Sillyboy is getting smarter, older, bigger, (wiser?), and just growing up so fast. He’s long made the jump from toddler bed to his personal twin size bed as well. His taste in toys has jumped from Thomas the Tank Engine to Cars, and then to Star Wars and recently Lego Ninjagos. So this all effects his decorative walls in his bedroom often.
We had a pile of picture book sleeves lying around- you know, the glossy full cover paper flaps that supposedly “protect” the book while advertising its pictures on the front. I thought I could keep them for something or other (mod podge craft time!) since they were a futile attempt to keep the books beautiful forever, and besides, where’s the fun in that?
Using a few of these book sleeves, an empty wrapping paper tube, a yard of random yarn/ribbon, and a bunch of masking and packing tape, we created a banner to hang in his room. Here’s the backside:
It isn’t very pretty from that view, but it is a project that is kid-friendly. He selected the book sleeves, helped tape them together, and decided the layout. It is something he can proudly point at, talk about, and display in his room because we’ve read these stories many times. And now he’s reading them all by himself! I don’t know how much longer he’ll enjoy our cheap/easy art adorning his walls, especially since his new found love of Harry Potter is only growing, but it’s a nice way to keeps his favorites in mind.
Every time I look at it, I want to read Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree all over again! (sorry for the crooked picture!- still using my phone as the no. 1 resource currently). What do you do with your bookcover sleeves? Anything creative?
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