Boxes; Children's literature; Handicraft; Paper work; Toys
Next, cut each end piece glued to the box to a point at the top. This
makes the point of each gable side under the roof. These are the points
that come under the roof to support it.
Cut an opening under one of these at one end of the box. It should be
shaped like the door of a dog kennel.
Where is a large flat box cover? It is to be the roof. It ought to be
about four inches wider than the width of your first box. (For making
the kennel roof, see Diagram Three, _E_, page 171.)
Fold this cover downward in equal halves to make a slanting roof, and
place it over the points of the dog kennel that come front and back of
the little building. There is the kennel all finished! Whistle to Fido!
Come here, Fido, to see the nice kennel made for you. Don’t you think
that it would be fun some day to make a smaller one for the little china
dog?
Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone!
Oh, he hasn’t gone far, for you see
I built him a kennel from out of a box,
And now he stays home here with me!
[Illustration: Toy Dog Kennel with cardboard end pieces glued to it to
hold a bent box-cover roof in place.]
[Illustration: Wheelbarrow cut from the lower half of an oblong box.]
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HOW TO MAKE A TEDDY BEAR’S WHEELBARROW
=Material Required for Making a Toy Wheelbarrow=: the lower half of a
candy box or a similar shaped box, one round pill-box for the barrow’s
wheel.
The Teddy Bear’s wheelbarrow that you see in the picture was made from
half of a candy box; some strips of cardboard made the legs and wheel
supports, and a round pill-box made the wheel.
Do you wish to make a wheelbarrow to play with? Perhaps your Teddy would
like one. I will tell you how to make it, shall I?
First, take the lower half of your box and take one end rim off. Then,
from the upper part of the rim next to this side, cut out the handles of
the barrow. _Next_, cut out the cardboard half-way around the lower part
of the box between the handles. This is the frame of the wheelbarrow.
Cut two short cardboard strips each a half-inch wide and each three
inches high. These are the rear legs. Glue them to the toy at either
side at the back.
After this, cut two strips of cardboard a half-inch wide and five inches
long. Glue these to the forward part of the wheelbarrow’s frame.
When all are well dry, press the point of a pin through one of these
wheel supports, through the cover of a round pill-box, on through its
other side, through the other strip of cardboard in front. Then, if you
like, you may put a toothpick in place of the pin, with a small blob of
glue at either end, after you have cut the hub of the wheelbarrow off to
make it a correct size. Let the glue dry well, and then Teddy may have
his toy to play with.
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