Local students create 3D storybooks for the blind

Elementary school students in Grand Rapids took time on Giving Tuesday to create special storybooks for people who are blind.

Students at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School in Grand Rapids used 3D pens from 3Doodler to draw over illustrations, adding texture to the pages.

“The plastic filament that comes out raises the picture so that the visually impaired child can feel the outlines of those illustrations,” Jeanne Walch, who teaches an enrichment class, explained.

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