Today I come with a DIY: notebooks for Christmas. These days, surely you take a little time to do them, they are very simple to do ... In addition to recycling, they will surely be very useful to us.
We can use the gift cards and the papers that wrap the gifts with those beautiful Christmas motifs. So let's go with the step by step:
Makings:
- Cartons (cereal ones are perfect, boxes can also be used, they don't have to be thick)
- Papers decorated with Christmas motifs.
- Corrugated cardboard.
- Dock.
- Hole making machine. (If not available, they can also put rings in the book <9.
- Double sided tape.
- Chiffon ribbon or motifs to decorate it.
- folios.
Processing:
- We will cut the cartons and folios to our likingAccording to the needs we have, we will cut larger or smaller for the size of our notebook.
- We will place double-sided tape on the cartons and apply the decorated paper on the part of the cardboard letters, so we cover them and it is not necessary to decorate the two parts of the cardboard.
- We will make the spine with the corrugated cardboard, This has to match the chosen paper. in my case in garnet. We will cut a third of our cover and paste it on the left side, as indicated in the image.
- Time to bind. I have done it with a spring, but you can also place two rings, making two holes on the left side.
- For the decoration we will let our imagination fly, for this notebook I have made a tag with the same decorated paper glued to the cardboard and I have passed a cord.
- I have made a loop and attached the tag to it. Here you can write the name of the recipient and thus personalize it even more.
As you can see, they can be made in different sizes and shapes, depending on what we want them for, they are perfect for making the gift list for these days, they will surely be great for us.