Quinn wanted to make Christopher something unique for Christmas. I looked online and found a really cool idea. I found a website called Marlies’ Creative Universe. Her site had great directions for making a mini star ornament..which we decided to make into a mini book star ornament. Quinn thought of one of his favorite books that he and Christopher loved reading together. We scanned the cover and the first 14 pages. These we used for the “smaller” pages. Each measured 2 inches high x 3 inches wide. Then we chose green paper for the “larger” pages, which were 2 inches high and 5 inches wide. And red for the”medium” size pages, which were 2 inches high and 4 inches wide. We needed 7 of each of the different sized pages. The website has great directions and templates.
Instead of making a plain cover, we scanned the cover and personalized the back cover. The one thing I would do differently, when I make it again, is to make the cover one piece of paper, not two.
It turned out great and Quinn was so happy! It took a long time and a lot of patience…but he did it almost completely himself…and he was so proud of it! I think we will definitely be making this again….it would make a great gift for any book lover.
