The small pink rug above was cut from a real bath mat. Students can recycle all kinds of things about the house to use in ordinary dollhouse play or displays. Our doll's pet dog and bunny are romping around this tiny rug with their new chew toys.        Here are a few toys that can be crafted from limited supplies for your doll's pets. The first is a bone sculpted from oven-bake clay. The shape you see above in the photo is very simple and an ordinary one for pets to play with in real life too.         The second to is made using yarn and a ..read more

       ''When you have mother's consent to download and print this page, paste it upon lightweight cardboard and press it under heavy books until it is quite dry. Then carefully trim along the outlines and cut the plain lined along the sides of the chair seat. Then fold on the dotted lines as indicated, and paste flaps A and B to sides of chair. If you will use your watercolors to decorate the wingback chair and footstool these furnishings will be all the prettier.'' Harvey Peake And easy chair (wingback design) and a matching footstool, sometimes called an ottoman ..read more

        Designing dollhouse rooms with monochromatic color choices is just one method to ensure that items like carpets and rugs, wallpaper and paint, and upholstery and pillows all coordinate in good taste. Below, paintings by Charles Webb demonstrate the same den/family room space in five distinct singular colors: yellow, green, red, blue and brown. Left, green is the color of choice.  Right, yellow is the main color used for the same space. Left, if the same den was made over in red; this may be how it could look. Center, here the  one-color sel ..read more

 Play by George Cooper Play you were a princess, And this was your diamond throne Play I was a fairy-- ''That is the truth, my own!'' Play you were a giant, And I was a poor lost girl; Play this was your castle; ''Think I could harm one curl?'' Play this was my carriage, And I was a lady grand; Play that was a ball room: ''Lady, I kiss your hand!'' Play the sun was a kite, And this was the yellow string; Play I was a robin; ''Sing, little birdie, sing?'' Play you were a shepherd, And searching with weary feet; Play I was your lambkin; ''Come to your fold, my sweet!'' Soon eyelids are droo ..read more

  Dear Girls and Boys:        Flossie Fisher has her very own set of paper dolls that you may print, color and cut out from the pattern below. Color them as prettily as you can. You may dress them in the clothes I have drawn or make costumes of your own. You may use colored tissue paper for the costumes if you like.        The stars and stripes costume is for Flossie because she is getting ready to march in the 4th of July parade along with her good friends, Hardy the dog, quiet bunny and Tommy Kirby the cat. Sincerely,  Helen Nyce (The origina ..read more

  Dear Girls and Boys:        One time Flossie Fisher and her cat thought it would be fun to make valentines. Here is the picture story of how they did it.  Sincerely,  Helen Nyce (The original letter from the illustrator has been modified.)        ''Read'' with your eyes the series of events from top to bottom, left to right, to discover what happens to Flossie and her little companions below. Then, write in your own words a brief descriptive narrative describing based upon what you see. Below is a introductory sentence to help student be ..read more

  Dear Girls and Boys:        Tommy Kirby wanted to go to the seashore, and he felt very sorry when he heard Flossie's mamma and papa say that this year they would spend their vacation at home, instead of going away.        Hardy said:''Never mind Tommy. I have a good deal better plan than the seashore; we will take our tent and go camping down in the woodsy corner of Grandpa's back pasture. We can take lots of supplies with us and stay a long time.''       Flossie was as delighted with the plan as were John and Tommy, and in spite of ..read more

Dear Girls and Boys,        Well, the Early Garden page must have come to a great many places just when the first touch of spring, with its bluebirds, its blackbirds, its robins and its song-sparrows all flew in together on the south wind, for there was a perfect deluge of mail for me at once. And all the stories showed how nearly winter was over, so that I could almost see how warm and bright the sun shone where you all were. Every day since then the sun has been getting higher and higher, the days longer and longer, and the thoughts of everyone are turning to the countrys ..read more

 Dear Girls and Boys,        Flossie wants all of the students learning to write while using this exercise, to write very plainly. Don't forget to write your name at the end of the story before handing it into your teacher! Make sure also that you only write about what you see and that the events are in order of the appearance of each pictured silhouette. Use your very best handwriting and do not forget to capitalize the letter of each first word in a sentence. Also include a period at the end of every sentence too!     Sincerely,  Helen Nyce (The o ..read more

 Dear Girls and Boys,        I wonder how many of the Flossie Fisher children colored Easter eggs as Flossie and her pet rabbit tried to. I don't believe many had the same sort of fun, because Flossie does seem to have a way with her that makes all the animals want to do just what she would have them do. But then we have all known dogs that could almost talk, cats that surely think, and horses that are really members of the family! Even the goat below appears relatively cooperative for his kind, at least for a short while anyway...        Sincerely ..read more