DIY Books at the Story Festival

I did an event at Gas­works Arts Park in Albert Park today as part of the Story Fes­ti­val and DIY was the theme of the day.

We were in the Gar­den Stu­dio at the back of the fes­ti­val where I talked about Great­est Blog­ger and blog­ging and writ­ing sto­ries. With the help of the delight­ful group of kids (and some of the par­ents) we made up our own story about a roller­skat­ing tur­tle called Fluffy.

Then every­one got to work mak­ing their own books  - filled with words and illus­tra­tions and bound together with rib­bon. There’s noth­ing quite like mak­ing your own book from the words to the hole punches to the rib­bon bind­ing. DIY book cul­ture is a fine thing indeed.