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DIY Mini Notebooks

April 26, 2014 ·

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These notebooks are perfect for so many things- use them as gifts or favors or just to keep in your purse to quickly write down shopping lists, thoughts, etc.

    Materials

  • Kraft Paper (Hobby Lobby or Michael’s carries it) //
  • White Printer Paper (2.5 sheets per notebook) //
  • Sewing machine (or you can sew by hand) //
  • Notebook Templates (below) //
  • Scissors //
  • Washi Tape //

First, download one of the notebook templates and print unto kraft paper:
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elephantnotebookbikenotebook


Fold along the the vertical line:
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Cut along the lines and cut off the excess:DSC_0696 DSC_0697Next, cut the plain white paper into rectangles measuring 7.5″ by 5″

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Fold the rectangles in half, 5 at a time.

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Insert the 5 pages into each notebook:

DSC_0701Sew in the middle of the pages, along the spine:

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Posted by Malissa / Filed In: 2014 Favorite, Crafts, Gifts Fellas, Gifts Ladies, Gifts Neighbors
Tagged: mothersday

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Comments

  1. L says

    May 20, 2014 at 10:54 am

    These are really cute. Though it seems a shame to cover up the sewing – it would be nice to make a feature of it using funky thread or zigzaggy pattern.

    • Malissa says

      May 20, 2014 at 1:04 pm

      Great idea- showcasing the thread would look fabulous!

  2. Rachel says

    June 27, 2014 at 3:04 pm

    This is so cute! I just did something similar using kraft paper

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  4. Beatriz Castillo says

    June 3, 2015 at 3:07 am

    That’s such an amazing idea! I would love to make for my boyfriend a small notebook with foxy-face!!
    Is it available? because clicking on the pictures I can only download the bike-notebook page.
    Thank you for your ideas, and such a beautiful blog!
    best.

    • Malissa says

      June 3, 2015 at 7:43 am

      Thanks Beatriz! Yes, all the designs are still there – you just need to click on the one you want to download. Click on the fox and it will take you directly to the link!

      • Stefani says

        July 19, 2015 at 3:21 pm

        Hi, Cute notebooks. but i’m having the same problem as Beatriz Castillo. When i click on any of the designs they all take me to the bike notebook download page. The links are not working. I have clicked on all the pictures and keep getting the bike notebook. Hope you can get it fixed. i would really like the hot air balloon notebook.

        • Malissa says

          July 19, 2015 at 4:27 pm

          Hi Stefani,

          It was working perfectly fine for me so not sure what the issue was. However, I adjusted the size of the photos so you can more easily click on them individually so hopefully that solves your problem. Let me know if you are still encountering an issue!!

          • Stefani says

            September 10, 2015 at 8:41 pm

            Just checked back and tried again and I was able to get them. Thank you so much.

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