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Show l HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 5 By $ i A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS jjj (Copyright, by A. Neely HalL) PORCP AND WINDOW FLOWER BOXES. The hanging box in Fig. 1 must be made of a box of equal width and lepth; If you cannot get one of these proportions, take a wide box and saw 3ff enough to make the width and lepth the same, as indicated in Fig. !. Re-enforce the nailing c-f all boards by driving In additional nails; then :ut the hanger uprights A (Fig. 1) and lail them diagonally across the ends. The tops of these strips must be Srimmed off even with the corners of he box ends. Screw a screw-eye Into ach upright and connect a 30-inch .rieee of iron jack-chain to it by which 0 hang up the box. Figures 3 and "4 show how to join .wo grocery boxes end to end to make 1 leng window box. These may be cut iown in length so the combined boxes will exactly fit the window opening. STail the boxes end to end. Then cut strips A and B (Fig 5) 1 inches wide strips A a trifle longer than the boxes ire wide, and strips B several inches longer than the combined length Nail ' strips A to the box ends, even with ;he top edge, and with a saw trim off their ends even with the box sides. Nail strips B to the sides of the boxes ind saw off their ends even with the surfaces of . strips A. The vertical strips shown in Figs. 3 and 4 are of '.he same widths as strips A and B. Thy finish off the corners and con-ceai con-ceai the joint between the boxes. . If the window sill is wide, the flow ;r box will not require fastening, but if narrow it will be necessary to support sup-port the box by chains fastened to 1 screw-hooks screwed into both the win'dow frame and the box ends (Figs 1 ! and 4). Wedge-shaped blocks will ! relieve the supporting chains of a considerable con-siderable portion of the weight of the : filled boxes (Figs. 3 and 6). 1 The plant stand in Fig. 7 is made similar to the window box in Fig. 4 1 with the corner Btrips extended foi legs, and a shelf fastened between tc brace them. Nail strips A and B In place first then cut and nail together each pair ol I corner strips C and D (Fig. 8), cut ting D enough narrower than C to al i i 1 . low for the thickness of C wher nailed to it. Twenty-six inches is 2 good length to make these legs. Wher - von have naJed them to the box cor lers, fasten the cross-strips E between ind cut and fasten the shelf board F ' between cross-strips E. ' If the plant box is to be used in ioors t must have a metal liner sc Rater will not drain on to the floor. A dnsmith will make a sheetiron box foi betweon 50 and 75 cents, according tc j size. Paint your flower boxes with at least ;wo coats of paint. After the first coal las dried putty all cracks, joints anc tail holes FLOWED BASKETS. The cornucopia basket in Fig. 1 Is a dainty holder for wood violets and other small flowers, and its depth makes it a desirable shape for long-Btem long-Btem flowers also. Fig. 2 shows how to roll up a sheet of heavy writing paper pa-per into a cornucopia. Lap and paste (D t, a) j T the edge of the paper as in Fig. 3, then cover the outside with colored tissue paper, gathering this into small plaits at the bottom, and slashing it to form fringe. Cut a strip of paper 2 inches wide, slash it as shown in Fig. 4 to- form fringe, and paste it around the top, allowing the fringe to hang down. The baBket handle is made of strips of tissue paper 2 inches wide, rolled lengthwise into slender tubes, then braided together (Fig. 5). Stitch the ends to the top edge of the cornucopia. Fig. 6 shows a unique form of basket bas-ket made from a writing-paper box. The dotted lines in Fig. 7 indicate how to cut the box ends at their centers, and the dotted line in Fig. 8 shows how to Bcore the box bottom with a knife, along the center, to provide foi telescoping one half into the othe as shown in Fig. 9. Stitch the tele scoped ends together, then cover th outside of the box with tissue paper and attach a ribbon to the corners foi a handle. A berry box furnishes the materia for the pretty little hooded basket ii Fig. 10. The first thing to do is to cu the bottom of the box in half, diag onally, from corner to corner, aa indl cated by the dotted line in Fig. 11 and remove one half (Fig. 13). Thei prepare a triangular piece of card board like that shown in" Fig. 12 o the same size as the remaining hal of the box bottom, with flaps alonj , the two short edges, and glue the pieci between the box sides opposite thi , bottom half (Fig. 13). Instead o cardboard, the triangular piece ma; '. be cut out of berry-box wood. Cove L J L , " " rzJ i the box with tissue paper, or els stain the wood green or brown. Tii ribbon to the box corner for a handle The cover from a tin can, with i band of heavy paper or lightweigh cardboard wrapped about it, provide , the foundation for the cylindrical re . ceptacle shown in Fig. 14. The dot ted lines In Fig. 15 show the positioi ) of the cover. Paste tissue paper ove: the outside, and attach a ribboi handle. Keep your wild flowers in water un I til you are ready to uso them, so the: will remain fresh- |