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09 Apr

Today's project is a paper sloyd letter box. This is the 13th supplementary model from the book Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. It is another project that I had to research. We don't tend to have letter boxes these days, but apparently they were a thing, back in 1905 when this book was published. This may be because, sadly, letters are almost obsolete nowadays. In the early 1900s, they were a valuable form of communication, and were therefore kept in beautiful boxes. Letter boxes were made from all sorts of sources, including metal, wood, and paper. Ours,...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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02 Apr

Our project for today is a paper sloyd diamond-shaped box. This project is the 12th supplementary model from the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades by Ednah Anne Rich. It's a beautiful little box with a lid, that can be used for so many things. We're thinking hair elastics, push pins, paper clips, buttons etc. Although we've created several boxes in the past (a pencil box, a bonbon box, a handkerchief box, a ribbon box, a pen box, a box with cover, a sliding pencil box, a round button box, and a triangular candy box,...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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21 Apr

We've made several boxes on our paper sloyd journey. The complexity of each grows as we progress through the course. However today's model, a paper sloyd box with cover, seemed to be a bit of a break from the recent challenges that we've had in creating our models. It was fairly straight-forward and simple. There was some detailed measuring involved, but the cutting was minimal, and it still came out beautifully. The paper (or cardboard) recommendations in the book, Paper Sloyd for Primary Grades tend to be antiquated (being that it was published in 1905), and perhaps...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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