Children who have turned a year begin to show an active interest in books. They like flipping pages, listening to their rustle, looking at vivid pictures. The benefits of such entertainment is obvious. First, the child learns to distinguish colors, forms, and secondly, develops tactile sensations.
Toddlers are difficult to teach to handle books neatly. They continually strive to tear off the page, taste it. To buy a new book for the child in exchange for the battered ones is quite expensive. But they can be done at home. In addition, you can make your own hands and unusual children's books-clamshells, which are sure to interest the young researcher. Materials for creating such books are available, and the process itself can not be called difficult.
We will need:
- thick paper;
- Printer;
- pattern templates (they can be any);
- watercolor paints;
- scissors;
- Scotch;
- glue.
- From a thick cardboard, cut out several curly pages. Then zamtoniruyte them on the top edge with the help of blue ink or watercolor paint. Try to work with a brush quickly to achieve a vague effect. Wait for the paint to dry. You will have a sky with clouds.
- In a similar way draw on the pages of meadows, fields or snow-covered hills, using colors of suitable colors. After drying, decorate the pages with small drawings. Stamps can be used for this purpose. Then cut the stencils from the cardboard. A sample is shown in the figure below.
- Glue the pages with pictures to the resulting stencils. Cut rectangular frames, glue them with decorative paper with a fine print and attach to each page in several places.
- It's time to start decorating the pages of the clamshell book. Figures can be made from paper, polymer clay or heat-resistant plastic by means of special clichés. Remember, the figures should not be very voluminous, because the book will not close. Color all the elements.
- Attach the figures to the pages. You can use rhinestones, paper strips with slogans, plastic parts. It remains to collect our cot-book. For this, fasten large pages with adhesive tape.
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The clamshell book is ready!
You can make clamshell books both from paper and fabric. If the child is too small for paper books, make a soft book for him. To do this, cut several pages of the same size from a thick cardboard. If it is not too tight, glue several sheets. Then cut out a rectangle from the fabric, which is twice the size of the page. Coat each page with a cloth. It is better to use different types of fabrics with a small unobtrusive print of pastel color. Then on each page make an interesting application. You can make books thematic (seasons, animals, vegetables, fruits, etc.). Fix the pages together with a decorative seam. We decorate the pages of the clamshell book with appliqués of dense fabric, buttons, lacing and so on. On the first and last page you need to sew the ties (you can tie them together). Such a clamshell book will attract the child's attention for a long time.
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As you can see, there is nothing difficult in how to make homemade clamshell books for children. You can use any materials that are at hand. However, do not forget about the safety of your baby! The parts must be firmly attached, free from harmful substances and sharp elements.
With your own hands, you can make other books - a developing and unusual book-baby .