My ds just got done with his Ahoy, Matey! Lapbook (from In the Hands of a Child). This is quite an accomplishment because with everything we've had going on...it's taken us almost a YEAR to get it done. (Yes, you read that right.) But I think this is the lapbook he's loved the most. He has had it open at least 3 times a day since he finished it. He even showed it to his dad the minute he walked in the door the day we glued all the booklets in. Here are some pictures...
I found the image for the front cover of the lapbook here...but you can also find a .png here. I inserted it into a Word .doc and resized it to fit the page, then added "Ahoy, Matey!" in a "Pirates-of-the-Caribbean"-looking font. I printed it out on off white paper to make it look "aged."
(And I'll admit, this is where I got to enjoy part of making the lapbook...) I burned the edges of the cover page (accidentally dripped wax on a part...which turned out to be very cool...) and took a cotton ball that I sponged on a dark brown stamp pad and rubbed it on the edges (heavy) and lightly on rest of the page (trying to miss the picture and letters b/c I wasn't sure if the moisture from the ink would make the pictures "run"). This made it look "old" and worn. OK..so sue me for having a little fun with my son's lapbook. He didn't mind...he actually likes it and I got some of my creative juices going...AND it is the next best thing to scrapbooking when I haven't had time to pull out all my supplies in well over a year.
I also found some gold buttons which look like gold nuggets in my sewing stash (that I bought well over 15 years ago and never used)...and you KNOW that every pirate needs a little bit of treasure...so with a little cotton yarn/string they became our closures.
Here are a few additional images that we used in addition to the HOAC lapbook...
Pirate Coloring Pages This is where I found the big pirate inside (next to the treasure chest mini-book).
More fun pages that we used but didn't add to our lapbook..
Welcome to my blog...Why "gidget"? Well...my husband tried to teach me how to surf before we were married. I was lousy at it, but he called me his "gidget" and the name stuck.
Why "Treasure Trove"? I love sharing about my sweet little "treasures"...and God has blessed me beyond measure....and no, I didn't mean that to rhyme.
He didn't mind...he actually likes it and I got some of my creative juices going...AND it is the next best thing to scrapbooking when I haven't had time to pull out all my supplies in well over a year. 
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