Recycled Crafts: Toddler Art Book

The Mini-Saurus "C"

(almost three years old)

is an abstract expressionist.

But she's also prolific.

Each week, she comes

home from preschool

with a new collection

of masterpieces

created at the art corner.

(Please pardon the dark photos,

I took them in our family room after dinner)

(I blurred out her name for this photo)

I needed a place to put

all of her drawings that

wasn't a year-long

refrigerator display.

Then as I was breaking down

the recycling last week I had

an "A-Ha" moment!

I cut our Cinnamon Toast Crunch box

into two big pieces (think book covers),

trimmed off the top and bottom flaps,

glued on a piece of scrapbooking paper,

and added three holes with my hole punch.

After punching holes

in a collection of her

latest and greatest works

I added some binder rings....

Now, she has her

own mini art book

to enjoy her art work in....

like a preschool scrapbook.

She's very proud of it and

has showed it to anyone who

has appeared at the front door

in the past week.

I'm thinking I'll make another one

for my First Grader's

Spanish Homework and work sheets

so she can have her own

"Spanish Book".