DIY Summer Journal #SonyVAIO #TryVaioTap20
My youngest daughter Bridget’s favorite subject is art. She loves drawing, making crafts and doing anything where she can be creative. She comes by that naturally as my mom has an artistic flair as well. With the advent of technology, Bridget now has another artistic outlet to let her creativity shine through.
Sony and Intel recently provided me with my very own VAIO Tap 20 All-in-One PC, powered by the Intel® Core™ processor. It’s a PC that is kid-friendly, but also perfect for busy moms to help run a busy household. It launched in Fall 2012 as the first of its kind Next Generation Family PC. Not only can you use it as a desktop computer, but it’s also portable! The 20 inch IPS LCD Touch Screen has a built-in stand that can be viewed at desktop style at a 15ºangle or laid flat at a 90º angle (or any angle in between you find most comfortable!). With a built-in battery, you can easily carry it from room to room for the family to enjoy.
My 8 year old’s favorite features are definitely the apps! They are optimized for responsive 10-point multi-touch operation and also have the ability for multi-users. This way the entire family can play games together on the large touch screen.
Family Paint is one of the apps included on the Sony VAIO Tap 20 All-in-One PC. Your children can create beautiful works of art using either the touchscreen or wireless mouse and keyboard. Two kids can also use it at the same time! If you select two-person mode, the screen will divide into two and each child will have their own canvas on either side of the screen. Plus, you can share the artwork on Facebook and Twitter for all to enjoy. Bridget wanted to make sure that Grandma saw her drawings!
Bridget had fun experimenting with the Family Paint app and we decided this past weekend to use it to create a Summer Journal.
On a blank canvas, we added our text and a variety of stickers related to summer. There’s a large selection of stickers to choose from and Bridget really enjoyed selecting the ones that she thought best related to her favorite season.
We also made another canvas full of just summer themed stickers that we planned to use to decorate her journal.
This DIY Summer Journal is simple to make, but does require adult supervision when using the needle and thread. Other than that, Bridget was proud to have made it almost all on her own!
Tools & Supplies
- Coloured Cardstock Paper
- Glue
- Decorative Duck Tape
- Scissors
- Heavy Duty Sewing Needle
- Dental Floss or Thread
- Lined pad of paper
- White Printer Paper
- Printer
- Family Paint program on Sony VAIO Tap 20 All-in-One PC
- Cereal Box
- Pen or Pencil
Step One: Fold sheets of Cardstock neatly in half.
Step Two: Group cardstock sheets together into sets of three.
Step Three: Thread your heavy duty needle with dental floss (or thread). Poke a hole with the needle about an inch from the top and bottom of each set of cardstock papers. Thread your needle starting out the outside of the first set through the three sheets of cardstock. Then thread through the next hole at the bottom and come out again on the outside of the set.
Take your next group of three cardstock sheets and repeat the process of puncturing the two holes down the crease. You’ll go in from the outside of the set again and thread your needle through the two holes. This will combine the two sets together to make your book. Repeat this process for each set of cardstock.
Step Four: When you have all your cardstock sets threaded together, tie a knot at the end of the thread.
Step Five: Take a strip of your duck tape and fix it securely on the spine to hold everything together.
Step Six: To create the outside of your journal, take a cereal box and cut around your journal leaving about 1/2 inch extra room. Your front and back cover will be bigger than the pages of the journal.
Step Seven: Cut cardstock to fit the cereal box front and back covers. Glue the cardstock on the front and back cover.
Step Eight: Place your front and back cover on your journal. Place another strip of duck tape down the spine to hold it securely together.
Step Nine: Then comes my daughter’s favorite part- the decorating! Cut out your sticker images that you printed from Family Paint and decorate the cover.
Step 10: Glue sheets of lined paper in your journal.
Step 11: Glue the sticker images that you printed from Family Paint throughout the book.
Step 12: Place a heavy book on top of the journal to flatten it out. I left mine on overnight and the next day it was perfectly flat like a journal should be!
The Summer Journal is now ready for your little one to get creative and share all his or her summer adventures!
I think Bridget’s Summer Journal turned out beautifully and she was very excited when it was completed. She can’t wait to bring it to Grandma and Poppa’s over the summer vacation. It has room for her to write and draw pictures. It’s also something special that she can treasure when she is older.
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I participated in this Sony/Intel sponsored post with Burst Media, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
What an adorable project! This reminds me so much of my childhood. I was always making journals like this. I never wrote in them, but, I made them all the time! 🙂
That is so nice, what a great thing for her to have! Online practice/play into something she can work on without the computer – LOVE IT! That is a great keepsake for her to have. Great idea!
Wowww great post, great guide. That’s such a nice craft to do
What a great idea! Journals are a wonderful idea for kids!
What a great idea. It is something they enjoy doing and it also gives them something to write in. My daughter loves to write, so this is perfect for her. Thanks!
Neat project idea! I bet my 9 year old sister would love creating one for herself. 🙂
Very inspirational project. I think im going to make those up for my boys thus summer. It is a great way to encourage them to practice printing.
Your Bridgette would get along very well with my artistic daughter – this is such a fun idea for summer. Thanks for sharing Stacie – and tell Bridgette that she did a great job.
This is an awesome Summer project! My son would love the paint center – he loves anything artsy.
What a beautiful summer journal this is! I’m sure she will have that forever! Thanks for the idea!
How nice to create this gorgeous of a Summer Journal with all the cute stickers and the color is so pretty. What a fun project to keep busy with during the summer months. I like the New computer that you got! It sure looks nice!
This looks like so much fun, and the end result is so pretty!
Great idea! I think my niece would enjoy making one of these.
Wow, those apps make journaling a whole lot more interesting, thanks for the tutorial.
What a wonderful keepsake this will be! I wish I would have had something like that when I was little!
I just love this journal, I always kept a journal about my travels when I was younger. This is an awesome project that I look forward to doing with my daughters this summer and I thank you for sharing this post. The App will really get my kids interested in doing this and your daughter’s journal looks fab!!
Great project! Perfect for kids and adults to house memories or art projects. I really liked how you used a cereal box to make it. Well structured to protect your projects.
What an awesome project! Not only does it make for one creative activity, but then the rugrats will have to actually do things to fill their journals. Thanks for the great idea.
That’s really cool. It’s such a challenge keeping kids busy during the summer.
What a fabulous project idea. What a great idea using the cereal box for the book cover and back. I’m gonna try to do something like this with Jasmine. Thanks for the fun idea.
This is such a great project! And her book looks beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
I love this! My daughter has been writing a few words and drawing pictures of everything exciting we’ve been doing the last few weeks. It would be great if she had a book to do them in because right now they are just in different spots throughout the house. I think I will do this and also make a duct tape pencil holder on the cover because she likes to keep pencils with her notebooks
Where have I been? I didn’t know duct tape came in fancy colours and patterns !
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Looks like a lot of fun for a youngster.
Cute project! What a great idea!
What a great project!
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I love the journal what a wonderful job she did…
This is a great way for young kids to remember the special times!
What a neat idea!! Thanks for sharing, this will give my daughter and I something to do together this weekend.
2 years ago I started similar journals for my nieces. They were more like junk journals and last for the entire year, but now that they are getting older we’re going for something smaller (than a binder) with more places to write. They cut, glue, paint, color, write, and scrapbook in them and they love using them and sharing what they create!
I like the idea of a summer journal for the kids and even better if they can craft one themselves
I really like the summer journal it’s pretty cool
This is a great reference for when back to school the child has to write a “what I did this summer” essay
I really like the summer journal,great idea