I wouldn’t make a fireplace out of wood because…
I would make an umbrella out of plastic because…
I wouldn’t make a car wheel of glass because…
I would make a pair of gloves with leather because...
I wouldn’t make a shop window out of stone because…
I wouldn’t make shoes of cardboard because…
...is easy to work with
…it’s malleable and light
…it’s opaque so people couldn’t see inside.
…it’s brittle so it would break
…it’s permeable so they would melt and absorb the water.
…it burns easily.