I wanted a spellbook for one of my witches to hold, so I made one. I also remembered to take some pictures this time!
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I started off by making a pentagram out of some aluminum flashing. I just printed out one on my computer, then taped it to the flashing. I took a screwdriver and pressed the star and the inner circle into the flashing, then cut it all out on the outer circle with the pentagram still taped onto the metal. When I took the paper off, I took the screwdriver and went over the star to imprint it a bit deeper. |
For the book itself, I started with 2 rectangles of styrofoam. Then I just started sanding them with the palm sander until I got each side the right shape. I had a real open book sitting close by so I could look at it for reference. Then I glued the 2 pieces together with Gorilla Glue. I made a spline with a scrap piece of foam that I sanded lengthwise to get a little rounded on the edges and glued that onto the other 2 pieces. |
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I printed out 2 pieces of paper with what I needed the pages of the open book to say and tea stained them. When they were dry, I glued them to the book using regular old Elmer's applied with a paintbrush. Then I painted the edges to give it a more aged look. |
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Once that was dry, I glued the metal pentagram on, then I painted the rest of the outer cover, and finally, latexed with the expired stuff over the whole thing to waterproof it. I'm sure you can use a clear coat of poly or some other clear paint as well. |
Now, I COULD have glued on some fabric to make the outside cover a bit more realistic... but honestly, I'd already given too much detail to a book that nobody will even notice since it will be held by a witch in the dark outside. But it was fun to make! |
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