How to Make a Flap Book for Preschool

Preschoolers love lift-the-flap books and will enjoy a book made especially for them even more than those that are purchased from the store. Although it takes a little work, it isn't that hard to make a personalized flap book for your child. The hardest part will be deciding which items to include on the pages. Make a fun book with pictures of your child, friends and family hidden under flaps that appear to be windows and doors. Alternatively, you can create an educational book with the names of different items, colors, numbers or letters under the flaps.

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Lightweight poster board
• Colored duct tape
• Computer
• Printer
• Printer paper
• Glue
• Craft knife
• Pictures to put under the flaps

1. • 1
     Cut poster board to make the size and number of pages you want to include in your book. Cut two pieces of poster board for each page of the book since you need one page to hold the flaps and one to hold the content for under the flaps.
   • 2
     Use your computer to design and print the content for the pages. The front and back cover should not contain any flaps. Print out pages containing what will be seen when you turn to a page and pages that contain the content that will go under the flaps.
   • 3
     Glue the papers with the flaps onto poster board pages, with each page on a separate piece of poster board. Use a craft knife to cut the flaps, making sure the opening of the flaps is toward the outside of the book and not the center of the book.
   • 4
     Put the pages in order with the blank backs facing each other. Open the flaps to mark where they are on the back of the facing page, then glue the content that goes under the flaps in place. Make sure this content is slightly larger than the opening of the flaps. Once the material is in place, glue the poster board page backs together, making sure not to glue the flaps down.
   • 5
     Use colored duct tape to tape facing pages together and bind the outside, and then leave the book propped up with all the pages open to give it a chance to dry before giving it to your preschooler.