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Design by:
Bethany Fields
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It’s a zoo!
Bethany’s boys want a zoo full of animals in their backyard. To keep them happy without all
the work of caring for a zoo, Bethany decided to create an interactive board book about
animals. The pages are sealed so they’ll last for years. Clues can be read, flaps can be
lifted, and pictures can be moved over and over again. Clean-up is easy, file the animal
photos on the front page and you’re done! No scoopers needed!
supplies
• 8" 8" Blank Board book
• Five 6 1/2" 7" Fabric
Squares, Assorted colors
and patterns
FEATURED PRODUCTS
Marvy/Uchida
• Puffy Velvet Fabric
Markers
• Embossing Heat Tool
• Decorative Buttons,
5 pairs
• 1/8" Satin Ribbon,
Colors to match fabrics
• Acrylic Paint,
8 coordinating colors
• 1/2" Ribbon, 8" length,
2 pieces
• 8 1/2" 11" Plain Paper,
8 sheets
• 8 1/2" 11" Patterned
Paper, 8 sheets of
coordinating colors
• Workable Fixative
• Hook and Loop Tape
• Self-Adhesive Laminate,
Sheets or on a roll
• Gel or Decoupage
Medium
tools
• Pinking Shears
• Scissors
Start ing your Page
The pages of this book consist of a clue page and a facing page with
a fabric flap that reveals the answer for the clues when the flap is lifted.
Each clue page and each answer page are assembled in basically the
same fashion. These directions will focus on the last page, the blue dog
page and on the proceeding page, the pink cat page.
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• Paintbrush
• Screw Punch or Awl
• Cutting Mat
• Foam Brush
Photos
• 5 Animal Photos, printed
in two sizes:
5" 3"
3 1/2" 2 1/2"
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Print out two sets of photos of 5 different animals on glossy paper on a
color printer. One set of photos should measure 3" 5". These are the
“answer” photos and will be placed on the right-hand pages. The other
set should measure about 3 1/2" 2 1/2", roughly wallet size. These are
the “guessing” photos. Use a self-adhesive laminate and laminate
each of the smaller “guessing” photos following the
manufacturers directions. Leave a 1/8" border of laminate
around each of the photos to ensure a good seal.
Apply a 1/2" piece of self-adhesive hook and loop tape to
each small “guessing” photo. Do this by peeling off the
backing on the “hook” piece of the tape (the scratchy piece)
and adhering it to the center of the back side of the photo.
Repeat for each “guessing” photo and set them aside. Leave
the “loop” piece adhered to the “hook” piece for accurate
placement later on.
On a color printer, print out a clue sheet for an animal. Bethany printed
out the clues, “I say meow. I am soft. I have whiskers.” with blue letters
on a pink background. These clues are for her pink cat page. Spray the
paper with workable fixative to prevent the ink from running. Let dry.
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Use a foam brush to apply decoupage medium or gel
medium to seal the paper. In order to prevent warping,
apply the medium to both the front and back of the paper.
Set the clues page aside to dry.
Trim the clues page to measure 7 3/4" 7 3/4". Repeat
this process to create four more clues pages and an
introduction page for the inside cover of the book. Bethany’s
introduction page reads, “What kind of pet for our family?”
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Make the fabric flap. Cut a 6 1/2" 7" piece out of coordinating fabric
using pinking shears. Use Puffy Velvet Fabric Markers from Marvy/Uchida
and paint on selected areas of the fabric. Bethany painted over the blue
flowers on her cat fabric and created orange stars on her blue dog
fabric.
Use the Embossing Heat Tool from Marvy/Uchida to puff
the painted areas on the fabric. Repeat this step to create
4 more fabric flaps. The puffed, painted areas add texture
so even the smallest hands can enjoy playing with the
book.
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A is for Animal
Paint around the edges of each page of the board book, about 2" in
toward the center, with acrylic paints which coordinate with the fabrics.
Bethany painted the edges of the dog pages blue and the cat pages
pink. Let dry.
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Open the board book to the pink cat pages. Use a paintbrush
and apply decoupage medium or gel medium to the entire
surface of the left-hand page of the board book. While it
is still wet, center the cat clues page from Step 2 on the
page.
Run a brayer over the clues page to smooth it onto the
board book and work out any air bubbles.
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Cut a 7 3/4" square from a piece of coordinating patterned paper. Seal
the paper with decoupage or gel medium. When dry apply it to the board
book page opposite the clues page in the same manner the clues page
was attached in Step 4. Adhere clues pages and coordinating patterned
papers to all the other pages of the book.
The inside front cover and the facing page are special pages. The
inside cover is where you will put the title or introduction to your book.
Bethany’s inside front cover reads, “What kind of pet for our family?”.
The facing page is where the “guessing” pieces will be stored. Apply
coordinating patterned paper to that page, sealing it like the other pages.
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A is for Animal
Prepare the book for attaching the fabric flaps which will hide the
answers. Place the book on a cutting mat, opened to the last page, the
blue dog page. Lay the fabric flap for that page centered on the page.
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Use a screw punch or an awl and punch a hole through the fabric
and the back cover of the board book in the upper left
corner, 1 3/4" from the top edge of the book and 1 3/4” in
from the spine. Hold the remaining pages of the book up
if necessary to stabilize the back cover. Punch another
hole 1/4" to the left of the first hole. Next, punch a third
hole in the upper right corner of the cover 1 3/4” from
the top edge and 1 3/4" in from the right edge. Punch
another hole 1/4" to the right of the third hole. Set aside the
fabric. Add the fabric so that the holes are aligned in the book
pages with the fabric. Once the holes are punched set aside the
fabric flap.
Use the screw punch or awl to re-punch the four holes in
the page to make sure the openings are clear all the way
through.
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Now, make holes on the other pages. Close the book and place it on the
work surface with the back of the book facing up. Punch through the
existing holes again to make marks on the page underneath. Open the
book to the last page. The left hand side of the page (clues page) should
now have marks at the top lining up exactly with the holes punched
through the back cover. Use the screw punch to punch
through each of the four marks. Make sure to punch hard
enough so the page underneath is marked. Continue
punching through the pages, until you reach the first
page.
Place a cutting mat between the front page and the front
cover to prevent punching holes in the front cover as you punch
Punch holes in the remaining fabric flaps. Lay one of the remaining fabric
flaps on a cutting mat. Use the screw punch and punch a hole 5/8" from
the right edge and 1/2" from the top edge. Punch a second hole 1/4" to
the left of the first hole. Punch a third hole 5/8" from the left edge and 1/2"
from the top edge. Punch a fourth hole 1/4" to the right of the third hole.
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Attach the fabric flaps to the answer pages. Thread a 5" length of 1/8"
wide satin ribbon through a coordinating button, from the front of the
button to the back.
Thread the ends of the ribbon through one set of holes on the blue
dog clues page, so the button is on the dog page and the
ends of the ribbon are now on the pink cat answers page.
Thread the ribbon through the holes in the fabric flap for
the cat page and tie in a double knot. Add a dot of glue
that dries clear for added security. Repeat this process to
attach the other corner of the fabric flap to the cat page.
Attach all the fabric flaps in the same way.
Safety Tip
It is important to use items in this interactive book that are ageappropriate for the children that will be using it. Make sure buttons are
big and ribbon ends are glued so they don’t come apart. For extra security,
stitch the hook and loop tape to the fabric flaps.
Attach the answers. Lift up the fabric flap for the cat page. Use tab
adhesive to attach the larger “answer” cat photo to the area of the page
which gets covered by the flap.
Lower the flap. Peel the backing off the hook and loop tape on
the back of the small “guessing” cat photo prepared in
Step 1. Press the photo down onto the center of the fabric
flap to attach it to the flap. Attach all of the “answer” and
“guessing” photos in the same manner.
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Create a storage space for the “guessing” photo pieces. Open the book
to the first page. On the right-hand page, adhere five 1/2" pieces of loop
tape (the fuzzy side). Peel the “guessing” photos off of the fabric flaps
and stick them to the loop tape for storage.
Decorate the cover of the book. Bethany adhered patterned paper to
both the front and back covers using decoupage medium just as she did
for the inside pages. She painted a wooden “A” with red acrylic paint and
tied on some fabric scraps leftover from the fabric flaps.
To keep the book closed, use a screw punch and punch a
hole in the front and back covers, 4" from the top edge
and 1/4" from the outside edge. Knot the end of a 1/2"
wide piece of ribbon. Thread the ribbon through the hole
in the front cover, pulling the knot snug against the
inside of the cover. Attach a ribbon to the back cover in
the same way. Tie the two ribbons together to hold the
book closed.
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A TINY ZOO!
There are five clue/answer/animal pages in this book. Bethany created the pink cat page and portions
of the blue dog page in the Webisode. Here are the other pages created similarly, using acrylic paint on
the pages with coordinating fabric, buttons, and ribbon. Add texture to each of the fabric flaps with the
Puffy Velvet Fabric Markers. Don’t forget to “puff” them with the Embossing Heat Tool.
Congratulations
You’ve just completed your A is For Animal board book, but the fun doesn’t stop there!
Be sure to stop back by The Scrapbook Lounge every week for more exciting new twists on scrapbooking!
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