. 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. 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 its 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. P
. 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. 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 its 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 its 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 thesame 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 tallfor the mantel, cut them off; but be sure to cutoff the tops^ as the bottom ends are needed tofasten to the hearth. 2. Use extra cover for shelf and fasten theends to the boxes. 3. Use extra cardboard for hearth and back.*^Score and bend it. 4. Set the mantel on the hearth and closeagainst the back. Let the back slant out whileyou fasten through bottoms of mantel into thehearth. 5. Push the back up again and reach underthe shelf, to put fasteners through back edgeinto the back. 6. Make ^^mirror of silver paper or reallooking-glass, using extra cardboard as in thedresser. 7. Use snfiall box and its cover for the slats and legs. Fasten the back of grate toback of fireplace. 8. Paint grate with black enamel and the**woodwork like your furniture, or wit
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