Book prop

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I made these lightweight fake books to hang from the ceiling for my seance Halloween party, to look like they were floating around the room due to spectral activity! These were really cheap and easy and fun to make! I made graphics in Photoshop for several of the surfaces of the books: the pages, the […]

Giant Party Prop Book: Every year the Panhellenic Alumnae women of Kansas City host a brunch and auction to raise scholarship funds for collegiate sorority women. This year, the theme of the brunch was Alice in Wonderland. Because I knew the Instructables Party Challenge …

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FairyTale Story Book Prop: For the show 'Into The Woods', we needed an over-sized Disney still fairy-tale book, for the Narrater to use. The book was made entirely from cardboard and was made in 3D, so that the Narrator could secrete their notes and lines inside and the audie…

Made a giant open book for a display case at Indiana State University. Gimme cardboard and duct tape and I am a happy teacher!

Custom Made Big Giant Foam Props Made to Order Prop Maker display retail trade show film movie theater play decoration

I know you all asking yourselves, "How do I make a very large fake prop book for my daughter's Christmas play?" Well you are in luck. I learned how to do this from the help from Dave Lowe (he was kind enough to share on his blog to help out this Mom) Thanks Dave. Here's my Tuesday Tutorial on Thursday. Or presenting Thursday Tutorial.... Onward. First start with foam core and cut front, back and binding. Take chipboard (thin dense cardboard like on the back of paper pad) and use that to cut…