How to Make an Altered Book.

• Things you will need.• Hardback book.• Glue.• Paint brush.• Embellishments, e.g ribbons, • buttons and beads.

Instructions.

Creating the book cover.

Tear coloured tissue paper into pieces and stick the tissue paper over the book cover, use glue and a paint brush. Instead of tissue paper, you can also use coloured paper napkins.

Preparing pages..

• Take some pages out, to make room for your embellishments.

• Glue pages together, before adding embellishments.

Adding objects to your book.

Add watercolour first.

Add watercolour to the pages, before adding ribbons etc.

Make a window that can open.

Use a ribbon to keep your book closed.