Use bulldog clips to keep the pages open.Media can get messy, so you will want to cover your surface with a silicone mat, craft mat or newspaper Make sure that the waxed paper or parchment paper is bigger than the page by at least one inch Always put sheets of either waxed paper or parchment paper behind the page you are working on.Here are some sites with examples and ideas if you want to see more.Īnd here are some pages from some of our altered books if you want to peek.Īll works on this site Alicia Bayer unless otherwise noted.There are just a couple of things to consider that will help you get the results that you want: It gives me the creative outlet of scrapbooking without the pressure for perfection- or cost. My altered book contains letters to Jack before he was born, collages of words that were my goals for 2003, recipes and photos from magazines, paintings, sayings that I liked, collages of clippings of projects I want to try, lists of which roses I planted where, torn wrapping paper collages, magic marker art pages, poems and more. It's one of our favorite ways to spend time together. Sometimes Victoria and I sit at the kitchen table and do ours late at night when everyone else is sleeping. We go through periods where we work in our altered books every day. If you want these things to last a very long time, make sure to use glues and tapes designed for the purpose. You can glue in concert tickets, report cards, postcards, doodles, letters, photos, programs, cards, you name it. Use your book to hold all those scraps that are sentimental but are just clutter right now.Some people create "round robins" with lots of people to have a book made by others. Trade books and ask them to do a page of your book and sign it. Swap pages with friends or other family members.Experiment with art techniques in your book like combing through paint with a notched piece of cardboard or dabbing on paint with a feather duster.If you don't like a page that you've done, either rip it out or tear it up and glue the pieces back onto a new page to create a fun collage.Even a little bit of paint will make the pages stick together and ruin your page if you close the book when it's still wet. Make sure to lay the pages open after you finish any page that involves glue or paint.Paint a dark colored design on a page one day and then come back when it's dry to add some designs with metallic marker, decorative stickers, etc. Remove some extra pages as you add things in order to make the book lay reasonably flat. If you plan on gluing things on the pages, you'll find that the book bulks up and bulges open pretty quickly.Here are some helpful hints when getting started: Make it very clear to the kids that this is their altered book and it is never okay to write in or alter any book without permission. There are no rules for altered books, other than to make sure that the book you use is okay to alter. aging pages with coffee or lemon juice and heat.
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Altered Books How to make an altered bookĪltering books is a new crafting craze that's perfectly suited to do with kids.
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