If you like all kinds of beautiful notebooks, notepads, with unique content and interesting covers, then perhaps you should think about creating such a thing yourself. Ideally, you will need a color printer, you can try to come up with a design in black and white, you can create a design (or download - we will give a link to the first version of such a design just below) and print it in a printing shop in a printing house. You may have a color printer in your library. The main thing here is to correctly set the print settings (they are indicated in the news with the notebook design option). Also, ideally, you will need a sewing machine, if not, then you can use an awl, threads and a needle, but this must be done very carefully (for our little visitors only with the help of adults).
So, you will need two types of paper - one simple office paper, and the other, depending on what is available - the main thing is that it is not too thin. Matte photo paper will do.
The author of the tutorial uses the following layouts for the cover and pages:
We offer you such mockups in the style of Ever After High characters. (Layouts with other characters will also be added to the site over time)
You will find a full set of page options with different characters of Ever After High:.
We print the cover and the required number of internal pages. Pages need to be printed on both sides of the sheets.
We fold the sheets in a pile and fasten them along the edges with clips.
The layouts have a markup - a central line both on the cover and on the pages, it will help you do everything neatly. If there are not many leaves, then it is convenient to sew this line on a sewing machine. It is important to indent from the edges of the paper, laying a line, 1-1.5 cm, for trimming.
Note (on the layout of the pages of Ever After High, the dark center line does not pass along the entire height, before sewing it, it is better to carefully continue along the ruler with a pencil to make it easier to sew. But you need to sew along the height of the entire colored part of the sheet, you will need to cut off the white edges)
Here's a line like this:
You can also sew a notebook with an awl and thread with a needle. We fold the stitched notebook in half.
And leave a fold under the clips for a while.
Now it remains only to cut it off. For such a small thickness, it is very easy to do it yourself with a knife and a metal ruler. If this is difficult, then any printing house has a cutter and, most likely, you will not be denied help.
Cut off 3 sides of the notebook, removing unnecessary edges.
That's all, a unique notebook or notebook will be ready.
School time is in full swing, and the child is not in the mood to learn? Bright school supplies will help to cheer you up and increase your interest in learning. For example, beautiful covers for notebooks, made with his own hand, ideally by the student himself. It's a great way to express yourself in class and tune in to your school days.
What you need - a list of materials and tools
To make covers you need to prepare:
- White sheets of paper are our foundation;
- Stickers or printouts of templates for signature;
- Glue (a pencil is better, but PVA is possible);
- Scissors.
For decoration we will use:
- Scrapbook (you can print your favorite background on paper for office equipment);
- Multi-colored tape;
- Multi-colored markers;
- Colored paper;
- Sequins;
- Double sided tape;
- Stationery knife;
- Curly scissors.
All materials and tools are indicated in general. For each specific cover, a specific decorating set will be used.
Where to begin
A cover for a notebook should not only be beautiful, but also practical. If there are some voluminous elements on it, then it will not be very convenient to write in a notebook. Therefore, we will make them flat, slipping under the plastic cover.
First, let's make a blank. To do this, we bend the white sheet so that we get a rectangle equal in size to the notebook.
Glue a piece of paper to the short side to align both parts.
The spread of the resulting sheet should correspond in size to the expanded notebook. You can make it a little longer, but the main thing is that it fits into a transparent cover.
If desired, pockets can be made on both sides. Taking them into account, the white sheet is made somewhat longer than the notebook spread.
We fix the pockets at the top and bottom with tape.
Then you get a full-fledged cover that will stick well to the notebook.
Now you can start decorating the product.
Cover decoration - 13 ideas
This stage depends on imagination and available materials. Here are 13 different cover decorating ideas that you will surely enjoy.
Idea 1 is the simplest
For decor, you will need scrapbooking paper and yellow tape. Cut out a rectangle from scrap paper, the dimensions of which are slightly smaller than a notebook sheet, and glue it to the front of the cover.
We glue the inscription and decorate it with decorative tape.
A simple notebook cover is ready!
Idea 2 - a little harder
In addition to scrap paper and colored tape (in our case, blue), you also need to prepare a blue marker.
How to do:
Glue the signature template onto the white blank at the bottom.
Above and below the template, glue pieces of scrap paper, as shown in the photo.
We decorate the joints with adhesive tape. Draw straight lines on the sides with a marker.
On the reverse side we decorate with the remnants of scrap paper, scotch tape, drawn lines.
That's all!
Idea 3 - pictorial
It is not necessary to glue the parts to the base - you can just draw them. Of course, this requires a marker or felt-tip pen. But first, let's hide the place where the piece of paper was glued under the green tape and fix the template for the signature with it.
We will decorate with circles of different sizes and colors. We divide a sheet of paper into several strips with a simple pencil (at the end of the work it will need to be erased). Then draw circles on each stripe of its own color. You need to start with the big ones.
After that, fill the space between them with medium-sized circles.
And we inhabit the rest of the territory very small.
So we color the entire sheet.
Fold in half.
The cover is ready!
Idea 4 - fun
We carry out similarly to the previous option. But first, we paint the white blank with funny little people, simple drawings.
Then we glue the template and decorate with tape.
You will definitely not be bored with such a notebook!
Idea 5 - delicious
For manufacturing, you will need a yellow sheet of paper, colored markers (or felt-tip pens), green tape and a semicircle stencil.
How to do:
Glue a yellow sheet onto a white blank.
The junction is fixed with tape.
Applying the stencil in different places, draw red semicircles.
Draw a green marker around the lower part of the semicircle, draw black dots-seeds. It turned out funny watermelons.
Now we attach a template for the signature, decorate the white part with painted curls.
We put it in a transparent cover and put it on a notebook.
It looks very nice.
Idea 6 - romantic
Girls are very romantic natures, so they like pink, animals, flowers, hearts. For them, you can make a cover with a shiny heart-shaped frame. You will need glitter and tape.
First you need to make a blank. But instead of a piece of white paper, we glue the red one, and hide the junction under a strip of decorative tape.
On the front part, draw a large heart with PVA glue and sprinkle with sparkles.
Attach a template for the signature inside the heart. Decorate with tape strips.
Now all that remains is to wait for the glue to dry and put the cover on the notebook.
Idea 7 - also for lovely ladies
For such an insert you will need sequins, double-sided and decorative tape.
First, we glue the signature template, decorate it with pink stripes. We decorate the junction of the paper with tape, make a frame.
Cut out hearts of different sizes from small pieces of double-sided tape and glue them to the front of the product.
Remove the extra layer and sprinkle with sparkles.
In such a notebook you will want to write neatly and beautifully.
Idea 8 - braid
To make this version of the cover, you need to add colored paper and a stationery knife to the main materials.
Draw a rectangle inside the workpiece at the front, departing from the edges by 0.5 cm. Draw parallel lines at a distance of 2 cm from each other, as shown in the photo. We cut them with a clerical knife. You also need to cut the fold line, stepping back from the edges 0.5 cm.
We cut out 9 strips 2 cm wide and one 1 cm wide from colored paper.
We pass the strips in a checkerboard pattern so that the tips are inside the workpiece (in order to translate the tips inward and an incision was made along the fold line).
On the second, not braided part, we glue a sheet of paper to hide the protruding pieces. Bend the ends located on the edge and fix with tape.
Flip the cover. We glue the template on the front, decorate with tape, and attach a sheet of colored paper to the back.
We bend it in half and admire the next masterpiece!
Idea 9 - vytynanka
Vytynanka is the art of paper cutting. It is quite simple to make a cover in this style, because a geometric pattern is used for decoration, which even a schoolboy can cut out. You need to prepare a sheet of white paper, a colored sheet, tape to match and a template.
Well, now let's start making:
We fold both sheets so that one of the sides is equal in size to the notebook.
Draw a line on a white sheet with a pencil, to which the small side reaches. Fill most of it with chaotically cut shapes.
We connect the sheets.
We glue the template for the inscription and decorate with tape.
Fold the liner in half.
Similarly, you can make any cover in a different color.
Idea 10 - multicolor
To embody this bright idea, you need colored rectangles of any size. In our case - 5 x 3.5 cm.
We bend the white sheet. We glue rectangles tightly to it in diagonal rows.
Cut off the excess - you get a colored canvas. Select the rows using thin sticky strips. We glue white paper on one side, and colored paper on the other, hide the junction under a strip of adhesive tape.
We attach a template for the signature. Fold in half.
And we send it in a transparent cover.
Idea 11 - if there are rectangles left
If the colored pieces remain, then you can make another insert for the cover. To do this, glue rectangles to the workpiece in any order.
Decorate with tape around the perimeter.
We glue the template and fold it in half.
Idea 12 - colored fence
Here's another use case for rectangles. It is necessary to cut out a semblance of pickets from them (2 oblique cuts from one point in different directions) and glue them in the upper and lower parts of the workpiece, forming a kind of hedge.
On the right side we attach the template, decorate it with tape. On the left - we randomly glue the cut corners.
Fold in half.
The cover is ready!
And the last, 13th idea is also simple.
With curly scissors made of colored paper, we cut out the stripes and glue them vertically to the workpiece.
Place the template for the inscription on the right side. We decorate it and the cover with scotch tape. Fold in half.
Here are 13 simple bright ideas for covers for a notebook. They can be glued to a notebook, but it is better to put them in a transparent cover - when the notebook is over, then the cover can be removed and put on another, without wasting time signing.
You will need
- - 2 sheets of plain paper;
- - a sheet of thick paper (optional);
- - Printer;
- -scissors;
- -glue stick;
- -pens, pencils, sparkles;
- -notebook.
Instructions
Take the notebook you want to change, measure it to determine the amount of paper. Most likely you will need 2 A4 sheets.
Find a picture you like on the Internet, pictures for backgrounds or textured ones are best suited here. They should not contain separate specific pictures, otherwise there will be no place for the signature of the notebook, or it will simply not look beautiful. Moreover, the entire drawing will most likely be printed out of the notebook format, and then part of it will have to be cut off. In addition to the background, find a picture for the signature, i.e. sticker or tag.
So, after you have found a background or texture, as well as a picture for the signature of the notebook, you can start making the cover itself. Print the background on plain sheets and the tag on thick paper. Cut the tag. Cut the first sheet of the cover, but not according to the format, but add 1 cm to the right, 3 cm to the left, and do not touch the top and bottom yet. Cut the second sheet, adding only 1 cm to the size of the notebook on the left side.
On the front side, glue the first sheet so that the distance that we added is right through. On the right, wrap the cover (1 cm) inward and glue, on the left, also wrap (3 cm) on the back side, glue. Now turn the notebook over with the back side, glue the second sheet to it exactly along the spine, so you will have 1 cm out on the left, wrap it up and glue it. Cut the top and bottom to the size of the notebook. The cover itself is ready, it remains only to complete it.
Glue the cut-out picture for the signature on the cover, write in it the subject or purpose of the notebook. Complete the cover to your liking. You can add sparkles, draw a picture if the background is light, draw a texture, or, well, glue decorative tape. Cover
