Bunny Book in a Box (#10)

Just in time for Easter! Bunny's ABC Adventure is a little book that fits in an Altoids tin. The book has pockets to store little magnetic props.

Print pages one and two on plain white paper. Print on one side only.

Colored paper is optional, but I think light blue made an attractive book.

Roughly cut around each figure on page one.

Peel the backing from a self-adhesive magnetic sheet.

Place figures as tightly as they can be placed.

Trim carefully, using sharp small scissors or an x-acto knife.

On pages three, four, and five, cut on the DASHED lines to produce six rectangles. The dotted lines are for folding, later.

(NOTE: Only the first two are shown in the illustration.)

On each side of the portion that will form the "pocket," clip the corners as shown.

With printed side down and clipped corners at the bottom, line the first pair of pages (A-C, DE) and then the next page (F-G, H-I). Tape as shown.

Continue lining up the six clipped rectangles, in order, and tape all together.

Fold UP each pocket.

Each of the original rectangles now needs to be folded in half, so that the trimmed side of the pocket is near the spine of the book and the folded outer edge of the pocket is away from the spine. There will be six folds of this type.

When all folds are finished, from above, it looks like this.

Using a 1" x 2" piece of packaging tape, tape at position a.

Tape at position b. (NOTE: Each time you tape pages together, the taped portion becomes the "spine" of the book and pocketed book pages are formed.)

Tape at position c. Note that the tape should fit UNDER the folded portion of the page that forms the pocket.

Cut out the outer cover. Note that is is purposely "over-large." You will trim it later.

Fold the cover around the accordion-style pages.

Open. Carefully tape the inner front cover to the A-C page.

Flip to the last page. Carefully tape the inner back cover to the Y-Z page.

Note that the tape should run along the folded edges of the pages and then attach to the cover.

Trim the cover to fit nicely.

Cut out the bunny figure and place inside the Altoids lid. If desired, put a little double-stick tape between.

Cut out the shapes for the tin lid and the tin back. Use packaging tape OR double-sided tape to attach.

Place the magnetic props in the proper pockets.

Now it's time to play! As you read the story, remove props from the pockets and place them on the Bunny.

Have fun!