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How to Make a USA Passport for a Student Project

When teaching your students about countries of the world, send them on a "trip" to faraway places, like Greece one day, China the next and Finland the day after. Even on their imaginary journeys, they can take a USA passport along for the trip. Have your class create their own passports as a school project, then stamp them to show all the places the students "visit."

Dark blue construction paper or card stock
16 sheets of white paper or map-patterned scrapbook paper
Children's scissors
Stapler
Gold glitter pen
Glue stick
2-by-2-inch photo of student, head and shoulders only
Black thin-point marker

Instructions

- 1
  
  Cut your paper to make a standard-size passport.
  
  Cut the dark blue paper to measure 7 inches wide by 5 inches long for the cover. Set it aside.
- 2
  Cut the interior pages to 7 inches wide by 5 inches long. Use white paper for the interior pages or map-patterned scrapbook pages, for a twist.
- 3
  Lay the blue paper flat, horizontally. Lay the interior pages on top. If you have used patterned paper, lay the pattern right side up. Fold all the pages and make a crease. Staple with two staples along the crease to create the passport book, then fold it again.
- 4
  Write on the cover with gold glitter pen. One inch from the top, write "PASSPORT" in all capitals. Write "United States of America" 1 inch from the bottom. Draw the Great Seal of the United States in the middle.
- 5
  Open the passport and turn it horizontally. Use a glue stick on the first page to affix the photo in the top left corner. Write on separate lines with a thin black marker the keywords for needed information: Full Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Place of Birth, Passport-Issuing Authority (United States), Validity (date of issue and date of expiration, usually five years for children.) Fill out the information to complete the passport.

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