Dragon Book Tutorial
Spring is finally here and to celebrate I decided to create a fun, light hearted book this week. Book 15 in the 50 Book Project is a Dragon Book with gelli print covers. I’ve also seen this book called an Explosion Book and I’m sure there are other names too.
It’s an easy structure to make and would work well in a Gelli print or paste paper workshop. Also, it’s National Poetry Month and this book would be perfect for showcasing a poem.
The covers of the book are gelli prints and the inside pages were colored with Dylusions spray inks and rubber stamps.
April 12, 2015 @ 9:08 pm
Absolutely beautiful, though it is going to take me a while to work through it. 🙂 I wonder if this would work with my Grade 5 students as we are studying angles? Hmmm May try it.
April 14, 2015 @ 10:12 am
Heather — I did this book on a 3″x3″ scale for my granddaughter’s fifth birthday party — with scrapbook papers. It is doable and your kids would wind up with something wonderful.
April 13, 2015 @ 6:22 pm
Looks fun, thanks Ali. I must confess to looking forward to Sundays for the next book each week.
April 14, 2015 @ 10:13 am
I love the papers with the fun designs printed on them … so much fun!
April 18, 2015 @ 4:57 pm
Our library-based Saturday morning poetry group put on a program last night called ‘World of Poetry’, the theme for the Poetry Month of April. I listened to many wonderful poets read their poetry while thinking I could combine my love of book-making with writing poetry both of which are new to me. As a child I loved a book simply called the ‘Princess and the Dragon’, about a little girl and a baby dragon in the skies around the castle. And now we have a DRAGON BOOK! Ah,ha, a poem is coming. Thanks, Ali, for the inspiration!
December 31, 2016 @ 10:45 am
Génial…????????????
January 11, 2019 @ 1:25 pm
I imagined it would be bigger. . . . My first time following an online tutorial. It took me way too long to figure out the square/triangle folds. That is on ME. The photos and directions in the tutorial are great! Although supply list reads “4 pieces of 6″x 6″ media paper” – when I believe only 3 pieces are required. I LOVE how my mini “squash/dragon/explosion” turned out. Is there a way to post photos here? I’ll post my results on the facebook page. . .