As we
make our way through this 10 month adventure I am enjoying completing the tasks
in partnership with Finn &
Harper. It isn’t about me whipping up activities and presenting them to my
kids, both projects so far have pushed me to get them involved from beginning
to end. This is as much their Book Adventure as it is mine.
So
after a month of getting to know our latest batch of library books we sat down
to have a chat about the things Finn and Harper liked about the books we
borrowed. As we chatted I jotted down their responses. While Jackie from My
Little Bookcase kindly provided us with a letter head, I knew that I want to
somehow combine our letters with photographs. When I suggested the idea to Finn
& Harper that they use the library books to play a game of peek-a-boo I
thought Harper would go bananas for it and I would have to drag Finn through
the mini-shoot. How wrong I was. To my great surprise, my boy who usually shouts
“Put the camera away Mummy!” at any
sighting on my beloved Canon, completely hammed it up in front of the camera.
Harper on the other hand was completely disinterested and rolled around on the
floor whenever my camera came near her.
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| {The one and only shot I got of Miss Harper} |
Once I
had the shots I added the letter underneath the image using photoshop, printed
them and attached them with bluetak to the inside of each book.
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| {Letters attached to the books} |
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| {All bagged up and ready to head back to the library} |
The
books have been returned and I can’t stop thinking about the little surprises
that are waiting to be found by a small collection of Canberra Kids.
What a wonderful approach to this challenge - the photos are adorable! I am loving being part of The Little Book Adventure and seeing how everyone completes the activities. We are from Canberra too so maybe we might find one of your notes (or you could find ours). Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment Melissa. How lovely that another 'Little Book Adventure' participant came over to visit my blog :)
DeleteI love the different approaches everyone in the adventure is taking too. There are certainly some creative families out there.
Oh yay! I hope we find one of yours. Off to library this week so here's hoping!
WOW Amber, this is AH-MAZING!!! What a cool surprise any kid and parent would get to find that in their book - love it! :) Love the little write ups and the photos, just gorgeous. What a lovely project... am inspired to get involved but on 2nd thoughts, the project you already got me into this year is taking up quite enough time already!!!! ;) Nevertheless, will enjoy seeing what you guys get up to developing a life long love of books. Lovely work - WELL DONE!!! x
ReplyDeleteThanks lovely one :)
DeleteI hear you on the time front! The Book Adventure has taken time & effort but it has also been fun, practical and rewarding.
I think I will let you off the hook with this one ;) You don't need to be dragged into anymore of my "projects" hee, hee.
Amber, this is seriously great. SO creative. You are amazing. I am always so inspired by you...
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! This is such a fantastic idea! I must remember this for when Eva is a little older.
ReplyDeleteHi Amber, I love your ideas for project #2! Glad I have found your blog through My Little Bookcase, I've joined you and look forward to reading your posts! Hope you will stop by Little Ladybird sometime :) Tash
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