How to make your own- Harry

potter spell book cover. You can use this to cover any book you are reading

from or simply stick in a diary or bLank pages and

turn it into a spell book

Step 1. Cut out some cardboard, make it 2 inches

bigger on each side than the book you wish to cover

Step2. Use masking tape around the edge to make it

neat

Step 3. Get a stone or a piece of clay and shape it

like a pebble (this is going to be the monster eye) -

you can use a few stones if you want extra eyes,

glue it onto the front coverside of the book.

Step 4. Use kitchen or tissue paper to build up around

the eye- start to make it look like an eyelid. Cover

the whole cardboard in a thin layer of tissue.

This is so that the book looks textured like

material.

Mix a watery glue to spread all over the thin

tissue. all areas should be covered.

Wrap any tissue that hangs over the edge to the

inside cover and glue it down.

Step 5. Leave the tissue to dry- paint the eye in a

white for a base coat (let it dry) and then yellow. If

you have Acrylic paint, you can do just the yellow

Step 6. Mix brown paint and add some black to

darken it.

Mix some green paint and add some black to darken

it.

Start to paint all over your book using both shades

so it looks old and patchy. Do not leave any white

areas.

Paint a red line down your eye and a thin line in the

middle of the thicker red line.

You can use jem’s or foam to add scales and spots.

Leave everything to dry.

Step 7. Turn over the book and paint the inside in the

same way.

Step 8. Both side should be covered and now you

crease the book in the centre to form a spine

These are some examples that Year 4 children did

this week.

Remember you can just fold it over a book your

reading- perhaps with a little blue tack to hold it

on, or you can get a sketchbook, diary or line paged

book to glue in permanently.