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Picture book

Step by step instructions showing you how to make a Picture Book, presented by Crafty Corner

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What you need to make a Picture book:

  • Piece of coloured material (25cm X 15cm)
  • Piece of ribbon (30+ cm)
  • Fabric glue
  • Scissors
  • Cardboard
  • Photos/pictures
  • Piece of white material (10cm X 80cm)
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Read through all the instructions first before starting this kids craft. Make sure you have all required items on hand.

Step 1

Cut two pieces of square card to 10cm X 10cm, then take the colored material and cut the required length.

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Step 2

Glue the pieces of cardboard down to the material with the fabric glue, then fold the side edges over and glue them down too.

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Step 3

Cut the corners of excess fabric off at the top and bottom.

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Step 4

Glue those edges down with the fabric glue.

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Step 5

Take the piece of ribbon (30cm +) to lay across the inside of the book, with plenty left over on either side. Make sure the ribbon is glued on the bottom side. Then glue this down too.

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Step 6

Leave to dry for a few minutes. While you wait for it dry, cut 3 pieces of cardboard, 10cm X 10cm. This is for the pages.

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Step 7

Take the white piece of material and glue the one side to the inside front cover of the file.

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Step 8

Take a piece of cardboard, place it between the white fabric to make a page. Glue the top and bottom of the fabric inside the fold for the page to keep the cardboard inside the page.

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Step 9

Repeat step 8 until the other pages are made. Glue in the middle of the book to keep pages in place.

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Step 10

Now glue the last piece of fabric down to the other cover.

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Step 11

The pages are now complete. Now all you have to do is cut the pictures/photos to fit into the pages, and glue them in!

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Step 12

You now have your very own picture file to give to your mom for Mother's Day!

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