How to Make Your Own Touch & Feel Book

Use items found at home to create a unique touch-and-feel book.

A homemade touch-and-feel book is a personalized gift that can be shared with any toddler or as a baby-shower gift. Anyone can make a touch-and-feel book after choosing a theme and the type of pictures to be used. Around the house you can find a variety of textured items (such as plastic, fabric or ribbon) to use for different animals or items in your book.

Things You'll Need

• Thick tag board or cardboard
• Computer with printer
• Textured, flat items
• Tacky glue

Instructions

1. Draw or print the images on thick cardboard or tag board. Cut a second piece of your desired background that is the same size as the printed page.

2. Cut a hole in the middle of the picture or a selected area (such as the chest of a duckling or the roof of a car).

3. Place the textured item behind the hole. For example, place scaly-feeling material behind the hole cut in a fish. Glue in place with tacky glue. Wait one day for the glue to dry.

4. Glue the two pieces of cardboard together. Use a thick hole punch or scissors to cut a hole along the margin. Use string to tie the pages together.

References

• Teaching Tiny Tots: Board Books With Touch