Recycled Book Projects

Recently I attended a recycled book project event at a public library near me. Using pages from old books we made envelopes, beads, pencil covers, bookmarks, pennants, and collages. Since the first grade students at my school were busy studying recycling I thought it would be an excellent project to share with them. I prepped the paper from the old books by slicing through the pages at the binding with a sharp blade cutter. Then I used a paper cutter to chop the paper to the sizes I needed. The students came in for an hour and worked at "stations" around the room to create their projects. I think the triangle banners were my favorite. I kept one for my hedgehog, Hedgie.