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OAn In-‘tree’-guing Way To Save Well-used Books
ne of the things that I cherish is when I have you to know how much I love books and mean them on each page. The number of folds depends on what time to read. I love reading fiction, and when no harm when I tell you about this week’s project. you want your tree to look like. To have a flat bottom, I find an author I like, I binge-read all their We’re taking old books and upcycling them. Dec. you’ll end up doing more folds. You can also choose
books. My problem is that sometimes the storyline is 10 is Dewey Decimal System Day. The classification to make a half tree that sits in the middle of the book.
so good, I can’t stop reading and will stay up into the early morning to finish it. For some people, when they watch a tearjerker movie, it makes them cry. For me, a good book can do the same. Now, I try not to read Nicholas Sparks on plane rides anymore (I’ve gotten weird looks from other passengers before).
method is named after Melvil Dewey, an American li- brarian who created the wonderful filing system used in our libraries in 1873. In his honor and in the spirit of Christmas, let’s make folded book trees. (Some of you may remember making trees with the old huge phone books that got delivered to our homes every year.)
Then you can use the pages on either side as a back- drop for a scene.
Why am I telling you this? Well, because I want
For this craft, you’ll make two to four simple folds
You can find this project sheet and many more at benfranklinhawaii.com. Have fun making these trees and don’t forget to send photos of your finished proj- ects to joyofcrafting@gmail.com. If I share them here, you’ll receive a Ben Franklin Crafts gift card.
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS:
• old book, paperback or hardcover with at least 130 pages
• candlestick or container for base
• paper folder
• clips or clothespins for holding the folded pages
• tacky glue
• low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
• craft knife
• decorations for tree, optional
If you are
making a
complete
round tree,
gently remove
the book’s
cover while
keeping the
spine that
binds the pages intact. You only need 150-200 pages, so you can remove the extra pages now or later. If you are making a half tree with backdrop, you can leave the covers on.
1
2 Fold the angled
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If you want a straight edge for the bottom, continue folding the
Begin fold- ing, starting from the first page. Take the top right corner and fold to the center of the book. Crease well.
edge of the 3 page to the
center, lining up
with the spine.
Crease well. If you are going to place your tree on a stand or pedestal, you can go to step 6.
page point sticking out over the bottom of the book. Crease well.
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