When mother lets us make paper box furniture

UMBRELLA STAND.

Reading edition

Use the kind of box suggested for the tabouret.

1. Cut off the box the right height. If peppermint boxes are used, fasten the 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?

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

Umbrella Stand.