Kathy Ross - Box Photo Album

Box Photo Album
excerpted from Kathy Ross, author of many craft books including:
Crafts to Make for the Spring

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This week's Craft of the Week features an adorable Box Photo Album for mom
on Mother's Day.

This terrific craft for kids and gift for mom was created by Kathy Ross popular crafter and author of many wonderful kids' craft books. This craft comes from her popular book, Crafts to Make for the Spring.

Box Photo Album

Here is what you need:

Five square facial tissue boxes
White glue
pretty ribbon
scissors
about 20 paper clips
hole punch
pencil

Here is what you do:

Carefully pull apart the glued seams of each box so that it lies flat. Fold the top of one of the boxes over onto one of the sides so that the pattern is around the oval and the pattern is on the side facing out.
Cut around the square top and side of the box to form a small picture frame. Glue the two sides of the frame shut, but leave the top open to slide a picture in. Use the paper clips to hold the cardboard together while the glue dries. Make a least five picture frames for the album.
To make the front and back cover for the album, cut four squares from remaining sides of the box. They should be the same size as your frame pages. Glue two squares together, print side out, for the front of the book. Do the same with the other two squares to make the back cover of the book. Use paper clips to hold the cardboard together while the glue dries.
Stack the covers and album pages together in the order you want them to be. Punch two holes in the left side of the cover page. Use a pencil to mark where to punch the holes in the next page. Keep doing this until all the pages have holes.
Use the ribbon to tie two pages together. Tie the ribbon in a bow on the front side of the album.

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Make this gift extra special by slipping a picture of you into the frame on the first page.