Lockdown didn’t stop Pontypridd having their annual Children’s Book Festival!
This year it was done ‘virtually’ and there was a great program of author and illustrator events taking place over on Facebook all day on Saturday 30th May.
They very kindly asked me to take part and for this event I had to make my first ever 25 minute film.
To see my film, please click HERE .
(If you enjoy the film, please click the thumbs up on Youtube and the “Like” heart at the bottom of my Blog)
Making the film was quite fun - even though my equipment wasn’t up to much! To record myself, I sticky-taped my phone to a tower of Golden Syrup tins so that I had my hands free to draw! (Yes we love Golden Syrup in our house) How funny! But it worked!
My film shows how to make a concertina-style book. This type of book is like a normal book with pages, but it also opens out into a fantastic long scene! I chose a sea theme because I knew lots of us were missing the seaside during lockdown. I also made a little mermaid character to play with and she would live in the book and help us make up stories.
One lovely viewer called Rhia, made a book with her mum. They sent me the photos! The results were FANTASTIC! Take a look ….
Well done Rhia! I really LOVE your t-shirt too!
You could choose lots of different themes if you didn’t want to do under the sea. I’ve had a little think and here are some ideas I had below:-
The characters are a lot of fun. You can even put photographs of you and your friends on a stick and have adventures. I painted my little cousin as a mermaid! I hope she likes it!!
