DIY: Colour Book

Learning colours comes naturally for most people, but who wouldn't love their very own personalised Book of Colours. This was a 2 hour project in total from gathering the supplies, putting it together, and laminating the project. 

I basically followed the tutorial on this page http://www.teacherbytrademotherbynature.com/2015/08/diy-homemade-colour-book_7.html and here https://craftulate.com/2013/03/homemade-colour-book.html, but made a few small changes to suit J. 

Supplies:

Paint swatches (two of each colour) from Mitre 10 (FREE)
A meaningful photo to your child in each colour you include in the book. 
A range of stickers ( we had these at home)
Book Binding Rings (x2)
Hole punch
Glue
Laminator/laminating sheets (optional) - I took the pages to the Warehouse Stationary and they laminated, cut and whole punched for $8. 

I collected one large Resene paint swatch in each of the colours I wanted (pictured below): 
Red/Pink
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue (not pictured)
Purple
Grey/Black
Brown
(I may add white later)

1. Cut the cards in half and glue them together so that they form a book with the matching colours facing each other. 
2. Add stickers and a photo to each colour and write in the colour name. 
3. Laminate.
4. Punch and ring.
Ta-da! A personalised book of colours. 

I think they key element for J is that she sees all the things that are important to her in the pictures and connects her prior knowledge to the colours she is learning.

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