Make this simple paper book and enclose some of your favorite pictures and mementos. Or use it to highlight your poems, stories or other worthy endeavors. You can add extra pages by inserting plain card stock between each page. It makes a great home-made gift for mom, grandparents or teachers as well.
1. Cut one piece of 12 x 12 cardstock in half. Fold each piece in half. 
For a book with more pages, use TWO pieces of cardstock and proceed as directed.
2. Place each folded half on top of one another and punch two holes through the folded side. Approximately 1 ½” down from the top and 1 ½” up from the bottom.
3. Bed over the folded side about ½” so it creases all four pages together.
4. From the bottom or back side, bring up each end of a ribbon cut 18” long, through each punched hole. Tie it together on front.
This is your book. Continue to decorate in your own personalized way
or follow the guidelines below to make it look like mine.
Front Cover- cut a piece of decorative paper 4 ½” x 5 ½”. Glue on. 
Inside front cover- cut a piece of decorative paper 1 ¾” x 4 ¼”. Glue on.
Page 3: -cut a piece of paper 4 ½” x 5 ½”. Notch the top like a file folder. Fold in half. Wrap a 12” piece of colored string around the right side of page, tie, and glue folded paper down.
Additionally, cut a small strip of paper ¾” x 4 ½” and glue. See photo. 
Page 4- Cut two, 2 x 2 “ squares. Cutting on a diagonal, cut each square in half forming four triangles. Place one triangle in each corner of the page.
Page 5- Notch out the right side of page 5 like a file folder. Cut a strip of paper ¾” x 2” to glue inside the file folder notch. With a hole punch, punch three small holes along the right edge and string ribbon through each hole.
Page 6- Cut a small 2” x 2 ½” tag. Punch a hole and run a ribbon through it. Attach a paper clip to the top of the page. Attach another ribbon or bow, to that.
Inside Back Cover- Cut a piece of paper 4 ½” x 5”. Glue on.
Your mini book is complete.
All of the supplies used to make this darling book are from Close To My Heart. The paper products are exclusive and are only available through the month of May 2014.
Visit Shiela’s website: http://www.shielafuller.ctmh.com If you have any questions, please email her at : [email protected].
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