Today, we present a Book Art Challenge! We get plenty of interesting items donated through our library recycling program…like this this big, 11″ x 14″ box that previously held  “Teas of the World.”

Since the box was designed to look and open like a book, we thought it would be the perfect candidate for our first Book Art Challenge. Namely turn the book into art. So here’s what I turned the box into…

It’s poster board, blue cellophane, card stock, and construction paper illuminated with a black light and my iPhone’s flashlight. It’s a little hard to see, but the woods actually layers backwards into the box.

So we’re keeping our eyes on our recycling piles for anything that remotely looks or acts like a book for our next Book Art Challenge. And I do believe it’ll be Katie’s turn! Maybe we can wrangle a couple guest artists as well…?