This is the 3rd in a series of post on back to school art and craft for kids. If you’ve missed the previous projects, it’s not too late to start crafting on versatile ribbon bulletin boards and decorative lunch bags!
For today’s project, we’re going to continue the theme of taking something ordinary and customizing it to our own taste. The result is an one of a kind object that your kids will love to use all year long. Our object of desire today? Notebooks.
Ready? Here’s what you’ll need to do.
Customized notebooks supplies:
- Some notebooks or composition books
- Pretty craft paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Linen tape
Customized notebooks how-to:
- This is a simple way to add some punch to basic notebooks.
- Cut two pieces of craft paper in the shape of the notebook. One for the front; one for the back. The paper should have enough room to leave a 1-inch border around the notebook.
- With the pretty side down, apply glue all over the craft paper.
- Carefully position the notebook on top & center of one craft paper. Press the notebook down firmly.
- Repeat for the other side of the notebook.
- Trim the excessive craft paper from the edges of the notebook.
- Cut a piece of linen tape, slightly longer than the spine of the notebook.
- Stick the linen tape to the spine of the notebook. Cut off the excessive tape.
Do you want to take it up a notch? You can decorate the notebooks with all kinds of material like felt, buttons, stickers and more. Visit the gallery for more inspiration!
That’s it for today. Stay tuned for more back to school art and craft for kids in the next few posts.
