Bookmaking Parties - You Host, I’ll Bring Materials, We’ll Make Books!
From ages 5 through adult!
(I can also do these virtually!)
Host a bookmaking party for kids or adults - for a birthday, or just for the fun of it!
I'll spend an hour (or more) with guests ages 5 and up, leading them in creating a fun and fabulous book to take home.
I bring all art materials; you need only provide table space.
For kids: have a birthday party, or just a fun art afternoon for friends!
For adults: do you like paint-n-sip type events? How about make-books-n-sip?
Get a group of friends of any age together, and I'll happily come to you (in-person or virtual) and bring all art materials!
ONE-HOUR PARTY OPTIONS:
Beaded modified pamphlet stitch book!
For ages 5 and up
$250 for up to 12 participants at your location, includes materials*
A great choice for the younger set! Participants will create a modified pamphlet stitch book - bound with a new shoelace - and string beads onto the binding as they go (a great opportunity to get in some dexterity practice for younger kids)! They'll have time to decorate and start filling their book afterward, using washi, markers, and colored pencils.
5-year-old stringing beads onto binding
Modified Pamphlet Stitch Books by 5-Year-Olds
Wraparound pamphlet stitch book with decorative closure!
For ages 8 and up
$250 for up to 12 participants at your location, includes materials*
Participants will learn the simple pamphlet stitch, and make a book with a wraparound cover that fastens via a decorative colored/faux-jewel brad! They’ll make holes with push pins and stitch with blunt tapestry needles. I’ll demonstrate step-by-step, and tell a silly story along the way that makes the stitch easy to remember. Everyone will leave with a book that feels like it can be filled with secrets - photos - drawings - poems - anything!
Pop-up face book!
For ages 8 and up
$250 for up to 12 participants at your location, includes materials*
Participants will learn how to create a basic beak pop-up, make 4 to 5 fantastical faces, and put together a book of different pop-up faces, one per page. Best of all - they'll be able to make pop-up cards forever after!
Tons of other options - email me to discuss many other age-appropriate options for your guests!
Other options for the OLDER audience include kitschy upcycled cereal box books and envelope books (both require 1.25-1.5 hours - additional time billed at $100/hr).
*Travel fee may be charged if location is more than a 30-minute drive for me.
Additional time billed at $100/hr.