Student made books for your classroom.

Grocery Sack Book - Cut the fronts and backs off grocery sacks. Let each child decorate a page with a nursery rhyme or song they like. Add the words to each illustration, and then hole punch and bind together.

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Hint! Collect sacks from fast food restaurants. Glue a sack on each page of a grocery sack book and write “We eat...”

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Greeting Card Book - Ask parents to send in old greeting cards. Cut off the front of each card and then use it as a pattern to cut blank paper. Staple the paper to the cards to make books.

Hint! You could also hole punch and bind with ribbon or yarn.

Postcard Book - Have children ask relatives from other parts of the country to send postcards to the class. Look on a map or globe to see where postcards are from. You could also take a “virtual field trip” on the computer. Cut paper 4” x 6” and staple to the postcards to make books.

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Cereal Box Book - Ask each child to bring in the box from their favorite cereal. Cut off the front of the box. Write “Child’s name eats name of cereal.” on a strip of paper and glue it on the bottom of the box as shown. Make a cover for the book that says, “What’s for Breakfast?” Hole punch the cereal boxes together and bind with book rings.

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Hint! Trim the boxes to a standard size before making the book.

Envelope Book - Write a word or sentence on the front of the envelope. Insert a picture on the inside. Staple several of these together.

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Hint! Children can write descriptions of themselves on the outside, and then place their photo on the inside. You could also use these books for math. Put addition, subtraction, or word problems on the front and the answers inside.

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