fasten through bottoms of mantel into the hearth. 5. Push the back up again and reach under the shelf, to put fasteners through back edge into the back. 6. Make ^^ mirror" of silver paper or real looking-glass, using extra cardboard as in the dresser. 7. Use snfiall box and its cover for the grate. Cut slats and legs. Fasten the back of grate to back of fireplace. 8. Paint grate with black enamel and the ** woodwork" like your furniture, or with white enamel. Paint the hearth and fireplace like brick or tiles. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 75 \Two chocolate peppermint box.cs-5anic si^e J Cover of mrrow box for shelf Extra cardboard for hearth Boxes standing on ends Cardboard scorerf'and bent Cover fastened as shelf for hearth and back Boxes fastened throujih Back fastened throu9h bottoms to hearth before back ed§e of shelf back is fastened \xp "Hirror'as in dresser Details of Fireplace. 76 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE A TINY MUSICIAN. Many children practice An hour every day, Then let your dolly do the same, And on this piano play. She will need some sheets of music With notes so black and small, These I 'm very sure you 11 make her, So that she can play them all. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 77 Piano. 78 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US MAKE PIANO. Use a box with a cover which entirely overlaps, like a writing paper box. 1. Stand the cover on one end; cut it the right height for the piano. 2. Study the picture to see just what parts of the sides and top are to be cut away. 3. Cut the hox the same height as you cut the coA^er. 4. Carefully study the picture. Notice how the box is made to fit into the piano, by cutting down the edges of box until they are as deep as ^^A" in the picture. Fasten the parts together. 5. Use the other end of the box for the key- board; cut and fit this very carefully; then fasten with two fasteners at each end. 6. Draw the black and white keys on a strip of white paper or cardboard, and fasten it on. 7. Cut, ^^ score," bend and fasten the music rack as shown in the picture. 8. The picture will show you how one prong of each fastener is pushed through from the iack, and bent to look like a pedal. The other prong turns up a little over the edge to make it firm. 9. Paint with rosewood, mahogany or black enamel. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 79 Mote paper box |!%i^l^ Cover-cut height of piano Box-cut down to depth Shape 5ide5 and top of A -fit mto cov/er Other end of box fitted Keys Ynarked-peddls fastened and fastened for hey-board , Music rack-extra piece . Details of Piano. 80 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE CRIB. Use box and cover, or two boxes, as suggested for the divan. 1. Fasten one on top of the other through their bottoms, as in the divan. 2. Cut the legs. 3. Cut the slats as shown in the picture. 4. Paint with white enamel or gold to look like brass. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 81 GOOD NIGHT. Get a little china doll, Then make a night-gown white ; Tuck her in her little crib, And kiss her a loving good night. Crib. 82 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE CHIFFONIER. Use the same sort of box and cover as sug- gested for the dresser. 1. Cut the cover the right height for the back. 2. Slide the box up or down as in making the dresser. Make the part containing the ^* draw- ers" higher, and the ^^ mirror" shorter than in the dresser. 3. Make the ' ' drawers ' ' and * ' mirror " as in the dresser ; also shape the legs. 4. Paint to match the rest of your bedroom furniture. CANDLE STICKS. A simple scarf upon the top Is all you really need, Unless you make some candle sticks, And these are cute indeed. Just take a spool and paper firm, Red worsted use for light ; The paper 'round it smoothly roll, Till in the hole it's tight. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 83 Chiffonier. 84 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US MAKE KITCHEN CABINET. Use a box with a cover entirely overlapping it, like a candy or writing paper box. 1. Cut the cover the right height for the back. 2. Study carefully the proportions of the cab- inet shown in the picture ; then cut pieces from the sides and top as in the piano. 3. Slide the box up to the point where the sides are cut out. Mark, cut of^ the bottom and fasten the parts together. 4. Use the other end of the box for the shelves, as in the bookcase. Fasten them in. 5. Cut pieces of cardboard for the ^'drawer'' and ^^ doors"; then fasten them on with ^4inobs" and *^ hinges." Shape the legs. 6. Paint some color suitable for a kitchen. Possibly someone might show you how to *^ grain" it. "SUGAR AND SPICE AND ALL THINGS NICE." Lace paper from candy boxes Can be used upon the shelves ; Paint and print on spools some labels, And arrange them all yourselves. Then when you play you're little cooks, How nice 'twill be to see Your shelves with sugar, salt and spice. In rows so orderly. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 85 Kitchen Cabinet. 86 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE GETTING SUPPER. Surely, I couldn't be lonesome With dolly right here in her chair ; With my stove, my table and dishes, Her supper I now shall prepare. PAPER BOX FUENITXIEE 87 kz.\* : *»: Getting Supper. 88 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE PARLOK CHAIR. Use the kind of box suggested for the arm chair. 1. Make this exactly as you made the arm chair, until you are ready to shape the legs and back. 2. Study the picture and you will see that there are no arms, and no slats between the legs. Notice how the back is cut. 3. Paint mahogany, oak or rosewood like the rest of your parlor furniture. You might paint one with white enamel for your bedroom, or with gold as a fancy parlor chair. THE LITTLE UPHOLSTERER. When your parlor chairs are finished, With varnish make them shine ; Then on the seats glue velvet, If you wish them 'specially fine. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 89 Chair. 90 WHEN MOTHER LETS ITS MAKE HALL RACK. Use the kind of box suggested for the dresser and chiffonier. 1. Cut the cover the right lieight for the back. 2. Slide the box up or down until the propor- tions are right. 3. Cut off the bottom and fasten the parts to- gether. 4. Shape the legs. Fasten on the ^'drawer'' with ^' knobs.'' Cut the slats and hole for '' mir- ror.'' 5. Fasten on an extra cardboard, putting either a silver paper ^^ mirror" or a real looking- glass between it and the back. The fasteners should be pushed through from the hack. Look carefully to see how the little prongs are bent and curved to form little hooks. TIDY CHILDREN. The little hooks are very small, Yet are strong enough to safely use ; So you can hang up dollies' hats, And their jackets and furs, if you choose. It will be very wise indeed. To teach your dolls as mother taught you, That tidy children always remember. To hang up clothes as grown-ups do. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 91 Hall Rack. 92 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE HIGH CHAIR. Use a corset box. 1. Cut seat and back from opposite ends of box as in arm chair. Make the back about 8|/2 inches and the seat about 5 inches. 2. Fasten parts together near the seat and at the bottom (the other fasteners on sides hold the foot rest which will be put in later,) 3. Shape the arms, back and legs. Be sure to have one slat on the sides where the foot rest is to be (about ll^ inches below the seat). 4. From the two ends of the cover, cut two pieces about 4 inches long for the tray and foot rest. The edges are too deep for the propor- tions of the chair, so must be carefully cut down about one-half. 5. Cut away all but about 1 inch of bottom of foot rest. The projecting pieces must be pushed between the other two parts and fastened as shown in picture. 6. The tray is the same shape, but about % inch more of its bottom must be left. When the projecting ends are pivoted to the sides by two fasteners or a wire hairpin, that extra half-inch of bottom will rest on the front corners of the arms, and keep the tray level. The tray can be moved up and down as on a real high chair. PAPER BOX FUHNITURE 93 High Chair. 94 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US MAKE WHEN BABY DOLL IS HUNGRY. If your baby doll is hungry, Set him in his new high chair ; Put his bowl upon the tray, So that he can reach it there. You can play he has some milk In the bowl for shredded wheat ; If you 're careful not to spill it, With some sugar make it sweet. PAPER BOX FUKNITUKE 95 When Baby Is Hungry. 96 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TABOURET AND PALM. Use the kind of box in which bottles of shoe dressing are packed — tall, with nearly square top and a cover which entirely overlaps it. 1. Cut a piece of the cover the right height; shape the legs. If you haven't a box of this kind, a peppermint box and its cover can be used, by cutting off an end of each and fastening them together, as shown in the picture. 2. Fasten on an extra piece of cardboard, wliich will project for the top. 3. Use an empty twist spool for the ''jar- diniere. ' ' Cut a strip of green paper the height you wish your plant to be; roll this firmly so it will just fit, and stand up in the hole of the spool. 4. With sharp point of scissors cut down the roll in several places. Spread out and shape the ''leaves." 5. Fasten in some small artificial flowers, or stick in toothpicks or straws, with bits of bright paper tied or glued on like flowers. A LITTLE FLORIST. Gild your spool to look like brass, And paint your leaves a pretty green ; Fasten a small artificial flower. Like those on growing plants you've seen. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 97 Tabouret and Palm. 98 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE SCREEN. Use three pieces of cardboard cut from bot- toms 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 tliree 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 3^ou 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. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 99 Screen. 100 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US MAKE WASH TUB AND BENCH. For the bench use a long, narrow and shallow box and its cover. For a small bench use a spool box ; for a larger one, a stocking box. 1. Use the box for the legs, and the cover for the top. For the tub use a pasteboard ribbon ^^bolt." For a larger tub, use one of the fancy miniature hat boxes used for silk flowers. 1. Cut out the top of the ribbon ^^bolt." 2. Paint black ^^ hoops" and little vertical lines to show the strips of wood of which a tub is made. 3. Make handles out of hairjDins. Use thread to bind a tiny strip of paper around the wire for the *' wooden" part of the handle. For the washboard use part of the cover ,pf a jewelry, corset or shoe box, according to the size of the tub. 1. Cut the cover the right length ; then cut the ^4egs." 2. If the board is large enough, fasten on a piece of corrugated cardboard; if it is small, draw lines to suggest that part. 3. From a scrap of soap, whittle out a little ^^bar." PAPER BOX FURNITURE 101 WASH DAY. The tub is made only of pasteboard, So water you can't really use, But a cute little ''bar" you can whittle. From a scrap of real soap if you choose. Wash Tub and Bench. 102 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE CRADLE. Use any box of the right proportions — jewelry, candy or shoe box. 1. Fold a piece of paper and cut a pattern of the end with the rocker. Cut several until one fits your box and will rock, 2. Lay pattern on cardboard; then draw and cut two ends. 3. Fasten these as shown in the picture. If the cradle is a large one, use very heavy card- board or fasten several thicknesses together, so that it will be strong enough to be played with. 4. Paint with white enamel. PAPER BOX rURNITURE 103 104 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE ROCK-A-BY BABY. In this cradle clean and white, Our baby doll will sleep; We'll tuck her blanket snug and tight, So nice and warm she'll keep. Then with one little finger. Rock it gently to and fro. And softly hum a lullaby — Don't mothers do just so? PAPER BOX FURNITURE 105 Rock-a-By-Baby. 106 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE UMBRELLA STAND. Use the kind of box suggested for the tabouret. 1. Cut off the box the right height. If pepper- mint boxes are used, fasten tlie pieces of box and cover together, as shown in the picture. 2. Cut the slats. 3. Paint with gold to look like brass, or with a color to represent wood or porcelain. DOLLY'S UMBRELLA. Whittle a stick for a handle, Paint it a nice dark brown, 'Round it twist some soft, black paper And firmly bind it down. This umbrella will not open. So let's hope it will not rain. But don't you think it will look cunning In the stand with a little cane? PAPER BOX FURNITUEE 107 Umbrella Stand. 108 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE PIANO BENCH. You might find a small box just the right size and shape. Turn it bottom up and cut the legs. You might have to cut ends from the box and cover of a candy box, and fasten them together as shown in the picture. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 109 PLAYING THE PIANO. Before the piano, not too far away, Place the bench so dolly may sit there to play ; In order that she may do this with ease, Place her hands so that lightly they rest on the keys. Piano Bench. 110 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE CLOCK. Use the kind of box described for the tab- ouret, or box and cover of a peppermint box cut the right height and fastened together. 1. Use a silver dollar or end of large spool as pattern for the face. Mark the face directly on the box, or make it on white paper and glue it on. 2. Cut the legs and openings. 3. Make the pendulum of cardboard and long enough to extend up into the top. 4. Cut hands of pasteboard or bits of tin. 5. Push a long pin or wire hairpin through the hands, middle of face, top of pendulum and back of the clock. Bend the end of the wire down. You can then move the hands and swing the pendulum. 6. You might put a fastener into the lower end of the pendulum and double the prongs out of sight. This looks attractive and also makes the pendulum heavier so that it swings better. TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK. It surely would be lots of fun If our clock could reallv ^o ; But let's just push the pendulum, To make it swing to and fro. PAPER BOX FURNITURE 111 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS