Celebrating World Book Day with Viking *

AD, GIFTED | The 5th March is World Book Day and this year Iā€™m celebrating it with the help of Viking*, one of the largest stationery suppliers in the world. Who’ve kindly sent me a box full of stationery goodies to create some book-ish crafts with.

Their challenge? To celebrate your favourite books, stories and characters, using the pages from old books. The idea is to give the books a new lease of life, rather than have them collecting dust on a bookshelf somewhere. Although I wouldn’t recommend doing this with your favourite, well-loved, books!

World Book Day Craft Supplies - Viking Stationery

The box included a ‘Book Art’ craft book, multicoloured paper, red tissue paper, sharpie pens, two paper punches, an A4 gold frame, old book paper – in case I didn’t want to cut up my own books – and an alphabet stamp kit complete with stamping ink and an ink pad. Which was probably my favourite item! My dad has already claimed the paper punches for himself, saying they’ll be great for his fantasy and military modelling projects.

The books I chose were The Very Hungry Caterpillar which was one of my favourite children’s books, The Hunger Games which is one of my favourite YA book series’, and The Lord of the Rings – probably my favourite book series.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I hadn’t originally planned to include a children’s book character, until I saw Vikings own lion design on their blog. * Which inspired me to make a paper version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. šŸ›

What you’ll need

  • Green (2 shades), red, yellow and purple cardstock
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Pencil
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book

Step One

Draw the Very Hungry Caterpillar’s head, facial features, body and feet onto cardstock.

Step Two

Cut out the pieces and start assembling your Very Hungry Caterpillar, layering each section to make the body.

Step Three

Assemble the tail section on to the body.

Step Four

Add the feet using The Very Hungry Caterpillar book as a guide.

The Hunger Games

For this design I knew I wanted to use the Mockingjay symbol which is a constant symbol of hope throughout the series. Along with an inspirational quote from the books.

What you’ll need

  • Old book pages
  • An A4 frame
  • Alphabet stamps
  • Ink pad
  • Ink
  • Coloured card
  • Pencil
  • Scissors

Step One

Draw the Mockingjay symbol on to coloured card – I used yellow, as that’s what I had to hand, but gold would also work well for this.

If you’re struggling to draw this free hand this is a great tutorial (which I used).

Step Two

Mount the book pages onto a plain piece of card or paper.

Step Three

Add your favourite quote from the series to the book pages with the lettering stamps.I chose,

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

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Step Four

Cut out the Mockingjay symbol and stick it on top of the book pages.

Step Five

Frame your finished design.

The Lord of the Rings

I enjoy oragami (the Japanese art of paper folding) but it’s been some time since I’ve made something creative out of paper.Both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit book series are full of interesting characters and creatures, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try my hand at oragami again.I decided to craft the watchful eye of Sauron, using this blinking eye tutorial.

What you will need

  • Black paper
  • White paper
  • Colouring pencils (although I think felt tips would have worked better here!)
  • Patience!

Step One

Draw and colour the eye of Sauron using the white paper.

Step Two

Start folding the blinking eye using the tutorial.

Step Three

Half way through the tutorial you will need to glue the eye of Sauron to the black paper.

Step Four

Continue the tutorial until the blinking eye is complete.

Step Five

The idea of the blinking eye is that the back corners can be pinched to open and close the eye. šŸ˜šŸ˜‘ If you’ve followed the tutorial correctly, you should end up with something like this…

Blinking Eye Origami - Eye of Sauron (open)

Blinking Eye Origami – Eye of Sauron (open)

Blinking Eye Origami - Eye of Sauron (closed)
Blinking Eye Origami – Eye of Sauron (closed)

And there you have it – my three book crafts. šŸ˜Š I thoroughly enjoyed making these and would like to thank Viking again for the box of stationery goodies.


What are some of your favourite books? Is there a favourite character or scene you could turn into a book-ish craft? Let me know in the comments. šŸ“–

16 Comments

  • Kelly Diane

    March 16, 2020 at 11:00

    This is such a great post, I love being creative and will be definitely giving this a go myself.

  • Lisa

    March 4, 2020 at 17:08

    These are amazing, Kim! As a LOTR fan I’d have to say Sauron is awesome but as a parent with fond memories of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, I’d have to say he’s my fave. What a fabulous collab, so much fun and perfect for World Book Day šŸ™‚

  • Cora @ Tea Party Princess

    March 4, 2020 at 15:53

    OK so these are excellent! They all look amazing! I am very impressed by your crafting skills šŸ™‚
    Cora | http://www.teapartyprincess.co.uk/

    1. Kim

      March 4, 2020 at 17:08

      Aw, thank you lovely. šŸ˜ŠšŸ’—

  • Emily

    March 4, 2020 at 03:00

    This is honestly SUCH a good idea for bookworms! Getting crafty and celebrating your favorite reads! I love it! Plus, you did such a good job on your crafts! I loved the Mockingjay one! I’d love to do something with some of my favorite books from childhood. So much fun!!

  • bournemouthgirl

    March 3, 2020 at 21:10

    I did some stuff with book art too! It was good fun! You have made some great things with your supplies! Thank you for reading and commenting! Xx

  • Nic | Nic’s Adventures & Bakes

    March 3, 2020 at 19:39

    These look amazing and easy to do, from the book šŸ™‚

    Nic | Nic’s Adventures & Bakes

  • Alice Megan

    March 3, 2020 at 09:28

    These look brilliant you’re so creative!

    1. Kim

      March 3, 2020 at 12:01

      Thank you! šŸ’—

  • Britt K

    March 2, 2020 at 23:41

    This is such a cute set. I love the stamped lettering that you included – pretty sure that the stamp set would be my favourite thing from the list! I can just imagine all the fun things that you could make with those.

    1. Kim

      March 3, 2020 at 12:02

      Thanks Britt! šŸ˜Š I’m think I’m going to get a lot of use out of the stamp set.

  • Sophie Wentworth

    March 2, 2020 at 20:06

    They look amazing, such a fun and creative activity! I’m not sure if I ould bring myself to rip a book up for it though. I love what you did for The Very Hungry Caterpillar x

    Sophie

    1. Kim

      March 3, 2020 at 12:05

      Thanks Sophie. šŸ˜Š I was tempted to rip up my old copy of the Hunger Games for that craft but I couldn’t bring myself too. I’m glad you like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, he was my favourite to do. x

  • Bryony Baker

    March 2, 2020 at 18:51

    This is such a creative post, I remember the hungry caterpillar so well from my childhood x

  • Jess

    March 2, 2020 at 17:55

    These are so lovely! I especially like the hungry caterpillar craft – one of my favourite childhood books x

  • Bexa

    March 2, 2020 at 17:34

    This is such a fun post, Kim! I love all these creative ideas! The stamped lettering over the book pages looks really effective and makes a really cool poster. Hehe, The Very Hungry Caterpillar makes me feel all nostalgic, that’s such a classic childhood read. Thanks for sharing your creations, book art looks like such an enjoyable hobby! <3 xx

    Bexa | http://www.hellobexa.com

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