Book Artist Girl Scout Badge Experience

Our 2 hour Scout program is designed for groups of students in grade 6-8 (but can be scaled to fit a variety of ages).

Groups are not required to be Scouts.

This program can be taught at our studio,  as a zoom class, or at a convenient location for your troop (with teacher’s approval - some travel fees may apply)

We will start our program with an overview of how books have changed, both in construction and purpose over time. During this 2 hour class we will discuss basic book anatomy terms, such as head, tail, spine, and fore-edge as well as the contents of modern books such as copyright pages, table of contents, and index. 

Together we will create a simple stab-bound book so everyone can go home with their own hand-made book based on a binding style that is estimated by some scholars to be over 1,000 years old. Once we have successfully created our simple book we will discuss artist books and how modern artists use the elements of shape and time to create books that are also works of art. We will end our class by creating a simple yet dynamic artist book form called a star-book.

Both of these books are simple to make and only require common household tools such as scissors, glue, paper, and needle and thread, so participants will be easily able to reproduce and explore these forms on their own in the future. 

Up to 10 book kits will be provided for the class, please arrange the number of supplies needed with your instructor prior to class. Additional book kits are available through our store for $5 per kit. Troop-leaders, adult chaperones, and parents are encouraged to join us in creating books too, but of course instruction priority will be given to our young learners.

Additional kits can be purchased here: scout in person kits

Zoom classes kits Supply kits for zoom classes include tools and are  $14 per person - no zoom kits are provided with zoom class sign ups. Please consider having the kits shipped to a single location to save on shipping costs.

Kits for the zoom classes can be purchased using this link: zoom kits

*Grades 6-8, this course is specifically designed for the Cadette Girl Scout Badge: Book Artist, however it can easily be scaled to fit other age groups and other programs. Please contact us at contact@frederickbookarts.org if you would like more information on how this program can be altered to fit the goals for your group's Experience. 

We do require at least one adult troop leader or chaperone be present during the program, and two present if there are more than 8 children present.

If you have any questions or would like to reach out to discuss or confirm a date before signing up for the experience please contact us at: contact@frederickbookarts.org. Once you purchase this experience you will receive an email with a link to a form to tell us a little more about your troop or group and we will contact you to schedule a time that works well with the teacher, FBAC, and your group or troop.