. What shall we do now? A book of suggestions for children's games and employments;. , and curtains should be hung from amatch fastened upright at one end of the shell. The outside of the same match-box that was used for the Dressing-bed will make a dressing-table. Stand it up on either of its sides, and gum or sew a piece of light-coloured thinmaterial all round it, and then over this put a muslin frill. Makea little white cloth to lay on the top of the table. The looking-glass is made by fixing a square of silver paper in a cardboardframe. Take the inside of another match-box
. What shall we do now? A book of suggestions for children's games and employments;. , and curtains should be hung from amatch fastened upright at one end of the shell. The outside of the same match-box that was used for the Dressing-bed will make a dressing-table. Stand it up on either of its sides, and gum or sew a piece of light-coloured thinmaterial all round it, and then over this put a muslin frill. Makea little white cloth to lay on the top of the table. The looking-glass is made by fixing a square of silver paper in a cardboardframe. Take the inside of another match-box and stand it up on one Wash-handof its sides. Then take five or six matches and cut them to length which, when they are gummed in an upright row at 190 What Shall We Do Now? equal distances apart to the back of the match-box, will causethem to stand up above the top of it about a third of an the tops of them then lay another match to make a littlerailing. Cover the box as you did the dressing-table. Puta little mat of American cloth on the top of the box, and. TOWEL-HORSE. CLOTHES-BASKET. Wardrobes. Towel-horse. Clothes-basket. make another large one to lay in front of it. Proper jugs andbasins will, of course, have to be bought, but an acorn cup orsmall shell makes a very good toy basin. The wardrobe is made by standing the inside of a match-boxon end, fixing inside several little pegs made of small pieces ofmatch stuck in with seccotine, and hanging two little curtains infront of it. If, when done, it seems too low, it may be raised onfour little corks. A towel-horse can easily be made with six long pins and twosmall pieces of cork. To make a clothes-basket, take a round piece of cork abouta quarter of an inch thick and stick pins closely together all roundit, as in the above picture. Then weave wool in and out of them. DOLLS HOUSES AND DOLLS OFCARDBOARD AND PAPER DOLLS HOUSES AND DOLLS OFCARDBOARD AND PAPER A CARDBOARD house, furnished with paper furnitu
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