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"My Summer" Scrapbook

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Ages 3 and Up

Duration: Over One Hour

Help your child make this cute scrapbook for special summer mementos, snapshots and drawings.

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WHAT YOU NEED

1 pack of Google Eyes (available at craft stores)
Sheets of blue, red, yellow, orange and green craft foam
Safety scissors
Hot glue gun
1 sheet of coarse sand paper
Paint pen
1 hole punch
Key ring or narrow ribbon
Colored markers or crayons
Disposable camera

HOW TO DO IT

Print out templates. Template1. Template2.
Cut out the book cover pieces from appropriate colors of craft foam as indicated on the templates.
Cut out 2 – 5 1/2 inch square pieces of light blue craft foam for the front and back covers.
Using a hot glue gun, help your child assemble the pieces of the sun, adding the google eyes and the smile with a black felt tip marker.
Cut a piece of coarse sand paper to measure 5 1/2 inches wide by 3 inches high. This will be the sandy beach so cut the top portion of the sand paper unevenly to give it a natural look.
Glue the craft foam 'ocean' strip behind the sand paper. Position them onto the bottom portion of the book cover and glue in place.
Place the umbrella, pail, shovel and towel in the sand and glue in place.
Glue the sun up in one corner of the sky making sure that you have left enough room for your title.
Using a paint pen, write the words "Summer 2006" across the front cover.
Use the template to print out several scrapbook pages onto card stock or construction paper.
With a 1-hole punch, make holes in each page where indicated.
Assemble the covers and scrapbook pages and fasten them together through the punched holes with a small key ring or narrow ribbon.
Remind your child to collect mementos throughout the summer to paste in his or her "My Summer 2006" scrapbook.
Your child can draw pictures representing Summer destinations and activities. You can also have a disposable camera handy for snapshots of special moments.
Start the book with a picture taken at the beginning of the Summer and finish with the picture taken at the end.

TIPS

Adapt this book cover to other summer destinations or activities. If you will be spending time at a lake or by the river, keep the book cover background blue replace the umbrella pail and towel with a small boat, fishing pole and jumping fish.
If you want to make a larger book, enlarge the templates at your local copy store.

FOLLOW UP FUN

If your child has enjoyed the process of making and filling a personal book, there are many other book-related projects to suggest. For example: "My Special Books" Scrapbook, "My Trip to the Zoo" Book and My Foreign Language Word Book.

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