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Make a Picture Book

by Summer M.

30GIFTS.gifIf you have young children in your life you probably know how much they enjoy looking at picture books. You can easily put together a personal picture book just for them to enjoy. All you need is a good camera and you are ready to go!

There are online photo site such as Snapfish that print your digital photos for you as well as make special gifts with your photos. You can use their services to put together and order a special picture book full of people and things that your little one would love. Family members, favorite toys, important places, and even pets all make great subjects for photos.

Of course you do not have to order a photo book online, you can make one yourself. If you have a digital camera and a printer you can create your own pages on your computer and print them off with special photo quality paper. Use your computer to layout the pictures how ever you want them and add your own text. Once you have printed the pages you may want to laminate them to protect them from spills and tears. Then you can put the pages together into a personalized picture book. You can create a hardcover book or follow the same instructions for making the pages to make a front and back cover. You can use a hole punch and ribbons to tie all the pages together.

Here is a great video that shows you how to make a book with a thick spine. You can even use this method for making a fun picture book. Enjoy!


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Posted in 30 Gifts, fun, memories, photo crafts, seasonal craft on November 9th, 2007

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3 Responses to “Make a Picture Book”

  1. Creative Mom Cafe » Blog Archive » Create a Writing Journal - 30 Gifts in 30 Days Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 6:10 am

    [...] my post about making a picture book for younger children? Well we are going to build on this. There is a great video at the end on how to make your own [...]

  2. Mom Is Teaching » Blog Archive » Thanksgiving Thankful Book Says:
    November 21st, 2007 at 9:02 am

    [...] for anyone looking to do something creative tomorrow with family. It is a variation on my idea to make a picture book. Instead of just a picture book, make a photo book of everyone in your family for Thanksgiving. All [...]

  3. Mom Is Teaching » Blog Archive » Notebook It Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    [...] course if you would rather you can make your own books to use. Scroll to the bottom of this post on making picture books for a video tutorial on making your own hardbound book. You can use this to make a nice blank book [...]

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