Secular Charlotte Mason

We've been in the process of moving my wall o' books and I've come across some old favorites and some that I forgot I had. This book falls into the latter category. It's called Making Books & Journals: 20 Great Weekend Projects by Constance E. Richards. I haven't tried any of these yet (because I forgot I had it lol) but I instantly thought of all the lapbooks folks out there.  This could be *great* inspiration for jazzing up lapbooks or educational posters for somewhat older kids. The jelly bean book and the lettuce book projects would fit nicely into lapbooking---and no they do not include jelly beans nor lettuce.  You'll have to read the book to find out why they are called these names. If you're studying insects the hexagonal bee book would be perfect. There are also some 3D type mini-books that might be fun for a parent or older child to do. One of the more unique ideas in it is to take a piece of fake fruit, cut it in half, add a hinge and some decoration and use those as the cover for an accordian style book. The sands of time book has actual sand in it's cover! Several of the book ideas would work for nature jpurnaling; you'd just include more pages then their instructions say to.  I also like that it shows some different styles of binding and stitching.

Truly interesting and inspiring ideas. Think the girls and I may be making some of them as holiday gifts.