Blossom Book
Creating the Book
· Take three sheets of pastel-colored copy paper. Pull the top left corner of one sheet down diagonally to the right so that the top edge of the paper aligns with the right edge of the paper. Crease along the fold. Then cut off the bottom strip of paper so that you are left with an 8½-inch square.
· Place the square in front of you so the crease is “mountain-side” up (rather than “valley-side” up).
· Fold the square in half vertically, crease it, and open it. Then fold it in half horizontally, crease it, and open it. When opened, the paper will have three creases (repeat these steps for all three pieces of copy paper).
· Then fold one of the pieces of paper in half along the diagonal crease (figure 4). Push points A and B into the inside to point C (figure 5), making a smaller square (figure 6). Do this to all three pages. Use the shape you just cut as a template to draw a matching clover-shaped outline on the other two folded squares. Then cut the other two squares along the lines they drew.
· Next, place one of the folded shapes onto a sheet of construction paper and trace around the shape. Cut out this shape and repeat this step so you end up with two clover-shaped pieces of construction paper. Set these aside for the moment. The pieces will be used later to form the front and back cover of the blossom
Completing the Blossom Book
· Open the three folded shapes. Within the blooms, you can draw and write information regarding producers that you have researched and studied in different biomes. For example, you can illustrate and label the benefits of the Saguaro Cactus, write sentences describing its role in the environment, its role in the food chain, water cycle, illustrate methods of seed dispersal, or chart the growth of a plant over time.
· Refold the paper as before and stack the three shapes on top of each other, making sure to line up point D on all three pages.
· Glue the bottom of shape 1 to the top of shape 2. Then glue the bottom of shape 2 to the top of shape 3. Then glue the two pieces of card stock to each side of the blossom book.
· Make a pocket on a sheet of yellow construction paper to put your blossom book in
Creating the Book
· Take three sheets of pastel-colored copy paper. Pull the top left corner of one sheet down diagonally to the right so that the top edge of the paper aligns with the right edge of the paper. Crease along the fold. Then cut off the bottom strip of paper so that you are left with an 8½-inch square.
· Place the square in front of you so the crease is “mountain-side” up (rather than “valley-side” up).
· Fold the square in half vertically, crease it, and open it. Then fold it in half horizontally, crease it, and open it. When opened, the paper will have three creases (repeat these steps for all three pieces of copy paper).
· Then fold one of the pieces of paper in half along the diagonal crease (figure 4). Push points A and B into the inside to point C (figure 5), making a smaller square (figure 6). Do this to all three pages. Use the shape you just cut as a template to draw a matching clover-shaped outline on the other two folded squares. Then cut the other two squares along the lines they drew.
· Next, place one of the folded shapes onto a sheet of construction paper and trace around the shape. Cut out this shape and repeat this step so you end up with two clover-shaped pieces of construction paper. Set these aside for the moment. The pieces will be used later to form the front and back cover of the blossom
Completing the Blossom Book
· Open the three folded shapes. Within the blooms, you can draw and write information regarding producers that you have researched and studied in different biomes. For example, you can illustrate and label the benefits of the Saguaro Cactus, write sentences describing its role in the environment, its role in the food chain, water cycle, illustrate methods of seed dispersal, or chart the growth of a plant over time.
· Refold the paper as before and stack the three shapes on top of each other, making sure to line up point D on all three pages.
· Glue the bottom of shape 1 to the top of shape 2. Then glue the bottom of shape 2 to the top of shape 3. Then glue the two pieces of card stock to each side of the blossom book.
· Make a pocket on a sheet of yellow construction paper to put your blossom book in