I love this wonderful decorative set of Halloween Books that my daughter gave me last year.
They came from “The Shop Around the Corner” that I told you about from our Weekend Wander in Waconia!
They are still available to buy this year…..
I have mine on the hall entry table with my new Owl….cute!
I loved the idea of the this so much that I wanted some for my school Halloween display….and of course I didn’t want to spend the money to buy the “real” thing….
I did a knock-off version for $7 instead of the $25 for the originals.
Since this was BB (before blog), I can’t do an actual tutorial with photos…..
but this is what I did!
You can buy these paper mache books in a set of 3 from Michael’s for 6.99
- I painted the outside with flat black craft paint.
- I painted the book page area with metallic gold paint.
- I printed out the cover and spine images on my computer
- I used Modge Podge to attach the printed titles and cover to the books
And here is the finished result!
I left them loose….instead of gluing them together….so I can stack them every which way!
They sit on the table with all of the Halloween books for kids to check out…..I even had a kid try to check one of them out…..He was so disappointed when he found out they weren’t real!
This morning I was looking in the craft cupboard for something and came upon these photo albums that I bought at Goodwill…..hmmmm
I am thinking I should distress these….add some Halloween themed titles and have another set….
Wish me luck!
You might also be interested in the post I did about Halloween Books for Kids!
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