Just fold, cut, and glue.
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One Sheet Pocket Book
You can use any size paper, double sided scrapbook paper is ideal since it has some weight to it.
Just fold, cut, and glue.
Just fold, cut, and glue.
Make Mini Notepads
Make Mini Notepads
Use recycled cardboard for covers.
Scrap paper (paper printed on one side and cut to size) for pages.
Punch holes for binding and pages.
Score side of cover so it bends easy to open.
Use brads to hold the book together.
Use recycled cardboard for covers.
Scrap paper (paper printed on one side and cut to size) for pages.
Punch holes for binding and pages.
Score side of cover so it bends easy to open.
Use brads to hold the book together.
Easy One Sheet Minibook with Recycled Covers
Little and easy to make mini book using one sheet of paper for 16 pages (including end papers) and cereal boxes for covers. Binding is a simple stitch, pamphlet stitch. Covers are magazine pages.
If you want more pages, just use extra sheets of paper.
You can also use scrapbook paper, even cutting some scrapbook paper to use as the end pages.
Ribbon or fancy yarn can be used to bind the book.
Tutorial
Post It Notebook
Tutorial Post
Here is another idea -- add a small calendar.
Here is another idea -- add a small calendar.
The paper punch border and velcro closing are great ideas also.
Cereal Box Notebooks
Quick and easy mini-notebooks out of recycled cereal boxes and scraps of patterned paper.
Tutorial Link
Treasure Books
Super simple -- can recycle junk mail envelopes for this for the "treasures".
Great way to use scraps of wallpaper or contact paper for the covers.
Like the use of duct tape for the binding.
Paper Bag Junk Journal
This journal was made out of six paper bags which were opened and cut to 10 x 15.5 then folded in half.
Three sheets per bag.
You could do this any size you wish, the process would be the same.
Tutorial -- scroll down a bit for the pictorial tutorial.
Toilet Tube Minibook
Although most of us do not have the tools used in the short video below, you can get an idea of how to create this mini-book.
You can use any sort of paper tube (toilet paper, custom cut some paper towel or gift wrap tubes), just flatten it, decorate, then punch two holes then use binder rings to hold/bind it together. Create tags to add journaling/content, make sure they are snug to stay inside the tubes.
Free downloadable tag templates here.
Simple Toilet Tissue Tube demo video -- short -- shows how to create one "page", using paint, patterned paper, embellishments, tags and various glues plus a few tips and tricks.
You can use any sort of paper tube (toilet paper, custom cut some paper towel or gift wrap tubes), just flatten it, decorate, then punch two holes then use binder rings to hold/bind it together. Create tags to add journaling/content, make sure they are snug to stay inside the tubes.
Free downloadable tag templates here.
Simple Toilet Tissue Tube demo video -- short -- shows how to create one "page", using paint, patterned paper, embellishments, tags and various glues plus a few tips and tricks.
Beginner Bookbinding Tutorial
Simple and quick beginner two hole, pamphlet stitch bound mini-book
made out of colored index cards, duct tape, dental floss,
with cereal box cover and a bit of white glue.
Video is 10 minutes long.
made out of colored index cards, duct tape, dental floss,
with cereal box cover and a bit of white glue.
Video is 10 minutes long.
Junk Mail Flip Book
Updated post
This project is one to do if you have time and want to impress as a gift.
You can take away many ideas from it and make your book smaller also.
Junk Mail Flip Book Tutorial at YouTube
This project is one to do if you have time and want to impress as a gift.
You can take away many ideas from it and make your book smaller also.
Junk Mail Flip Book Tutorial at YouTube
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