BOOK SHELVES.
Use a shallow box with a cover which entirely overlaps it, like an ordinary candy box or a note paper box. For a very small bookcase, use a box such as druggists use for powders.
1. Study the picture carefully. Notice how one end of thecoveris cut off and then fastened on the top to form the little railing.2. All the shelves are made from thebox. If the case is tall enough forthreeshelves, use both ends and a piece of the middle.3. If the case is not tall enough, then maketwoshelves, using only the ends.When fitting the shelves, push the box in as far as it will go; then mark where it is to be cut off.4. For books, use the corrugated cardboard in which bottles are packed. Cut strips of this, making some parts high and some parts low, to look like a row of books. By painting them different colors, and making little marks to suggest the titles, they can be made to look very much like books.
1. Study the picture carefully. Notice how one end of thecoveris cut off and then fastened on the top to form the little railing.
2. All the shelves are made from thebox. If the case is tall enough forthreeshelves, use both ends and a piece of the middle.
3. If the case is not tall enough, then maketwoshelves, using only the ends.
When fitting the shelves, push the box in as far as it will go; then mark where it is to be cut off.
4. For books, use the corrugated cardboard in which bottles are packed. Cut strips of this, making some parts high and some parts low, to look like a row of books. By painting them different colors, and making little marks to suggest the titles, they can be made to look very much like books.
The strips must be cut long enough to be bent back and fastened to the sides.
Details of Book Case.Candy box or note paper boxCover—cut small piece from bottomFasten on top—clip cornersFit box for shelfMark—cut on dotsFit other end of boxMark—cut on dotsFit middle of boxMark—cut on dotsFasten shelvesShape bottom
Details of Book Case.Candy box or note paper boxCover—cut small piece from bottomFasten on top—clip cornersFit box for shelfMark—cut on dotsFit other end of boxMark—cut on dotsFit middle of boxMark—cut on dotsFasten shelvesShape bottom
Details of Book Case.
Cut tooth picks up for pencils,And fold small papers, too;Tuck these inside the little desk,As grown up people do.Fit a piece of mother’s blotterOn the shelf on which you write;Lay on this your doll’s note paper,Choosing dainty blue or white.
Cut tooth picks up for pencils,And fold small papers, too;Tuck these inside the little desk,As grown up people do.Fit a piece of mother’s blotterOn the shelf on which you write;Lay on this your doll’s note paper,Choosing dainty blue or white.
Cut tooth picks up for pencils,And fold small papers, too;Tuck these inside the little desk,As grown up people do.
Cut tooth picks up for pencils,
And fold small papers, too;
Tuck these inside the little desk,
As grown up people do.
Fit a piece of mother’s blotterOn the shelf on which you write;Lay on this your doll’s note paper,Choosing dainty blue or white.
Fit a piece of mother’s blotter
On the shelf on which you write;
Lay on this your doll’s note paper,
Choosing dainty blue or white.
Writing Desk.
Writing Desk.
Writing Desk.