How to Make a Sticker Book
During our early homeschooling years when my two children were young, I made each a sticker book. The younger child went through two sticker books before she outgrew them. I used these to encourage my children. They could choose a sticker for positive reinforcement under certain circumstances. During this time in their lives, my children were excited to earn a sticker for their sticker books.
Materials for 22-Page Sticker Book
3 sheets of paper - (I used different colored papers)
Contact paper (optional, but it makes the books durable)
Staples, or other means of fixing the pages
Scissors
Instructions
Method One- Personalizing After Assembling Book
Method Two- Personalizing before Cutting and Assembling Book
Method Three- Cut and Layered Paper
Method One- Personalizing After Assembling Book
(not using contact paper)
1. Cut each of the 3-sheets of paper in half.
2. Stack the 6 halves.
3. Staple along where the center fold would be.
4. You or your child should write his or her name (and year) on the cover.
Method Two- Personalizing before Cutting and Assembling Book
using contact paper is optional
On one of the three sheets of paper, write the child's name and year. A word processor can be used for this or the name and year can be written by hand. If using a word processor, take the opportunity to decorate the cover with clip art or with a digitized drawing by the child, or the child's photograph. It is very important to note that the front cover is on the upper right quarter of the paper. See the image to the left. If you want to add clip-art to the other papers, do so at this time.
Once you have written, drawn, or printed everything to the paper, go to the next step.- (optional) Cover the front and back of the 3 papers with contact paper.
- Cut each sheet of paper in half.
- Stack the 6 halves
- Staple along where the center fold would be.
Method Three- Cut and Layered Paper
Must use Contact Paper
This method is a little harder to explain. Please look at the pictures to get a better idea of the cut and layered method.
To make a cut and layered sticker book you will need several sheets of colored paper. The amount of sheets that you need are determined by how you decide to go about making the pages and if you decide to make this a 22-page booklet or a 14-page booklet. When deciding how many pages to make the booklet, keep in mind that the layered pages are thicker and this relates to your stapler and how much it can handle. The staples will need to be firmly in place and safe for little fingers.
The 22-page sticker book uses 3-sheets of finished cut and layered paper.
The 14-page sticker book uses 2 sheets of finished cut and layered paper.
To make this type of sticker book, cut some of the papers in half and use those for the top layers. If your children like cutting paper, you could allow them to make the top layers out of the half-sheets.
This image shows a cut and layered page that has see-through parts. The dark parts on the left-hand side are transparent. This is done by layering cut papers instead of layering over whole papers. The contact paper secures this type and the other types of cut and layered pages.
When making the cut and layered papers, remember to make the cover page.
Making the Layered Book
To assemble a cut and layered sticker book, arrange the cut layers over whole sheets of paper (unless you make a page with transparent parts). You can secure the cut layers with a little glue, the entire layer does not need to be glued. Cover both sides of each sheet of paper with contact paper.
When the layered pages are covered with contact paper follow the steps for putting the pages together:
1. Cut the pages in half
2. Stack the pages
3. Staple along the center fold
Donna Young
May 13, 2008
