This post is for anyone in my
"Secret Trinket Box/Hollowed Out Book" swap on swap-bot.
***This is a pretty simple way to hollow out a book. For anyone in the swap, you do not have to follow these instructions if you have a different way or more preferable way.***
Supplies:
Hardback book
mod podge (or glue/water mixture)
large paint brush
pencil
x-acto knife
something heavy (to place on top of book)
ruler/flat edge
1. Open the book about 3 pages in.
2. Mod Podge the outside pages (minus the first 3 pages set aside) with the paint brush.
3. Close the book and place a heavy object on top. Let dry for 15-30 minutes.
4. With a ruler/flat edge trace a 1 inch or so perimeter around the first page (after the 3 or so pages you set aside).
5. Along the perimeter you penciled, use the x-acto knife and slice and slice and slice. As you're slice remove pages along the way. Do this until you've nearly reach the bottom. This took me about 30-45 minutes.
6. Mod Podge the inside of the hollowed book, but not the top page of the hollowed area (if you do, when you shut the book while it dries it will stick together. You then won't be able to open it without tearing).
7. Close the book and place a heavy object on top, like in step 2. This is so the book dries tightly and the cover will close properly without popping open. Let dry for 1-2 hours. This step takes longer because the mod podge on the inside is not as exposed to air as the mod podge used in step 1.
8. Once the inside has dried, mod podge the first page of the hollowed out section.
9. Modge podge the first 3 pages (that you set aside) together and then mod podge them to the front cover so the cover is neatly glued to the first three pages. Let dry 15-30 minutes.
10. You're finished! Place a profile surprise inside the hollowed space, package, and send to your partner!
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