I decided that even first graders can have a little fun with gathering autographs of their friends and made these handmade autograph books for my son's first grade class.
I cut the paper to the size I wanted (mine are approximately 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"), punched holes in one end, and tied the pages and cover together with some yarn. I used blue and white for our school colors, and added a blue bird picture to the front for our school mascot.
Inside, I included a page for the kids to write some information about themselves. Not only will this help to prevent lost books, but it provides the kids with a writing opportunity.
They have this entire last week of school to use their books with their friends, and I included 40 pages, which gives them enough space to get autographs from all of their classmates as well as friends from other classes too!
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That's just awesome!! I love it.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love this! I wish I had seen this before my kids' summer vacation started... The schools have been so cheap nowadays with the single autograph page found in yearbooks, that I feel it barely serves its purpose of friendly expression and memories for my kids to hold onto. This craft would certainly make up for that!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I noticed that you're also a SAHM like moi, albeit a much craftier/artsy one, and I was wondering if you'd like to join my new SAHbbatical blog-hop for Stay-At-Home parents?
I have you listed on my blogroll, but with that list growing & taking up a lot of real estate on my blog, I plan on removing the blogroll altogether... Before I do, I wanted to give those on my blogroll the opportunity to be showcased in my SAHbbatical blog-hop instead. I think it has the potential to become a great method of encouraging guests to mingle amongst particular blogs.
Thanks for sharing your creativity & making it look so easy for a non-artist like me; hope to see you again soon!