Here is the image from their site:
My first attempt didn't come out this cute, but my second one (which is still in the works) will!
First you need this:

Make sure that you use a book that you aren't going to miss. And make sure it isn't your husbands autographed Joe Torre book. Oops! Actually this wasn't the autographed one. But when I told Hubby I was making a Halloween decoration out of his Joe Torre book he THOUGHT it was his autographed one. That was fun!
If you don't have a paperback book that you won't miss, I bet you can find one at a garage sale for pretty stinking cheap. Or I have a million in my garage I can send you!
Next you do this:

Start at the back of the book (I don't think it really matters, but I liked being able to look at the page numbers and see how many pages I had left to fold) and just fold the page in half. I am sure there are people that will take their time and make them all neat. And I am sure it will be super cute if you do. I got mine done in about 15 minutes and had to check math homework in that time. It is still cute!
See:

So don't choose a book with pictures.
I am on my third one will post a picture when they are all done!
Happy book folding!
PS. Iif you notice in the first picture that there is one that has a pointed top instead of a flat top, just fold the top corner of the page down. I actually did this to the pumpkin above after I took the pictures. It made the photo pages less noticeable.
4 comments:
These are so cute. I am going to look for an old paperback right now. Thanks for the idea.
Very very cute. And they seem pretty easy! Although I'm sure I could screw it up! haha
How easy and fun!! I know what I am doing tonight. First I will have to raid my parents house for some books. I think they will have a few :) Thanks for the great idea!
I'm pretty sure I'm an idiot. I thought easy peasy. Well, I've folded a couple of books and followed the simple directions precisely. One thing I cannot for the life of me figure out is that they say to hot glue the folder book cover together. OK, done. The only thing is that every picture I see looks like the book is full all the way around and mine is more like a half pumpkin, with no pages spreading out in the back {except for the ones I glued. Does that even make sense. So then I thought. Maybe they used 2 books and glued the books together to make a full one. Or are they just halves and you can't see the back in the pictures.
Have I totally confused you because I have successfully confused myself???
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