When mother lets us make paper box furniture

MORRIS CHAIR.

Reading edition

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.

Illustration from 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

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.