Boxes; Children's literature; Handicraft; Paper work; Toys
=Material Required for Making a Boxville Residence=: a deep, square
letter-paper box with its cover, the cover of a flat letter-paper box
about ten inches long, the cover of a drawer-like pill-box, some glacine
or waxed paper, some artificial flowers, lace-paper cut from candy
boxes, and some box rims.
See what a darling little house I have made for a Boxville Residence!
The husband of Mrs. Doll, who owns the house, goes in his motor car to
Boxville Station every morning. He commutes to Boxtown. You can see Mrs.
Doll and her sister in the picture. Mr. Doll has gone to Boxtown, but in
the picture of the garage that goes with the Boxville Residence you will
see Mr. Doll’s motor and the chauffeur. Don’t you think it would be fun
to make a Boxville Residence like mine? I will tell you how to do it.
First, of course, you will have to hunt for a deep, square letter-paper
box, and the other materials that are needed to use in building. When
you have found your box, turn it over so that it stands upside-down.
Take off the cover. That will be the roof, but you are not ready yet to
put the roof on to the building.
Upon two opposite sides of the box, mark off two window spaces. (For
windows, see Diagram One _AA_, page 166.) Each window space measured
off, with help of ruler and pencil, must be an inch and a half square.
Have the bases of the windows, as well as their tops, made a uniform
distance from the base of the box building. Each window should be an
equal distance from the corner of the box nearest it.
When the two sides of the box are marked out with window spaces, you can
begin upon the front of the house. Draw a door space about four inches
high and two inches broad, and let it come an inch from the right-hand
side of the box building that faces you. (For front door, see Diagram
Two _C_, page 167.) Let the base of your door space come on the very
outer rim of the front of the box. When you have outlined the door, draw
a square in its upper part to indicate where the plate-glass window is
to be in the door. Cut the top line of your door and down its right
side. Then cut out the square you made for the window in it. There, the
door will open and close, you see, when you bend it on the side where
the hinge should be! Waxed paper pasted in a square under the window
opening will make the glass window. Lace-paper makes curtains. A
round-headed paper-fastener with its prongs pushed through the cardboard
door and bent to one side will make a door-knob with a latch. By turning
the knob you can open or fasten the front door tight.
After the door is finished, draw a window space half-way between the
door and the corner of the building on the front of the house. Now, you
can begin to cut out all the windows. Cut each one evenly, and paste a
square of waxed paper or glacine paper back of each, inside the box, to
make window-glass. You can outline the window-frames on the outside,
using black ink or paint.
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