Animal Cookie Book- Cut the front and back off a box of animal cookies. Cut paper the size of the box and askchildren to draw a picture of their favorite zoo animal. Staple their drawings between the frontand back of the box. Re-attach thestring handle.
Pets –Cut the front and back off a box of dog biscuits. Cut paper the size of the box and give a sheet to eachchild. Children draw pictures oftheir pets and write stories about them. (If they don’t have a pet, encourage children to draw a picture of a petthey would like to have.) Puttheir pictures in between the front and back of the box , hole punch, and bindtogether.
Cereal Box Book – Ask each child to bring in the box from their favorite cereal. Cut off the front of the box. Write “Child’s name eats name of cereal.” on a strip of paper and glue it on the bottom of the box as shown. Make a cover for the book that says, “What’s for Breakfast?” Hole punch the cereal boxes together and bind with book rings.
Hint! Trim the boxes to a standard size before making the book.
Grocery Sack Book- Cut the fronts and backs off grocery sacks. Let each child decorate a page with anursery rhyme or song they like. Add the words to each illustration, and then hole punch and bind together.
Hint! Collectsacks from fast food restaurants. Glue a sack on each page of a grocery
sack book and write “We eat…”
Gift Bag Book-Cut the front and back off a gift bag. Cut paper the size of the gift bag and give a sheet to each child to draw apicture and write a story. Staple children’spictures between the back and front of the gift bag.
Hint! Buy aseasonal bag each month and make a class book.
Phone Book– Cut the front and back off your local phone book. Have each child write her name and phone number and draw herpicture on a sheet of paper. Bindtheir pictures between the cover of the phone book. Place this book on a shelf with an old cell phone so theycan practice calling their friends.
Hint! Older children could write their lastname and then their first name just like it would be in a phone book. Alphabetize these to make your phonebook.
