working on a present for my daughter

Lately my little girl has been fascinated with collages...Every day after school she brings me pieces of paper, randomly covered with foam cut out shapes, beads, letters, strips of paper.  As much as I love my daughter and think she's an extraordinary little artist ( I will eventually post some of her best works), these collages she did in school did not seem very inspired to me...
So after a trip to the fantastic art institute, visiting several exhibitions, we also saw Joseph Cornell famous boxes ( http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/1606 )...and were also able to play with the idea of creating your own "Cornell" box on the computer.  Well, my daughter loved it and it was quite fun watching her compose this box...even though the choices of materials and elements to include were not infinite, it seemed that she could create an infinite selection of boxes.
She shows me this passion for putting random objects, toys, together to create something new and meaningful to her, everyday when she plays alone.  The same toys take on new adventures and roles...a lego piece one moment can be part of the structure to build the Rupunzel tower...and the next moment it's a spectator in a theater, watching some ponies performing an opera.  And her colorful drawings are so rich of various elements, so different from and in times in contrast with each other, yet all together they make for a very strong composition.
So, I'm curious to  keep exploring this passion of hers and stimulate her to continue on. Inspired by her, Joseph Cornell, and my own interest in collecting what I like, I had this idea of creating an album/journal, each page looking like the inside of the box.  Throughout the journal there will be pockets full of tiny treasures,objects,pictures, accessories, that I have cut out. And hopefully my daughter will have fun playing, collecting and composing each page of the journal as she wishes.  And as she becomes more and more capable with scissors she will be able to cut her own very collectible paper treasures.
Today I'm gonna post some blurry pictures of the beginning of my project...so far I have cut out many images from magazines I own and last night I've started working with the gloss, in the attempt of protecting the otherwise fragile paper. Ideally I would like each piece to be reusable. I realized it's gonna take me some time to finish all the pieces....but as I sit with my brush in the fumes of the glue, I get to think about what the journal is gonna look like.
My deadline is April 15!