My Miniature Library (Book Review)

Love miniatures? Love books? Maybe you even love making miniature books? Then please do check out My Miniature Library: 30 Tiny Books to Make, Read and Treasure. I recently received it as a gift from some dear people who really get me.

And although I thought that I would get to try it out for myself on a leisurely Saturday afternoon, my kids noticed and insisted on joining. So, I can tell you that it is a blast. And you could probably even have children from ages 5 and up join in the fun.

What You Will Need

My Miniature Library
Scissors
Glue Stick

1.

Upon opening the “book” you’ll discover that it is actually a room box, complete with a cardboard bookshelf that you can assemble in under a minute.

Um, smitten already.

2.

Next, you’ll get to select a book to build first. This is definitely the hardest part. I finally landed on The Frog Prince.

The 5-year-old picked My Tiny Treasures, the 7-year-old selected My Family Album, the 9-year-old chose Atlas of the World.

3.

Cut out the cover. The covers are printed (double-sided) on slightly heavier stock.

The kids had no trouble with this part.

4.

Fold the spine. The spines are all printed in contrasting color to help out. I scored mine a tiny bit to help even more. (The kids found this part a little bit frustrating.)

5.

Next, you’ll cut out two long strips for the book interiors. (Easy-peasy for everyone.)

6.

Then so much folding. Kind of fun.

7.

The two kids that made it this far found the folding easy, but were not as, um, precise as I would have liked.

8.

You’ll glue the two long strips together in the middle.

9.

Then you get to glue the end sheets to the cover. Again, I love that the inside covers are printed in color.

10.

This part might be trickier for the kids. But darn it, they were cute when so focused. (And quiet, for once.)

11.

At this point the 7-year-old got distracted. He did not think that the library had a suitable amount of furniture and started raiding the dollhouse for some tables and chairs.

12.

Black Bart pointed out that the pages kind of jostle a bit when the books are open. I think it might work well to glue the backs of the pages together for more realism.

13.

But, the books are readable! And illustrated! I loves them.

14.

And, just like that I had to make a second book. So I selected Plants and Flowers.

15.

The color illustrations were are darling!

(I might try harder to trim off the dotted guide lines at the top and bottom next time.)

16.

Final results for the 5-year-old weren’t quite complete. He cut and folded the cover, cut and folded the first strip of pages, then got distracted adding illustrations and bedtime rolled around…

17.

Nearly the same results from the 7-year-old. He got a bit more detailed with his illustrations. I have a hunch he’ll want to pick up in the morning right where he left off.

18.

The 9-year-old finished his. The pages are pretty snaggly and it was going to be one of my favorite books.

But, here’s the deal: he had fun, he was so much fun to watch, and we spent time together doing something we all loved.

15.

And Spider-Man finally got to catch up on some quality plants and flowers reading. So, a win!

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