Counting Book

I've been reading other people's blogs and can't believe how creative some people are! It am a complete nut job because I keep looking at them and thinking "I could totally sew that tent" or "I could totally build that kitchen set out of wood." Then I think "Erin, you're crazy! You don't know how to sew and you don't want to learn! You don't know how to saw either. If you ever did learn to sew you would sew one thing and then you would move on to the next thing."

I did, however, attempt minor craftiness by making Lucy a counting book. I go the idea from the crafty chic mommy blog. She has some really cute stuff on there.

Here is how it turned out:

I took the pictures and put them into by StoryBook Creator 3 software (by Creative Memories) so that I could add the words. I made the cover and the last page on here too. Then I printed them on 4 x 6 photo paper.

Then I glued the photos onto paper that is made to fit photos on nicely. (Glue sticks work great!) Then I laminated them. I borrowed the laminator from work.

Lucy is really funny when she looks at the book because she needs to go and find all of the items in the book, or at least the dolls/stuffed animals. Yesterday she was digging through her stuffed animals to find all the pigs. I've found two more stuffed pigs in the house since I made this. You would think we lived on a pig farm or something. ;)

I've thought of a bunch of other ideas: a family book to show family members far away, ABCs, colors, shapes, words, etc. I've gotten distracted by other crafts though, so I don't know when I will get to making another one. Let me know if you have any good ideas for a book like this.