Thus, it's not surprising that artists have been involved with book-making for centuries. These artists create special books which are often thought of as works of art in themselves. A grocery bag, scissors, glue stick, stickers, ink stamps, old postage stamps, felt-tip markers, colored papers, and magazines with lots of pictures. Here are instructions for making a book out of a paper bag . Elsewhere on the web, you can find instructions for making a concertina book or a book using a Japanese binding technique.
Books are special places for telling stories, expressing feelings and sharing ideas.
You can write and draw in your book. You can cut shapes from colored paper or pictures from old magazines and glue them in your book. You can cut and fold the pages of your book. You can also paste stickers and stamp shapes in your book. Whatever you choose to do, you need to first have an idea or story you want to share with others.