Monday Fun Day ~ Make a Book

This week's Monday Fun Day Activity is making a Lift-A-Flap book! My little one is very into these and loves to read them over and over again. We are making one with photos of people and objects, but this would also work well with a Fall or Halloween Theme. I am listing the steps to complete a book below.

• Choose a book base.  We are using card stock (you can get creative with what you use as a base and/or decorate the base so that it is colorful etc.)
• Choose pictures.  We are using photographs
• Create the shape of book that you want
• Paste a picture to each page (you may want to cut the pictures into nifty shapes)
• On the page opposite each picture write something pertaining to what will be exposed when the flap is lifted.  This can be done in several ways.  For example, the caption might say "I wag my tail and say Woof" or it might be more like peek-a-boo "Where is Mama?  I think I know where"
• Cut shapes to paste on top of the pictures for flaps.  Leave a tab and paste over the picture on each page.  We are decorating the shapes with scrap booking paper.  
• You can write a caption on the under side of the flap such as "Its a dog!" 
• Decorate the cover to your book
• Bind your book.  We are making the base more sturdy by reinforcing it with strips of cardboard.  We are then threading yarn through the base.  Depending on the age of your little one, you could use the stick and rubber band method, staple it, or whatever works best for you. 

Have fun with this!