'Leo's Costumes', a game-book

Finally, another costumized present that I made for my beloved little nephew! This time, as he is now beginning to read on his own and starting to write, it's a book. Not a 'common' one, though. This one (with the cover in deep blue, his favourite colour) hasn't got much text, but it features a hero that he surely likes: Leo himself!, dressed up as various cherished subjects. It's almost Carnival, and anyway he loooooves costumes, any time.

But the fun doesn't end here! Each picture is cut into three sections -head, body and legs- that can be flipped separately, creating quite a few combinations. Some, I must say, are quite amusing... I really hope he'll enjoy it!

Here are some pictures that I managed to take with my crappy phone camera (I didn't make this project at my working place, and guess what -I forgot to bring the camera... just so like me)
Above: the first page, with the Dinosaur Costume. Below, the cover and second page featuring Red Ridding Hood Costume:

Third page shows a Rocket Costume, and fourth is Leo's favourite sandwich -Ham! turned into a costume
The fifth page, with a Magician Costume, and the sixth with a Cook Costume
Seventh page features a Formula1 Pilot Costume, and the last one shows embarrased Leo in his underwear, without any costume at all...

A couple of the various funny combinations that are obtained by flipping the different strips of paper:

And a few details -as much as the phone camera allowed... watercolour and pencil on paper, with protective sheets of clear plastic.

1 comment:

  1. "protective sheets of clear plastic" = celito!!!
    Bravo, bravo mil veces, ya haré un post con la reaccion del afortunado destinatario del libro

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