Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Coffee Dripped Book: Keepsake Craft for Kids

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A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake for your kids to enjoy creating using good ole’ decaf coffee.

This coffee dripped keepsake craft can be used for photo albums, drawing or writing books, secret messages, homemade gifts, treasure maps, and nature journals.

We love using ours as a nature journal, to collect favorite leaves that are found on nature walks, draw sketches of plants, or to smear some dirt for a texture page.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

This coffee craft is a simple three-step process of coffee dripping, drying, and book assembly. Once created, it can be used right away or saved for a special activity or upcoming event.

Supplies needed:

  • White 9×12 construction paper
  • Decaf coffee (brewed)
  • A cup
  • A dropper (we love these twisty ones!) or a medicine syringe (affiliate link)
  • A baking or craft tray
  • A towel, sheet, or tablecloth
  • A pair of scissors
  • A hole punch
  • Ribbon, yarn, or twine
  • Cardstock or watercolor paper (optional, for cover)

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

But first… coffee!

Begin by brewing your cup of coffee so that it has time to cool before your kids use it for staining.

Then place your towel or sheet down on your crafting surface; whether that be on the patio, in the kitchen, or on the porch (coffee can stain).

Add your baking or crafting tray on the towel and put down a white piece of paper in the tray.

For the cover, I used a stronger white paper (watercolor paper – or you can use construction paper). It left a much more distinct coffee pattern on the paper, so it made a nice cover.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

For the inside pages, I used regular construction paper, but you can also use construction paper for the entire book.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

When your coffee is cooled, pour it into a non-breakable cup or container (like a plastic cup) and grab the dropper.

Now, grab the kids!

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

Making your coffee dripping book

Before beginning, I recommend having your kids wear clothing that can potentially get dirty or stained.

Then have your kids fill their droppers with the coffee and drop (squirt) it onto their white paper; this is great fine motor practice.

Explore 32 objects to strengthen fine motor skills.

They may be hesitant at first and only do little drops or may choose to begin by making small spots.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

But then, your kids may get really into it and make big designs or flood the paper with coffee. Either way works and will look cool!

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

The one thing about coffee dripping is that it doesn’t all absorb into the paper, so you will have excess coffee in the tray that can be used for staining the entire paper.

Also, when you pick up the paper, the coffee will run.  It’s totally okay and adds to the design.

The goal is to have a design and the page fully stained.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

Depending on how many pages you would like in the keepsake craft, will dictate the amount of paper to stain.

For example; we made one book with four pages and another book with eight pages (two sheets of construction paper and 1/2 sheet of watercolor paper).

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

As the pages are stained, simply remove them from the tray and place them somewhere to dry.

Keepsake Assembly:

Once the paper is dry, it’s time to assemble.

You’ll begin by folding the paper in half like a book, then cut apart.

This would be a great opportunity for cutting practice!

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

Then, fold the cut paper in half again to make a smaller book.

Combine all folded pages together and if you have a specific cover page, then place that on the outside.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

It’s now time to hole punch the pages.

You’re going to make two holes on the folded part of each page.

Unfortunately, our hole punch could only be used with one page at a time, so we had to make holes in the cover first and then slide one page in at a time to line up the holes correctly.

If your hole punch can do all at the same time, then awesome.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

Once your holes are made, simply put the pages back together and make sure the holes are lined up.

Then gather your string or ribbon, cut two pieces, and use them to tie the pages together.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

Wallah!  The pages of your kids’ coffee keepsake craft are ready to be filled.

A coffee craft!! Yep, a fun and simple keepsake craft for kids to enjoy creating using good ole' decaf coffee.

How did your kids use their coffee dripped keepsake booklet?



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