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

Step 5 To finish

Most important final step: Leave the book fanned open with all the flaps open overnight to dry completely. The last thing you want at this stage is to glue your flaps shut or to glue entire pages together.

One other minor detail I added was a title on the binding. I just printed out some text on my laser printer, cut it down to a narrow strip and then used clear packing tape to attach it to the binding. I also used the spray adhesive to attach single prints (no flaps) to the front and back covers.

By the way, if the whole process of making two layers and cutting the flaps sounds too complicated, you can still make a fun custom book for a toddler by making single prints in Photoshop (like image 3 on step 1) and just gluing those onto a board book.

Comments

[jencroswell]

This is great! I'm planning on making one of me hiding in or behind different toys and things that belong to my daughter to encourage her to call me mama.

[nerdmom920]

Ok, I am marking this as a project for Christmas. Great instructable

[Robotic_mage]

That was an awesome instructable. Great Job! Now I want to go out a purchase photoshop.

[SteveGerber]

Thanks! Unless you are a professional graphic designer I would recommend just buying Photoshop Elements. I'm still using version 2.0 and It's met my needs as an amateur photographer very well.

[wolfsingleton]

Just use GIMP - its free and easy

[1up]

Try Paint.NET. One review says, "It's the free equivalent of Photoshop!"