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Cool crafts
Create a
nature book
Keep special notes in this brilliant nature book. Make one for every season!
Cut two pieces of card about 10 by 15 cm – these will be the front and back covers of your book. Paint the front cover with a thin layer of PVA glue and put your decorations on top of the glue. When you’re happy with how they look, paint more PVA over the top and leave it to dry.
Cut the paper into sheets the same size as your covers.
Punch four holes evenly along the edge of your front cover
Put the cover on top of your paper and mark where the holes are, then punch holes through the paper and back cover.
Measure your stick against the edge of the book and ask a grown-up to help trim it to size if you need to.
Thread the string (about 50cm) through the bottom hole in the covers and pages and tie it around the twig with a knot.
Take the string up along the edge of your book to the second hole. Thread it through the hole, then around the stick and back through the same hole again. Remember that the string needs to be tight enough to hold your book together but not too tight or you won’t be able the turn the pages.
Turn the book over and repeat the threading with the third and fourth hole.
When you’ve threaded the hole at the top, secure the string around the twig with a knot.
Trim the ends of your string to tidy them up. And there you go – a unique nature notebook!
