I made my toddler a few baby lath books, and I wanted to share how I fabricated them because my son is absolutely obsessed! Anyone can do this FYI.

Photo of toddler reading a board book on the couch.

My son is super into reading books and his favorites tend to exist board books. Naturally, after a while, I was like, 'Hmm…I wonder if I could brand my ain board book for him'.

And it turns out, you totally can and it'due south then, so like shooting fish in a barrel! I worked with Antiquity Uprising to put together iii board books for Hayes and show you exactly how I made them so you can make 'em too.

And now I'm so addicted to making these, I don't know if I tin stop. Probably because it kinda fulfills a dream of mine to author  some 'real' books for kids. Until then…these volition do merely fine!

Okay, so earlier I become any farther into explaining how I made these cute fiddling books, look at the quality! I'll try to terminate using exclamation marks. Here's a closeup so you tin meet the printing quality. I mean!

This is one of the reasons I dear Antiquity Uprising so much. The quality is so skilful and I honey that everything is printed matte as well. I don't really similar shiny photo pages, personally.But bated from the awesome printing quality, they're also very sturdy. Meaning, they can take a beating from a toddler and still manage to be in skillful looking condition. Haha. A requirement for this age especially.

The rounded corners and modest size (easy to hold) are another check in the plus column too. Since I wanted each baby board book to exist a hybrid of learning and memories that nosotros tin can wait at everyday. Something that feels a little sentimental, but isn't a precious book that he can't play with. You with me?

Photo of colorful board books on the ground with toys surrounding it.

Board Volume Theme Ideas

So, I created 3 books for him, using Antiquity Insurgence'due south Baby Board Book feature. And each board book is filled with what we've been learning lately and/or what I thought he would like to read over and over again.

Every book is completely personalized – filled with photos I took. And then in two of the books, I also wrote piffling phrases for each page that relate back to either a memory from that fourth dimension or what he loves nigh it.

For instance, one volume is focused on his favorite toys. The plan for this ane is for him to point to each of the toys and say them out loud, then he can 'read' information technology with me. He's pretty good about knowing the names of all his toys and he gets excited when we says information technology correct.

And when we take time to extend things out, we'll turn it into an exploring thing. Like, we plough to the face up puzzle page and so we go notice it in the house to chronicle the book photo to his real life toy. We don't exercise this every time though. Haha. No one has time for that everyday, these days.

The 2d of the baby lath books is all almost colors, which is something we've been working on with him for the last month or then. I searched for photos I had taken that included each colour and then made the opposite page that color as well to reinforce information technology.

And and then, the last book is more than sentimental and is all most the first home he lived in, since we accept since moved abroad. It goes through some of the things he loved to do in our first house together and some milestones that he hit there, like his first birthday. Every moving-picture show includes him somewhere in it and he loves that! He says 'infant' every time he sees himself.

How to Make a Personalized Baby Board Book

There are different ways that y'all tin can brand baby board books like mine. Only I used Artifact Insurgence specifically because, like I said before, the quality is And then proficient! Plus, the style fits really well with my artful (and I'thou guessing, yours too)!

So this tutorial with explain the step by step procedure for how you can make a board book on Artifact Uprising. It's like shooting fish in a barrel, I promise.

Photo of computer, opened to a photo editing software.

1. Assemble photos or take new ones.

The first thing I did to get started with making each board book is go through old photos and figure out what I already had, photograph-wise. And and then I created a quick listing of the things I wanted to get pictures of however, with Hayes. For 'the volume of colors' and the 'my offset home book', I already had all the photos I needed. But for the toys book, I needed to take new photos.

Nosotros turned the photograph taking into an activity and it ended up being really fun for both of us. He posed with his favorite toys and I took pictures of the whole thing and would show him the photos in my camera as we went along. His favorite part. The whole thing only took about 30 minutes (and that includes at least xx minutes of play fourth dimension. haha).

From there, I put everything on my calculator, edited the photos, and then downloaded them onto the Artifact Uprising site. Which brings me to the next step…

Image of computer, opened to Artifact Uprising website.

two. Select baby board book and choose customizations.

Select baby board book from the photo books drop downwards on www.artifactuprising.com. That will take you to the Baby Lath Book folio (here) where you tin customize your project.

On this page, you can decide the folio count – 20, 30, or xl. I went with 20 pages for each.And you can besides make up one's mind the theme – people, places, thankful, or custom. I went with the custom option for each book. But I beloved the other prompt options too as boosted board book ideas.

Then click the Make Your Book button and it volition take yous to the editor to offset creating your book.

Image of computer, opened to Artifact Uprising editor tool.

3. Start editing your volume.

This stride may sound intimidating. But honestly, it's so like shooting fish in a barrel! And AU walks you through the process (if desired), with prompts for each step. Naming your project, customizing colors, etc. I like to alter the colors of the spine to a different color for each project, so they look cute all together on a shelf.

When you are logged in, you tin save your progress someday and come back to it later if yous don't finish it all at once. This feature is so helpful!

Image of computer, making a board book with Artifact Uprising.

4. Add your photos.

Click the add photos button and upload your photos. From there you can create a new gallery or add to an existing gallery, which makes photos super easy to observe afterward if you have a lot to look through. This is particularly helpful for bigger projects, like photo albums, etc. Simply fifty-fifty just for a smaller project, similar a board volume, information technology'south nice to have.

Once your photos are in, you just click on them to add ane to the adjacent bare page (or embrace and back encompass). And if yous want to modify them out or edit them from there (re-crop, etc), just rollover the epitome on the book and click edit photo. Utilise changes to save the changes you've fabricated or remove the photo and cull a new one.

Yous'll also be able to add your child's name to the inside cover, forth with a note or 'poem' about the book. So, you lot tin can add together the remaining pages

Image of computer, creating a board book online.

5. Change folio layouts, add text, etc.

Every bit y'all add photos, you can modify the layout, click to add text, and change the color of the text page. You lot can choose from colors that AU has already selected OR utilize any hex color code you lot like.

Don't know the hex color codes? I didn't either. I but googled 'em…like 'hex color lawmaking blue'. A bunch will pop upwardly from in that location and you can choose one you like.

Image of computer, opened to Artifact Uprising shopping cart

6. Add together to cart and checkout.

Once your book is completely finished, printing the add together to cart push and you tin can checkout from at that place.

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Photo of two small board books for babies, with toys on the cover.

He loves reading these – the pages are easy to turn and we tin can bring them in the car, to grandma'due south house, etc. And now I'm wondering if we should make another set for grandma's business firm. Hmmm…

Photo of mother and child reading books in a nursery, on the floor.

Photo of toddler reading a small book on the couch, about toys.

Image of toddler reading a board book, sitting on the floor.

They'd make such a unique gift for a baby or toddler's birthday, Christmas, etc. Merely I'll finish talking now and just say, let me know if you lot take whatever questions. I'm happy to answer.

P.S. That discount code over again is BRITTNI15 for fifteen% off your Artifact Uprising social club. So caput over and take advantage of the code, if you can. I but bought some wood gallery frames from AU too, for digital prints and photos, if yous're looking for frames.

This post is in partnership with Artifact Uprising. All opinions are my own.