Use a Book As a Vase

 Hello Readers. I really liked this idea and couldn't wait to make this project. My thought was that it was a great use for older, damaged, no longer read-able books. (Please don't use your great grandmother's first edition, valuable, family heirloom. You should save and insure that.) This project was meant for books that your kids liked but damaged through reading over and over again or an older book that has lost some pages over the years. 

A book as a vase? Read on and see.

 

Here is the book I wanted to use. It was published in 1963. I really liked the illustration on the cover. It has such a great retro look. I did read the book and it was comically unrealistic. It was marketed to young girls as an adventurous idea of what they can do when they grow up. It was so innocent and sweet, I don't think Hollywood is anything like this book but I am not an expert.
 

I had a few artificial flowers that I wanted to use. These colors worked with the color scheme of my book. You can use any colors you like.

 

The pages need to be folded or turned in. My book had quite a few illustrations through-out the book. I wanted those to show so I turned my pages in at the places that would show some of my favorite drawings. 

 

I used a glue gun with glue sticks to add a few small blobs right in the center of the book. This will secure the pages and keep them turned in towards the book. That gives me a spot for my flower stem and shows the illustrations that I like.

 

I just put a few blobs in the center of the open book and tucked the pages into the glue. 

 

Now my book is able to stand by itself with the turned in pages stuck in place. I can add the flowers now.

 

I put a floral piece into each rolled up group of pages. I pushed the stem down until it was steady and in place.

 

I added the flowers and bent the flowers out and made the whole group of flowers look as full as possible.

I wanted the arrangement to be as large as possible. 

 

I liked the color combinations and the drawings together from this view of the inside of the book.

 

I also liked the colorful cover with the flowers too. 

 

This book is a bit different. A few inner pages were cut in half height before they were glued in place and the flowers stand lower in the book. 

 

This is a fun kids book that got damaged and was missing some pages. The colorful illustrations are fun with the floral arrangement. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.