Boxes; Children's literature; Handicraft; Paper work; Toys
Find two small sticks in the garden. They must each be a trifle longer
than the width of your box. Press each through the end of the box where
wheels should come—press clear through both opposite rims of your box.
Then press a wheel upon each end of a stick, and put a bit of wax or
some glue where the linchpin should come. Let the glue dry thoroughly
before you attempt to play with your toy.
A strip of cardboard cut to fit the width of the cart and glued across
its upper forward rims will make the driver’s seat.
The shafts are two strips of cardboard pasted to the forward sides of
the cart. Cut each about half the length of your box.
Whoa there! Back up—back! There is your toy horse in the shafts. He is
waiting for you to tie his string harness. He will be ready then to go
on a trot round the floor.
If you wish to make a sled, take the lower half of a box and turn it
over. Its long side rims will become the runners of the sled. Cut the
end rims off the box. Then, cut off each corner of the side rims of the
box, slanting your corner cuttings in the same direction. There you have
the runners of your sled! (See Diagram Ten, _A_, page 184.)
[Illustration: Toy Wagon made from half of an oblong box. A Sled cut
from the lower half of a box; the runners are made from the box rims.]
[Illustration: A Sleigh made from the cover and the lower half of a box.
It has been painted.]
[Illustration: Doll’s Crib made from the lower half of a box, with
pill-box legs. The Go-cart is cut from half of an oblong box. The Basket
is half a box.]
[Illustration: The Express Wagon is the cover of a candy box. Its handle
and its wheels are cut from cardboard. The Little Doll may have a sled
cut from a candy box.]
To make the sleigh, you will need to use the cover of your box. Turn it
so that it opens at top. Cut the side rims the shape of the upper
portion of a sleigh, and glue the cover to the runners. A small box will
make two seats for the sleigh. Fit the cover into the back of the sleigh
and the lower half into the forward part. (See Diagram Ten, page 184,
for making sleigh. _A_, runners; _B_, top.)
When it is winter in Boxville, cotton-batting makes snow, and my horse,
harnessed to the sleigh, with a sleigh-bell on his neck, goes jingling
through Main Street. The boy dolls catch their sleds to the back of the
sleigh.
My Teddy Bear, he likes to play
With little toys I make this way:
The cover of a box may be
A wagon like the one you see.
Or, maybe, I may make a sled
For little Teddy Bear, instead!
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THE CHINA DOLL’S CRIB, GO-CART, AND MAY BASKET
=Material Required to Make a China Doll’s Crib=: the lower half of some
oblong box, and four small oblong pill-boxes of equal size to make the
legs of the bed.
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