Make a Custom Lift-the-Flap Book for a Toddler

Step 3 Cut the flaps

This is the trickiest part of the project. Take an Xacto knife or razor blade and carefully cut three sides of your doors and windows to make flaps. Make sure you have a good sharp blade in the knife and use a metal straight edge to make nice straight lines. Wouldn't a laser cutter would be handy for this task?

TIP: It's a good idea to plan your book before you start cutting so you know which images will be for left hand pages and which will be for right hand pages. Then when you are cutting the flaps always put the uncut edge toward the inside of the book. That way the flaps will automatically close when the book is closed. If you put the uncut edge toward the outside of the book (or top or bottom) you will tend to have problems with the flaps getting squashed or pressed into the open position.