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

Step 4 Glue the prints onto the board book

Once you have all your flaps cut you can start gluing the prints onto the board book pages. The bottom layer prints can just be sprayed and then attached to the board book but the top layer prints will need to be protected with low tack masking tape or other shielding to avoid getting spray glue on the flaps. (You obviously don't want to glue your flaps closed!) I supported my prints on wire mesh. If you just laid them directly on newspaper and then sprayed on the adhesive you would tend to have problems with the edges of the prints sticking to the newspaper.

TIP: I used 3M Super 77 multipurpose spray adhesive. It worked great for this project but I have a very important tip. Don't spray a print and then immediately try to glue it into the book. You will get glue on your fingers and then onto the print and it will be much messier and more difficult than necessary. Instead, layout all your prints and spray them all at once, then wait 5 minutes for the glue to partially dry. After 5 minutes the prints will still stick very well to paper but will hardly stick to your fingers at all.