How to make a mini book with no staples

Since, this is going to be one of the primary features of tomorrow’s post, and it takes some explaining to put together, I figured I’d better explain it here.

How to make a mini book with no staples

Back in college I learned how to make these, and then forgot it.  When I went to the homeschool convention a few weeks ago, I was reminded of how to make a mini book with no staples.

Supplies: scissors, paper (at least 2 sheets), pencil, optional ruler

1.  Hamburger fold both of your sheets of paper in half.  You could fold it the other way, but it looks more like a normal book this way.

2.  Mark on the fold of each piece of paper a line, approximately two fingers up.  If you want a more exact measurement, then use a ruler to measure one inch.

3.  On the first piece of paper, cut on the fold up to the mark on both ends.

4.  On the second sheet of paper shave a little bit of the fold off between your two marks.

5.  Roll the first sheet of paper like a burrito.  You want the fold to line up in the middle.

6.  Take the rolled piece of paper and put it through the middle of the other like you see in the picture.

7.  Fiddle with the rolled piece so the two slits line up with the uncut portion of the spine.  If you didn’t measure or cut correctly you may need to make the cut a little bit bigger.

And now you have a bound book that didn’t require any tape or staples to make it.  If you want more sheets you can do more.  If there is an odd number, than you need to put the larger number of pages in the second type of page (where you shaved the edge off).

Quick simple and fairly easy.  My 5 year old daughter was able to follow the instructions for this, so if you child already has some crafting experience, than you’re golden.