The porch roof is half of a small box glued over the doorway. The porch itself is the half of a box glued below the doorway.
Now, put the finishing touch to the building by adding a flat roof. Take the cover of your shoe-box. Cut off all its rims except at one end, a third of the way around. This end is the roof. Cut it off with rims and fit it down over the building. Paste it in place.
The floors of the apartment are made by pasting the rest of the cover into the inside of the box, horizontally. Cut the remaining part of the cover in half. Fit each section into the box where the floors should be. Glue the edges that are fitted into the box. Let them dry thoroughly. Then, you may furnish the interior with boxcraft furniture such as is used in arranging Hotel Bandbox.
Penny dolls and Noah’s Ark ladies will surely take up light housekeeping there, if their husbands approve. In the picture, you will see the janitor, Mr. Jinks. The Noah’s Ark ladies have come to look at the rooms.
There is a fine apartment “To Let” in Shoe-box Flat—
But those who wish to rent it may not own a dog or cat!
When Mrs. Noah came there, the Janitor said, “No!
We cannot take your animals! We cannot have you—go!”
Boxville Apartment House. This is made from a large shoe-box. Its roof is the end of the cover.