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My Trip Book

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WHAT YOU NEED

• 1 - 2 foot by 4 foot sheet of poster board
• 2 maps of your vacation area ( 1 map for the book cover and 1 map to use on the trip)
• Safety scissors
• 9 inch by 12 inch pieces of heavy-duty construction paper
• 1-hole punch
• Fabric glue
• Glue stick
• Craft foam letters
• Colored markers
• Shoestring
• Pencil
• Crayons

HOW TO DO IT

• Cut out two 6 inch square pieces of poster board.
• Cut out two 7 inch square pieces from one of the maps.
• Cut out two 5 1/2 inch square pieces of heavy-duty off white construction paper.
• Cut out several 5 1/4 inch square pieces of heavy-duty off-white construction paper (Cut one sheet for each day of the trip.)
• To make the front book cover, use a glue stick to adhear one map square to one side of the poster board square.
• Fold the excess to the other side of the poster board and glue to secure.
• Place one of the 5 1/2 squares over the inside of the book cover and glue to secure.
• Repeat this process for the back of the book cover.
• Use a 1-hole punch to make holes in the front and back book covers as well as all of the interior 5 1/4 inch sheets.
• Thread a shoestring through the holes, tie to secure and finish with a bow.
• Just before you leave on vacation, help your child write the vacation destination, the dates of travel and who is going on the first page of the book.
• Have them record something about the trip each day. It could be a thought, a picture or a small souvenir.
• After the trip is over, kids can revisit their Trip Book and insert photos from their trip.

TIPS

• If your child is very young, you might want to place this book, along with other mementos, in a memory chest to bring out when they are a little older. They will love to see the things they experienced when they were youngsters.

FOLLOW UP FUN

• Plan an imaginary trip with the kids. Anything from a theme park trip to an adventure in outer space. Make fantasy trip books and let the kids' imagination run wild!

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