Making montessori-style letter cards with sand paper- Contact Cement?

[Pam_and_Abigail]

I want to make those letter cards for tactile exploration of letter forms, but the site I found for instructions calls to use rubber cement or contact cement. I'm not sure about this stuff, or whether I want to use it on a play toy for my kids. Does anyone know how safe it is, or what other adhesives might work to stick the sandpaper letters to cardstock?
thanks

[pjabslenz]

Could you try Elmer's Glue Stick? I've always loved the results when using glue stick and prefer it to any other adhesive. HTH

[Pam_and_Abigail]

Will that be durable enough to glue sandpaper I wonder? I have glue sticks, but I don't think theyre' elmer brand. Maybe I will try it though.
thanks!

[pjabslenz]

I would think you could use more or less depending on the sandpaper you use. I used to make my own holiday cards with cardstock and elmer's glue sticks. I only suggested Elmer's because I've found theirs to be better quality, same with Crayola. I would add a little more glue than just a thin coat.

Good luck. Post the results when you're finished. Did you die cut all your sandpaper letters? We made these when I taught kindergarten and the kids loved them.

[Pam_and_Abigail]

So far so good, and it turns out on of my sticks is elmer's. I'm just drawing block letters and cutting with scissors. So far so good, except I forgot to draw "G" backwards, so when I cut it out it was wrong.

How do I die cut?

[pjabslenz]

How did they turn out?

When I taught, die cutting enabled us to cut lots of shapes, letters, designs quickly. Some scrapbookers now have access to die cutting machines that allow for putting together layouts quickly and neatly.

[Pam_and_Abigail]

I um... haven't gotten back to doing them. The "A" seems to be holding up though.

[srain]

You can also cut the letters out of sandpaper, if you don't need them on cards-