Part 2

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: 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.

[Illustration: Library Table.]

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 _box_ 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 until 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.

[Illustration: Details of Library Table.

Two shallow boxes the same size. Caramel or spool boxes Cover of slightly larger box or piece of cardboard Both covers cut the height of legs. One box fastened in for top of table Other box fastened lower down for shelf Larger cover or cardboard fastened as top of table.]

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 coffee, beans or tea, A fine make-believe supper you’ll have, Just try it, and you will see.

[Illustration: Stove.]

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 _between_ the two an extra cardboard, 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 silver 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.

[Illustration: Details of Stove.

Two oblong boxes—same size Extra piece of cardboard for hearth Candy box, baby shoe box or collar box One box fastened through its bottom to top of cover—extra cardboard between and projecting for hearth. Other cover—half dollar used as pattern for holes Top fastened on and legs cut. Doors fastened on Pipe put into hole]

FUN ON A RAINY DAY.

When the rain comes down, and the wind does blow, And indoors we must stay, Mother lets us 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.

[Illustration: Fun on a Rainy Day.]

BEFORE THE FIRE.

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.

[Illustration: Fireplace]

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 _small_ 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.

[Illustration: Details of Fireplace.

Two chocolate peppermint boxes—same size Cover of narrow box for shelf Extra cardboard for hearth Boxes standing on ends Cover fastened as shelf Cardboard “scored” and bent for hearth and back Boxes fastened through bottoms to hearth _before_ back is fastened up Back fastened through back edge of shelf “Mirror” as in dresser]

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’ll make her, So that she can play them all.

[Illustration: Piano.]

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 _box_ the same height as you cut the cover.

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 _back_, 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.

[Illustration: Details of Piano.

Note paper box. Cover—cut height of piano Shape sides and top Box—cut down to depth of A—fit into cover Other end of box fitted and fastened for key-board Keys marked—pedals fastened Music rack—extra piece.]

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.

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.

[Illustration: Crib.]

CHIFFONIER.

Use the same sort of box and cover as suggested 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 “drawers” 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.

[Illustration: Chiffonier.]

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 cabinet 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 off 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 “knobs” 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.

[Illustration: Kitchen Cabinet.]

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.

[Illustration: Getting Supper.]

PARLOR 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.

[Illustration: Chair.]

HALL RACK.

Use the kind of box suggested for the dresser and chiffonier.

1. Cut the _cover_ the right height for the back.

2. Slide the _box_ up or down until the proportions are right.

3. Cut off the bottom and fasten the parts together.

4. Shape the legs. Fasten on the “drawer” with “knobs.” Cut the slats and hole for “mirror.”

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 _back_. 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.

[Illustration: Hall Rack.]

HIGH CHAIR.

Use a corset box.

1. Cut seat and back from opposite ends of box as in arm chair. Make the back about 8½ 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 1½ 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 proportions 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 ½ 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.

[Illustration: High Chair.]

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.

[Illustration: When Baby Is Hungry.]

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, which will project for the top.

3. Use an empty twist spool for the “jardiniere.” 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.

[Illustration: Tabouret and Palm.]

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.

[Illustration: Screen.]

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 hairpins. 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 of a jewelry, corset or shoe box, according to the size of the tub.

1. Cut the cover the right length; then cut the “legs.”

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.”

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.

[Illustration: Wash Tub and Bench.]

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 cardboard or fasten several thicknesses together, so that it will be strong enough to be played with.

4. Paint with white enamel.

[Illustration: Cradle.]

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?

[Illustration: Rock-a-By-Baby.]

UMBRELLA STAND.

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: Umbrella Stand.]

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.

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.

[Illustration: Piano Bench.]

CLOCK.

Use the kind of box described for the tabouret, 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 really go; But let’s just push the pendulum, To make it swing to and fro.

[Illustration]