WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW?

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 22, 26 January 1935, Page 8 (Supplement)

WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW?

holiday .V .V for 23oys and Qirls>

There is great fun to be had from I toy-making, and in these and succeeding issues we shall give ideas and ('-ections for this entertaining craft, which we hope will help make leisure hours in the holidays pass swiftly and pleasantly.

For instance it will not require great ingenuity to make a number of pieces of doll's house furniture with match boxes, paints and a tube of glue.

We give several examples. A is a bedstead or cradle. One empty tray does for the bed, another for the curtain screen, and half another for the roof. When these parts have been glued and given time to dry hard, it will be quite simple to fix littles bits of pretty materials for curtains and others for the bedclothes. A small wad of cotton-wool should be used to plump out the bed before the quilt is arranged.

B is a dining room table. It is made by turning a match box tray upside down and gluing a match stick at each corner. Diagram G shows a kitchen dresser. You will be able to make all sorts of quaint

OUR TOY-MAKING SERIES

A PASTIME FOR HOLIDAY HOURS, ARTICLE I.

little [>ots and pans to put in it once it is finished. Stand two match box trays, one on top of the other. The shelves are made by gluing thin strips of cardboard to the sides. Note the folded-over parts indicated by arrows. This helps to make the gluing process very simple.

In D you have a little kitchen sink. This is more iinusual, but quite as easy to make. Stand the tray on four match sticks which ;.re passed through little holes in the corners of the base of the tray. The two pipes at the back are made of stout wire and are held in position by placing gummed paper along the side of the box and over the wire. The taps can be shaped out of plasticine.

E is a fender for a fireplace. As is easily seen, it is half of a tray cut lengthwise. Cover it with a piece of yellow paper to make it look like brass.

The little kitchen range in diagram F should charm any small heart. It is really a match box tray with .lie lower half filled in with a folded piece of cardboard. If an oven door and a fireplace are drawn on the card the effect will be quite good.