This section is from the book "Busy Hands: Construction Work For Children", by Isabelle F. Bowker. Also available from Amazon: Busy Hands: Construction Work for Children.
Material: A piece of colored cardboard 5 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; a piece of colored cardboard 4 in. x 7 in.; a piece of white or colored paper 3 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.; paste, ruler, scissors and a half yard of narrow ribbon.
Follow directions for No. I. until Fig. 1 is made.
Place the ruler on the lines, and crease each one with the point of a scissor-blade.
Cut the short line, AB, in each corner, and bend the sides to form Fig. 2.
Paste so that the squares A are inside.
Take the piece of cardboard 4 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. and scallop the edges.
Take the piece of paper, fold and cut it into a design by following directions given for cover of Japanese sunshade.
Paste the design to the cardboard. This is the cover of the box.
Cut the ribbon in half and fasten the cover to the box with two bows for hinges.




 
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