Decorate Your Notebook

Difficulty: Easy

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Parental supervision is recommended

Be a back-to-school hit by making a few of these decorative notebooks for yourself and your friends. This craft is a great way to personalize back to school gifts.

What you'll need:

  • Any color of construction paper for the background that is large enough to fit the cover of your notebook (smooth paper is best)
  • Stencils
  • Various colors of construction paper
  • Markers or gel pens
  • Clear Con-Tact paper
  • Scissors
  • Pencil to trace designs
  • Double stick tape

How to make it:

  1. Cut the piece of construction paper for the background of your cover and attach it to the front of your notebook with double stick tape.
  2. Pick a stencil for the front of the notebook.
  3. Trace the stencil onto the different colors of construction paper with the pencil.
  4. Cut them out and arrange them on your notebook however desired. Attach them with double stick tape.
  5. Decorate the stencils with markers or gel pens.
  6. Cover the whole front of the notebook with the clear Con-Tact paper.
  7. You can use this same idea to cover the back of the notebook, too.

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