Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Frugal Gift Idea -- Festive Winter Journals


Emily and I enjoyed making these winter journals.  They are so simple to make, and they came out looking great!  To make the journals you will need:
  1. Pretty paper (I used snowflake print, but any pattern will work.)
  2. Plain marble notebook
  3. Exact-o knife -- DO NOT LET CHILDREN USE THE EXACT-O KNIFE!!
  4. Book binding tape
  5. Glue stick
Have your child spread glue stick all over the entire cover of the marble notebook, and glue a sheet of pretty paper to the cover.  Repeat with the back cover.  

The rest is up to the grown ups --  Trim excess paper with the exact-o knife.  Use book binding tape over the binding of the notebook.  Trim any excess tape with the exact-o knife, and you are done!

3 comments:

MaryAnne said...

Great idea!

Shooting Stars Mag said...

how adorable. I love notebooks!

-lauren
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com

Katy said...

I love this idea! I saw journals on sale somewhere--I should make some for my cousins! :) Thanks for the great idea!

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