To attract a child’s attention and make him want to learn, you can make a bright baby book with your own hands. This will require a little time and materials. It is enough to arm yourself with glue, scissors, paper and other simple things that can be found in every home to prepare the basis for creativity. It is worth noting that such books are popular among both preschoolers and primary school children. They differ only in content, which must correspond to the age of the child.
Advantages of a baby book
Educational crafts have a huge number of advantages:
- folds easily, does not take up much space, so you can take it with you on trips or for a walk;
- if the book is made of felt, it can be washed;
- it is possible to periodically change pages and add new ones;
- multifunctionality - depending on the content, develops the child’s fine motor skills, teaches writing and other skills;
- if desired, you can make a whole play complex out of the craft, giving it the shape of a house, car, etc.;
- You can use a felt book to play games, construct buildings and much more.
What materials can be used for crafts?
On the shelves of specialized stores, soft or quiet books are sold, the material of which is felt. The idea of using it is easily reproduced at home, because it is pleasant to the touch and easy to process, and has a number of characteristics:
For the creative process, paper is practically not used, and soft and durable felt can replace felt. In addition, to create quiet books, you can use any fabric, playing with which will soothe the baby and promote the development of fine motor skills of the fingers.
Baby book for kindergarten “Studying geometric shapes”
As you know, young children cannot sit in one place for a long time, which complicates the learning process. It's another matter if you do it in a playful way. This is exactly how kids will perceive learning geometric shapes from a bright baby book for kindergarten, which you can easily make with your own hands from cardboard and colored paper.
Materials and tools
You can make an original craft for kindergarten from the following materials:
- colored cardboard;
- colored paper;
- glue stick;
- metal screw;
- threads;
- a simple pencil;
- scissors;
- needle;
- ruler;
- shape templates.
Step-by-step master class
Instructions with step-by-step photos will help you make a baby book for kindergarten:
- To make this you will need two sheets of colored cardboard. Each of them must be divided into 6 equal parts.
- Cut the cardboard sheets along the marked lines.
- Using a ready-made template, cut out different geometric shapes from colored paper.
- It's time to start designing a baby book, and the child can do it with his own hands. Adults closely monitor this process. Glue geometric shapes cut out of colored paper onto cardboard sheets in random order. Try to have different shapes on each sheet, combine colors, shapes, sizes, etc.
- Use a piece of cardboard to make a template for the holes, as well as a spine for the book. Below is a diagram of how to do this correctly.
- Bend the spine using scissors. Also cut out a template from cardboard and make holes in the indicated places with self-tapping screws. They are necessary for the threads that will hold all the pages and the cover together. All that remains is to carefully fold all the cards with the geometric shapes pasted on. Thread the thread, folded in half, into the needle and carefully assemble the book. On a note! To prevent the book from falling apart, you need to use a strong thread.
Tie the thread into several knots, trim off the excess. Trim the folds of the spine and pages with scissors. The result will be a little book like the example below. - But since the process of designing the book in this case preceded the assembly stage, when assembled it will turn out the same as in the picture.
The finished book will help kindergarten children learn geometric shapes and colors. Moreover, you can additionally count the number of elements on each page.
Bookmark for a book
A useful addition to a book made from paper made by yourself would be a bookmark made by yourself. The easiest way is to make it from paper. You need to choose the right colors and decide on the sizes.
All sorts of creative ideas are selected in the design. Colorful colors, original designs and much more are often used. Figuring out how to make a bookmark for a book is not difficult at all.
Baby book for school
Plain paper is the basis of many crafts. You can make a baby book out of it using just one A4 sheet.
Below is a master class on which you can make a standard template for a baby book for school; anyone can come up with the content at their own discretion. For example, 1st grade students can use it to learn letters and numbers. For 2nd grade schoolchildren who have already learned to read, a book with riddles is suitable; it is also easy to make with your own hands. Using this little book, 3rd grade students will even be able to learn the multiplication tables.
Materials and tools
To make a baby book, you will need the following materials:
- A4 sheet;
- ball pen;
- scissors;
- cardboard for the cover;
- glue.
Step-by-step master class
So, let’s make a template for a baby book for school with our own hands:
- Fold a sheet of A4 paper in half, as in the photo. Expand.
- Fold the sheet of paper in half again, but in a different direction. Expand. The result is a sheet with two fold lines crossing each other.
- Fold both parts of the sheet that are located from the fold line in half. The result will be 8 identical rectangles, as shown in the photo.
- For convenience, you can number the pages of the book with a pen and mark points A and B on it, as in the picture.
- Make a cut from point A to B, and then fold as in the photo below to form a diamond shape.
- Press on both sides of the diamond until it closes.
- Fold the sheets to form a book.
- All that remains is to cut through the pages and fill the book with content.
- You can make a cover for a baby book from cardboard and design it at your discretion. Glue the pages to the cover.
- Tie the book with a beautiful bow.
As for the contents of the baby book, it must be selected depending on the age of the child.
For a 1st grade student, a small book with fairy tales, the alphabet, or mathematics with numbers is suitable. You can decorate it yourself using pencils and paints or cut out ready-made pictures.
For grades 2 and 3, you can make a little book about riddles. It will help develop the child's thinking.
Thus, the contents of the book for school can be anything. The main thing is that it matches the level and interests of the students.
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A masterpiece from a file folder
Many children adore their books so much that they literally never part with them. They can play outside for hours on end without letting go of their favorite book. This causes the pages to become dirty, rubbed off, and torn. To avoid unpleasant consequences, you can create a book whose pages will be protected. A file folder is the best way to cope with this task!
To create a lasting masterpiece you will need:
The finished pictures need to be glued onto cardboard.
After the glue has completely dried, the resulting bright pages can be inserted into files.
The last thing left is to decorate the cover of the masterpiece with a bright title and illustrations.
This way of designing a children's book is very original, because on one side of the file there can be a bright picture, and on the other side an interesting mini-fairy tale or riddle. This book is very mobile, because the pages can always be replaced with new ones.
Tip: if you wish, you can replace the folder with files with a photo album.
Ideas for creativity
You can create baby books on completely different topics. The main thing is that they are interesting to the child. It is easier to introduce children to the world around them, the seasons, and natural phenomena using a clear example from a soft baby book.
It is enough to put in very little effort to create a unique and unusual book that will arouse genuine interest in the baby and the desire to learn something new.
Learning to count is much easier with bright and cheerful pictures.
There is an opportunity to make a book for a boy or a girl. Little mischievous children will certainly be interested in exploring every hidden corner of the fairy-tale castle, imagining themselves as a brave knight.
Little princesses will appreciate a pink baby book named after them.
Well, all children will enjoy exploring the sea on a ship. You can come up with adventures yourself, imagining yourself in the role of a brave captain who enters into an unequal fight with sea robbers and emerges victorious.
Or go on a journey on a funny train with friends - what could be more exciting?
A baby book should help the little ones develop fine motor skills. Therefore, it is preferable to sew it from felt with many interactive details.
For primary school students, the book should help them study school material. Its contents must correspond to the baby's developmental level.
