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Last year for my birthday, a close friend gave me a home made book full of blank pages. I really love it and keep drawings for all of the furniture projects that I build in it.
It turns out that my kids also love it, but wanted to make their own books and write their own stories. This was an awesome Sunday project.
Things needed:
Old books
Paper (for kids, copy paper is fine (about 15 sheets per book) or nice art paper if you want a nicer book)
Kite String
Scissors
Paint
Maybe a drill or a hammer and nail
Ideas on what the books should be about
Other Metrics
Total cost about $2
Total time about 4 hours, including glue / paint drying
Total time actually making the book, about an hour
Amount of fun: tons.
It turns out that my kids also love it, but wanted to make their own books and write their own stories. This was an awesome Sunday project.
Things needed:
Old books
Paper (for kids, copy paper is fine (about 15 sheets per book) or nice art paper if you want a nicer book)
Kite String
Scissors
Paint
Maybe a drill or a hammer and nail
Ideas on what the books should be about
Other Metrics
Total cost about $2
Total time about 4 hours, including glue / paint drying
Total time actually making the book, about an hour
Amount of fun: tons.
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Ah, maybe you think that this is cheating, but I don't have a compact, hard-cover, book binder in the garage or anything, so we needed to go buy some books.
The hard part, which I thought would be the easiest, was buying books. We went to the local Goodwill to get them. It turns out Goodwill is pretty particular about taking used books in and doesn't really have too great a selection. I'd recommend going to a local used book store or finding out if your local library has old books for sale.
The important part is the size. We used standard 8 1/2 x 11 photo copy paper for our books so the size of the book couldn't be bigger than a sheet of that. Ideally, as was the case for the book on the right, it was a little bit smaller.
Also, we went with 10 sheets of paper. Don't get a book that is too thick, otherwise it will go together all weird. If you can, find a hard cover book that is slightly smaller than 8 1/2 inches tall, with fewer than 100 pages, you'll be in the money. Otherwise, find the shortest possible book in that size and buy it.
Our two books cost $1.38 with tax.
The hard part, which I thought would be the easiest, was buying books. We went to the local Goodwill to get them. It turns out Goodwill is pretty particular about taking used books in and doesn't really have too great a selection. I'd recommend going to a local used book store or finding out if your local library has old books for sale.
The important part is the size. We used standard 8 1/2 x 11 photo copy paper for our books so the size of the book couldn't be bigger than a sheet of that. Ideally, as was the case for the book on the right, it was a little bit smaller.
Also, we went with 10 sheets of paper. Don't get a book that is too thick, otherwise it will go together all weird. If you can, find a hard cover book that is slightly smaller than 8 1/2 inches tall, with fewer than 100 pages, you'll be in the money. Otherwise, find the shortest possible book in that size and buy it.
Our two books cost $1.38 with tax.
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Jun 2, 2010. 12:11 AMlitisha
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hey cool man!!!!!!!!!111
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Apr 22, 2010. 3:34 AM
artworker
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artworker
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Super Cool!
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Jan 26, 2010. 1:25 AMbushra
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wow ! its great i shud try :D
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