A couple of months back, there was a lot of hoopla about a new book called "The Dangerous Book for Boys". A good part of the hoopla involved around the boys part - like, can't girls do those same things? Of course they can. And shouldn't they get good instruction? Of course they should.
I'm the mother of one child - a daughter. She is 99.99% sure to be our only child. So, I rather wanted the book for her - it sounded like fun and chock-full of all sorts of things everyone should know. It also sounded like a great Father's Day present.
I toyed with the idea of buying the book and taking a Sharpie to the cover but that seemed overly destructive and not nearly cunning enough. Instead, I bought the book - which conveniently comes without a dustjacket - and made a book jacket for it. I took a large piece of Miss M.'s artwork, scanned the bookcover, found some extra bits, and made a collage cover. The whole shebang got laminated with clear Contac paper. I am distinctly amused with myself.
05 July 2007
The Dangerous Book
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14 comments:
I love it!
But, hmm...have you got a little extra time on your hands there?
most excellent!
that's awesome, and definately the kind of thing I would do.
Soooo cool, I hear they are thinking about a Dangerous book for girls as well, maybe out in the fall?
hehe-love dangerous fun!
Perfect!
Wow. Too cool. You are one rockin' mommy.
What a great idea...hmmmm.
I love it! :)
Laughing out loud.
Genius!
That is awesome.
i so love that. it's this creativity that i love because I'd never have done that only because i'd never thought of it.
Incredibly brilliant.
Great idea.
What a lovely gift.
Fabulous. :) Make me smile big.
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