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The document provides instructions and suggestions for several "ready-made" craft and art programs that can be done with teens using online templates and instructions. These include pop-up card making using templates from Robert Sabuda's website, printing and assembling characters from websites with paper figures, iris folding greeting card making using templates and instructions from an online source, and an altered book art project by drawing on words in discarded books inspired by the Humument art style. Book covering is also suggested as a back-to-school program using donated grocery bags and decorating supplies. Templates, instructions, and materials needed are outlined for each project.

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Program Handouts Ready-Made

The document provides instructions and suggestions for several "ready-made" craft and art programs that can be done with teens using online templates and instructions. These include pop-up card making using templates from Robert Sabuda's website, printing and assembling characters from websites with paper figures, iris folding greeting card making using templates and instructions from an online source, and an altered book art project by drawing on words in discarded books inspired by the Humument art style. Book covering is also suggested as a back-to-school program using donated grocery bags and decorating supplies. Templates, instructions, and materials needed are outlined for each project.

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Ready-Made programs

Carrie Smith & Emily Fleischer


ILF Teen Programs on the Cheap 2008
Contact [email protected]

Pop-Up Cards
Talk about a ready-made program! Almost all of your work is found online.
Use Robert Sabudas website to build your program. He has step-by-step instructions
with pictures of each step, as well as the templates to print out.
The magic website:

http://www.robertsabuda.com/popmakesimple.asp
You will need
-to print the templates on cardstock or normal paper
-to print the instructions (unless you only have one or two templates you feel
comfortable enough to talk your teens through)
You will also provide
-scissors
-rulers
- paperclips (to score fold lines more on the online instructions)
-pencils/pens
-coloring implements (colored pencils, markers, crayons, etc)
-optionally, you may also provide colored construction paper
We created these pop-ups for a holiday program, and I chose several of Roberts designs
for the kids to do:
-pop-up snowflake
-pop-up poinsettia flower
-reindeer pop-up
-Christmas tree pop-up
-pop-up angel
-bird house pop-up (modified to bird/Christmas tree ornament)
-Mothers Day flower (which is non-descript enough to work for the holidays)
When I first printed these from Roberts site, the cards came out very small. I did resize
them into greeting-card sized templates in Microsoft Publisher, and also modified the
birdhouse card to make it more Christmassy. If you are interested in these files (in
Publisher or PDF) please contact Emily at [email protected].
There are also pop-ups on the site for other holidays this doesnt have to be a
Christmas program.

Ready-Made programs

Carrie Smith & Emily Fleischer


ILF Teen Programs on the Cheap 2008
Contact [email protected]

Print and Assemble Characters


Teens will enjoy choosing and creating these kooky characters. Here are three websites
that have a great variety of characters from pop-culture icons to wacky original
monsters.
Ready Mech http://readymech.com/ (Lots of strange original characters
human and non!)

Paper Foldables www.paperfoldables.com/ (Specializing in weird people and


animals)

Cube Craftwww.cubeecraft.com/ (Lots of pop culture characters bonus: these


do not require glue or tape to assemble.)

Ready-Made programs

Carrie Smith & Emily Fleischer


ILF Teen Programs on the Cheap 2008
Contact [email protected]

Iris Folding Greeting Cards


A completed iris-folded card looks impossibly complicated, but the process couldnt be
simpler! This program could also be done with elementary age children.
This traditional technique originated in Holland and it is called iris folding because the
center of the design resembles the iris of a camera or eye.
Designs and instructions can be found online at http://irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com/.
You will need to provide
-printed templates from the website
-cardstock in varying colors for the card
-different colored papers regular weight. You can use colored paper, scrapbooking
paper, etc. You may want to pre-cut these into 1 inch strips.
-scissors
-clear tape
-masking tape or painters tape
Be sure to read through the instruction page at
http://irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com/irisfoldingheart.html before doing the program.
There are lots of great pointers as well as links to paper designs you can download and
print.

Ready-Made programs

Carrie Smith & Emily Fleischer


ILF Teen Programs on the Cheap 2008
Contact [email protected]

Humument-type Altered Book


Most altered books look like art projects, with glue, paint, photographs, trinkets, and
scrapbook-style labels on every page. Try this kind, which requires only the discarded
books and colored pencils, markers, or crayons.
British artist Tom Phillips published his first version of A HUMUMENT in 1970. He took
W.H. Mallock's Victorian novel A Human Document and created an entirely different
book by highlighting some words on each page and drawing over others. Examples:
1st page:

Random page:

Great options for discarded books are items from your donations bin or Readers Digest
Condensed Books found by the foot in many used bookstores.
This is also a great project to do in April, to celebrate National Poetry Month. You can
talk about found poems, free verse, modern art, experimental poetry, and concrete
poems.
Check out www.humument.com to view the entire book.

Ready-Made programs

Carrie Smith & Emily Fleischer


ILF Teen Programs on the Cheap 2008
Contact [email protected]

Book Covering
This can be a great back-to-school program for August. Find out from school contacts
whether teachers require books to be covered for school. Ask local grocery stores to
donate paper bags. Teach the teens how to cover their books, then let them decorate
with whatever you have on hand stickers, markers, crayons, paint, fabric trims, ribbon,
colored paper, glitter glue, etc. This is a good one to raid the crafts closet!

To cover books:
1. Open your book and lay it flat on the paper.
2. Cut the paper so that it is larger than the book on all four sides.
3. Fold the top and bottom of the paper so that the paper is now as tall as your
book.
4. Fold in the left side to create a sleeve that fits over the front cover of the book.
Place the cover in the sleeve.
5. Close the book, hold the cover around it, and mark the place where the right side
should be folded.
6. Fold the right side at this spot to create the sleeve for the back of the book.
7. Open the book and slide the right sleeve over the back cover.
8. Once the cover fits well, tape the edges of the paper any place necessary to hold
the cover in place. But, do not tape the cover directly to the book!

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