My niece, nephew and my best friend's daughter are so far away, so this year I put together packages of the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar
, and then read the story to be burned onto a CD [Download Here]. It's a great way for them to hear my voice and read along. I like to add special effects, so I did the crunch with a Dorito and just inserted it for each page turn. You can find free special effect .wav files online too. Simply the Best has quite a selection
This works well with any Children's Books
, you can use the free audio editor Audacity.Here are a few Audacity Tutorials to get you started.
What a neat gift idea. My nieces and nephews loved for me to read to them when they were younger.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful.
ReplyDeleteBrendon was given a set of books, each w/ a tape of a friend reading them to him. At first this was new to me and I kind of found myself saying - um ok.
But after hearing the first book, and seeing his thrill it was clear she had hit on something very special.
We have The Very Hungry Caterpillar and I have downloaded your version. He'll be delighted =)
Aw, I hope he like it... there is a bit of clicking in the copy, it's by no means professional...
ReplyDeleteit was a bit of work, but I think it's worth it. I'm going to try to make a whole bunch of them for my nieces and nephews for Christmas
I think you solved my gift giving issue for 3 little ones - this is such a great idea!!
ReplyDeleteTamy: Glad to help!
ReplyDeleteCaroline: Mine do to, so this is my way of reading to those that aren't quite as close :)
HI Barbara! I ordered some holiday business cards from the website you gave me, they are toooo cute! Thanks much for the helpful tips and advice. Much appreciated. Jared and I loved listening to you read the book, What an extrordinary and very special idea!
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Have a beautiful day!
That is SUCH a cool idea! I'm going to have to look into this for my niece!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, going to have to work on that ... for next year. :)
ReplyDeleteCheers, Kiy