Play Book Instructions!

SO sorry this was delayed due to techincal difficulties with the pictures!  It's a lot of pictures!  LOL!  So you ready to get your game on?!  Great!

Start off with a few supplies:
Vintage board game (or a large piece of chipboard/cardboard covered in the bingo paper from the May kit)
Utility Knife or Craft Knife
Crop-A-Dile or a heavy duty hole punch
Twine
Book Binding Tape/Gaffer tape/Colored Duct Tape
6 sheets of 12X12 Cardstock (for filler pages)

Start off by marking your board game to the size you want to cut it. Then mark your spine piece as well.   The dimentions for mine are as follows:  Cover and Back are approx. 7 ½ wide X 6 ½ tall & Spine is 7 X 1.25.

Now you will attach the spine in the same manner but this time you will put half of the tape on the front of the cover and half on the spine (leaving a small gap for expantion and folding) and do the same for the spine, folding the excess over to the inside of the cover/spine. Then take wide piece of your tape (or two strips of thinner tape) and cover the inside of the spine making sure to overlap where the spine and cover meet on front cover and back cover. Wrap the excess over to the front of the spine. I cut the edges of my tape with the a pair of decative edge scissors for an added finish.

Now your cover is complete

Now for the inside.  Cut your cardstock down to 6X12 and fold in half. Make three sections with 4 folded sheets in each. Using your crop-a-dile, punch a whole in the center fold at top and bottom on all three sections.    Now you will need to make a spine strip to hold all the pages in place. Cut a scrap piece of cardstock to approx 6 X 1. Next use the same punch you used to make the holes in your filler pages (so you have the same punch reach) and punch a row of three holes at the top and bottom of the spine strip.

With all your holes punched, you can then cut three lengths of your twine (about a yard each) and thread each piece through a section of your filler pages with the loose ends facing the outside spine.

Then thread all your twine through the holes of the spine strip so it looks like the picture below.

Now you will punch a hole at the top and bottom of your outer spine, thread your twine through and tie a bow.

 

Embelish and you are done!  Have FUN with YOUR playbook!  Don't forget to upload them to the gallery so we can see!

~Michelle

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#1
Fri, 2009-05-08 11:01
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So so creative! Makes me

So so creative! Makes me want to cut up my board games....almost!  Smile

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#2
Fri, 2009-05-08 11:18
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Wellll... we have had this

Wellll... we have had this Monopoly Lord of the Rings game (of my bro's) at our house for a while. heheh I am thinking no one will notice. lol

Thanks, Michelle! You rock! 

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#3
Fri, 2009-05-08 12:08
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Pure sweetness- this is so

Pure sweetness- this is so rad and I'm SO gonna do this!!

Thanks for sharing your fabulous creativity with us!!

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#4
Fri, 2009-05-08 13:57
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AW this is so cute!!! I

AW this is so cute!!!

I could never cut up a monopoly board but it just makes the best cover pattern!!! TFS!


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#5
Fri, 2009-05-08 18:59
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We have 3 Candy Lane board

We have 3 Candy Lane board games which means.....we now have 2

As soon as I am done celebrating my birthday this weekend I am so making this book, now I have to figure out how to post it when I am done. Thanks for sharing this awesome book with us.

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#6
Fri, 2009-05-08 23:42
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Im so glad my little book is

Im so glad my little book is inspiring you all to get creative with those board games!  Now I know some of you are a little reluctant to cut up your board games...as would I be.  BUT you can find them at your local thrift store or salvage center for less than a dollar in most cases!  So get hunting on those vintage board games!

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#7
Sat, 2009-05-09 07:58
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This is so cute!  I don't

This is so cute!  I don't have any extra games here, but I will go to our local thrift store.  What a great idea, Michelle!  Thanks for sharing it with us! 

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#8
Sat, 2009-05-09 10:04
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YAY MICHELLE! ANOTHER REASON

YAY MICHELLE! ANOTHER REASON TO GO ANTIQUING/THRIFTING!!

HAHAHAHAA

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#9
Sat, 2009-05-09 13:36
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now that i've seen the

now that i've seen the tutorial OMG it was a lot easier than i thought!!! UBERNESS!!! thank you so much for sharing!!!! i love this mini!

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#10
Sat, 2009-05-09 20:25
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How cool is this?!! Love the

How cool is this?!! Love the book and appreciate you sharing the how-to! I love it!

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