Last night, while the boys were camping, Abby and I made this preschool no-sew quiet book with file folder games. There are a lot of tutorials for these so I'll just leave you with a couple of websites that I found the print-outs on (all free of course). Feel free to share any other sites that you may have found.
1. http://www.filefolderfun.com/ (by far the best site with the games organized into grades and subjects -- you just have to be careful not to let the ads confuse you).
2. www.mormonchic.com/crafty/filefolders.asp (seven preschool file folder games with general instructions on how to assemble file folder games)
3. http://mormonshare.com/taxonomy/term/1352/file-folder-games (LDS oriented games, perfect for church. I haven't used these yet, but I have big plans).
Note on Laminating. My local staples/office max/office depot etc. charged $1 a page for laminating. It is much cheaper to purchase a laminator and the sheets. I found a laminator at Walmart for $24.99 and a 50 pack of sheets for $12.99 (I had a $10 gift card which helped). Now I have a laminator on hand and can easily make more books for my kids, for gifts or for LDS humanitarian efforts.
Here are a few of the pages I put together (there are a lot more!) And even though they are traditionally made with file folders (hence the name "file folder games"), I just used cardstock as that is what I had around my house.
I store the cutouts in a ziplock bag, which I put in a laminated pocket stapled to the back of the work sheets.
3 comments:
what a good idea to put it in a three-ring binder. we made these several years ago at a super saturday, and I made about ten of them- they were all lds related. They were the kind where I had to color them myself, so it took a long time to color all of those (though I kind of enjoyed it) but in hindsight I would have rather just printed them off in color!
I used magnets instead of velcro, but they don't hold very well, so the folder has to be held flat down or they can slide off.
And what a good idea to get the laminater instead.
I love the idea of doing a preschool book. I bet Abby will love it!
Looks good! Great job!
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