I'm also starting a bookmaking project with senior citizens. The final project will be hand-made accordion books that will feature drawings and collages about the students' life experiences. I started them off with a mini-book project about childhood memories. We made instant books out of single sheets of paper. I also gave them glue-sticks and baggies filled with all kinds of scrap. Well. . . it's week two and they are still making instant books. I'm learning with older adults to S-L-O-W down the process and not be so product-oriented. Next week, I'll have photos of their instant books.
Here are the instructions for folding them:
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