75 AWESOME Things to Add to a Lapbook

You know our love for lapbooks and through the years, we have added all kinds of things to our lapbook.

Creating a list here for you, I am hoping that you will see lapbooks as one of the most awesome interactive learning tools ever and NO they are not just for young children.

75 Awesome Things to Add to a Lapbook

Check out this list of things we have either put in our lapbook or have seen others in our homeschool co-op add to their lapbooks.

acorns
art and art cards
Bible book lists
bingo (mini)
business cards

board games (fold out)
calendars (mini paper)
charts
clip pins (mini)
clocks (mini paper)

coffee beans
coffee filter books
collection of lace
coloring pages
co-op photos

copywork
corn husk dolls (mini)
crafts (paper)
crossword puzzles (mini)
diorama (mini)

drawstring bag (mini) full of ?
essays
family tree
fan (mini paper)
feathers

If you’re short on time, there are many pre-made awesome books too!

field trip photos
flash cards
garden journal
geography games
globes (paper)

hand prints
index cards
leaves
leather projects
lists (any kind)

magazine pages (folded into minibooks)
maps (all kinds)
mazes
memory work
money

Endless Options of Opportunity!

musical notes
notebooking pages
number lines
“o” rings (mini)
outlining

paper puppets
phonics books (mini)
photos (0ld and new)
pieces of educational themed wall paper
pockets

pop up or pop out books
post cards
posters
pressed leaves or flowers
primary sources (mini)

puzzle games
reports
sand (mini ziploc bags)
science journal (mini)
seeds

sequencing patterns
shells
skeletons (mini)
snakeskin (yes Mr. Awesome put a shed snake skin in his Native American lapbook)
souvenir tickets

stamp collection
stickers
sticks
tea bags
thumb or finger prints

timelines
travel brochures
tree bark
worksheets folded into minibooks
yarn dolls

I put these in alphabetical order so that when I go back through my lapbooks, I can see if I need to any more things that we have used through the years .

What do you think? Can you think of anything else you have added to your lapbooks?

Also, you’ll love The Ultimate Guide to Brave Explorers (Great and Small), The Ultimate Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rain Forest and The Ultimate Guide to Poetry for Multiple Ages (For the Intimidated).

Hugs and love ya,