Foam Core Books

Materials:

Limited Edition rubber stamps
black ink pad
markers
card stock
paper
art board
book binding tape
overhead projector acetate
sticker paper
glue stick
double-sided tape

1. Cut two pieces of 8" x 10-1/2" art board.

2. Cut four pieces of foam core and one piece of card stock 7-1/2" by 10". Cut out the centers of each peoce of foam core, leaving a one-inch frame.

3. Cut four pieces of 6-1/2" x 9-1/2" acetate.

4. Cut two pieces of paper 10" x 12-1/2".

5. Stamp small flower and bunny images all over both pieces of paper. Color in the images with markers (figure A).

6. To make the cover of the book, glue the paper to the art board, folding one inch over.

7. Cut a piece of 7" x 9-1/2" paper and glue it to the back side of the cover back cover. Stamp a row of bunnies on the edge of the paper and color them in with markers.

8. Sponge light blue ink on the open space on the inside of the back cover (figure B).

9. With the front and back covers facing down, center the right edge of the front cover and the left edge of the back cover on a single piece of book binding tape. This will create the spine of the book.

10. Cut a piece of 4" x 11" sticker paper. Stamp flowers onto the paper and color them in with makers. Cover the book binding tape with this piece of paper.

12. Color and cut out the stamped images.

13. Stack and glue the pieces of foam core to the inside of the book (figure D). Create a scene with the various stamped images that begins from the back cover and get more detailed as more pages are turned (figure E). This is done by adding different stamped images onto each page so that the scene gets more involved with each page.

14. Attach acetate with double-sided tape onto the bottom of each piece of foam core.

15. Glue the cut-out piece of card stock to the top layer of foam core and write around the edge, "Once upon a time . . . The Bunny Fairy brought color, flowers and happiness to what was a place full of gray hares. The End."

16. Cut a piece of 3/4" x 25" sticker paper and with a ruler, draw lines very close to one another to create a look of pages viewed from the side of a closed book. Put this over the edge of the stack of foam core pages.

17. Stamp and glue a "bunny heart with wings" to the cover of the book and write the words "Bunny Tales."