How to Make a Picture Book for a Baby
Babies love books--but as they flip through the pages, they also rip, tear and chew on them. Even board books have a hard time standing up to the demands of a curious baby. Avoid damaging your library with a custom-made picture book for your baby. A small plastic photo album filled with colorful pictures will provide your baby with a nearly indestructible book he can flip through all by himself.
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Instructions
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Purchase an inexpensive 4-by-6 inch photo album. These can often be found at a reasonable price in the photo department of discount stores and drug stores.
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Select old magazines with photos of babies, animals or other bright, colorful pictures. Babies enjoy seeing pictures of other babies, so a parenting magazine will have lots of good choices. Trim images to 4 by 6 inches and insert them into the photo album.
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For a themed baby picture book, use clip art. Select clip art from your word processor program (MS Word is full of good clip art) or greeting card-making software. Select clip art with strong contrasts and bright colors to hold the baby's attention. Size the art to fit within a 4-by-6 inch rectangle and print. Trim with scissors and insert it into the photo album.
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Make an ABC, 123 book. With a little patience, you can select images to illustrate the letters of the alphabet or numbers--A for apple, B for baby, C for cat and so forth. You can make a numbers book very easily with clip art, by using smaller art and grouping them by numbers: 1 flower, 2 bees, 3 birds.
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Tips & Warnings
When your baby gets tired of the picture book you made, you can easily update the photos.
