I finally finished the board book I've been working on! I wanted to make our baby some board books since before he was born but I wasn't sure how to do it. Then when I saw he loved books I wanted to even more. When I was trying to figure out the best way to do it I stumbled upon www.barebooks.com. I ordered some in every size, as well as some bare puzzles, and once he is old enough to use markers or crayons I think he'll have fun making some himself.
Since I pretty much finished the book before I found that website, I'd made it too long and had to cut a couple of pages. I chose to cut the diamond and the square / purple and gray.
To make the book I just printed the pages onto Avery full sheet labels, cut them to size, and put them on. A day later I saw that the cover was already starting to smudge (mostly the spine and the back, so thankfully not much on the front) so I covered it with contact paper. Maybe I should do that throughout the book but I think I'll wait and see. The pages won't be handled as much as the cover so they might be okay.
These two are probably my favorite.
Our baby really seems to like his book :) It's new to him though so hopefully he'll still like it later.
I have a couple, more personalized ideas for board books that I'm excited about. Hopefully they don't take me as long as this one did.
1 comment:
That is such a cool idea. I have never heard of making your own board books. Maybe you could help me sometime :)
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