Published May 25, 2023, 5:20 p.m. by Arrik Motley
Are you looking for a fun and easy diy project? If so, you'll love this easy book from one sheet of paper mini paper book diy stepbystep tutorial! This project is perfect for kids and adults alike, and best of all, it only takes a few minutes to make!
1. Begin by folding your sheet of paper in half lengthwise.
2. Cut the folded paper in half, then fold each half in half again.
3. Unfold the paper, then fold each side in to meet the center crease.
4. Fold the paper in half again, then cut along the center crease.
5. Unfold the paper, then fold each side in to meet the center crease again.
6. Fold the paper in half again, then cut along the center crease.
7. Unfold the paper, then fold each side in to meet the center crease once more.
8. Fold the paper in half again, then cut along the center crease.
9. Unfold the paper, then fold each side in to meet the center crease for the final time.
10. Trim the edges of the paper if desired, then use tape or glue to secure the folds together.
Your mini paper book is now complete! Use it as a notebook, journal, or photo album, or get creative and use it for something else entirely!
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hello everyone its Natasha from treasure
books okay let's jump straight in shall
we
both of these journals are made with one
sheet of paper this one here is a 12 by
12 sides sheet of paper this one here is
a little bit larger and I will give you
dimensions and everything once we start
our tutorial I've got everything written
down step-by-step so it's very easy to
follow okay so I'll just show you what
it is there's four signatures yeah so
this one signature there and then a
little bit of him bits and pieces of
this and that and a little pocket there
and then more I will show you all of the
details in this journal after we clear
each tutorial so then you can get ideas
on what to add to your journal and stuff
like that so then we come to the end of
this one so that's the back cover and
then it keeps on going so this is what I
think it's so exciting because it
there's just so many things that we can
so many ways that we can adapt this
simple concept so it's like an accordion
type of a journal so it opens up it kind
of really fit pulled away and then it
can lay completely flat so you can see
here you can do your journaling this way
or you know and the beautiful thing is
is that it causes straight back up very
easily how it was so I think this is so
cute and so exciting and these little
flaps of course want to open okay this
one here is a larger size so once again
it's got four signatures and it's just a
larger piece of paper that I've got will
go into all of the details later I just
want to give you I'll show you what you
will be learning in this tutorial so
once again of course then we have to go
to the back over here we've got more
signatures there and another signature
pieces then we come to the front and
then once again this journal cannot fit
in the camera but it opens up all the
way you can lay flat opens up all the
way like this here close this up
beautifully and properly and there
same on this side here so it's just so
much fun and I loved the process so much
because it is unlike anything I've done
before and it's just perfect absolutely
perfect so we will do the tutorial now
I've got the steps over here I'm going
to give you an opportunity to take a
screenshot of the steps at the end of
the video so don't try sort of you know
copying down the steps now we will do
the tutorial and then at the end we'll
come back to these two and I'll do
sloths look through and I'll talk about
what I did and you know so you can get
ideas and inspiration on when you create
your own let's get started shall we
for this demonstration I will be using a
12 by 12 sheet of paper and the first
thing that we need to do is look at the
paper and decide which part of it is
going to be your front cover and then
we're going to mark it so if you have a
paper like this for example it doesn't
have any writing it doesn't have any
pictures it can go either way you don't
have to do this step you don't have to
mark anything just keep in mind what you
want to be your front cover this side or
this side if you have a directional
paper like this one here for example
it's got butterflies and they're going
one way so we don't want the front cover
to end up you know upside down so you
might want to you know keep that in mind
and then Mark what will be your front
cover I'm going to use this one here and
as you can see in the whole sheet of
paper this side is alright but here I've
got this little image and it's going
kind of that way and I decided I want
this to be my front cover this section
here so I'm just going to mark it I'm
going to use a tiny little bit of
masking tape and I'm going to stick it
down it will come off very easily and
I'm just going to mark F for front and
then I know which way direction as well
so I know that this will be my front
cover okay so that's you only need to do
that if that's important like if you
know depending on what the paper is like
alright so let's begin and the next
thing you're going to do is fold your
paper in half
I'm just going to add a little bit and
just make sure that all of the you know
ends are meeting everything's nice in
the line I like to once they all meet I
like to just press down in the middle
and then fold from the middle so I can
already see this is what my cover is
going to look like might just quarter
look a little bit okay and now you have
one crease I know you can't see but we
know that we have one crease there okay
so now I want to turn it the other way
you can see my crease there and I'm just
folding it the other way make sure
everything is meeting nicely and now
your paper looks like this you have two
creases
okay now we're up to step number four
and we want to fold the lower section to
the middle crease but please make sure
you're not folding your fronts so I have
a look here this is my front I don't
want to fold my front in half so I'm
going to make sure I'll just turn it
this way and that way when I fold this
way I'm not folding my front right in
half I hope that makes sense so now we
are folding all the way up to the crease
just like this just to that middle
crease and you can see that extra crease
there that's there and now we're going
to do exactly the same for the upper
section so I'm going to flip it around
and I'm going to fold this section to
the middle
and now you can see I'm just turning it
around so you can see a little bit
better you can see all those lines these
are all of my faults I've got fold it in
the middle you can't see the middle one
but it's there
you can see now I've got all of those
faults okay so we want to turn the paper
to the correct side so this is my right
side this will be my front cover and my
outside now we want to cut with scissors
to the third fold so we're cutting this
is your front cover we're going to start
cutting here we're not going to cut on
the other side we'll cut here all the
way to the third fold first fold second
fold third fold right there in the
middle and you already have a line there
you already have a fold to guide you so
let's do that so I'm just cutting here
and I'm coming right up to that where
the lines meet right up there I'm not
gonna cross it so you can see right
there and this is what you have and now
we're just going to fold it into a book
and it that's it it's as simple as that
so I've written down the instructions
here just to make it a little bit easier
so now what we're going to do we start
with the front and we're going to go
under over under it's gonna make perfect
sense in a moment so we're going to go
under then one goes under now this one
will go over and then we're going to go
under so that was under over under and
now we're going to flip over the top
just like this and now it's looking
upside down okay so now we're going to
go under over under again so we go and
over and and you end up with your book
upside down okay and there we go we just
flip it around let's go to the next
section this is the main construction of
the book so now I've got here glue your
pocket so you will see as you flip
through you will see this section here
that opens up that was the pocket that I
showed you when I showed you what this
looks like
so now what I want to do is just glue my
pocket right there so at the back inside
so now what I need you can use double
sided tape I'm just going to apply a
little bit of glue just on one side here
so you can see there I've just applied a
little bit of glue and I'm just going to
shut it press down make sure there's no
seepage
okay and that's the construction of the
book how easy is that little pocket
there everything is joined up so it can
still open up like this
and now we can do it with it whatever we
want so as you've seen I don't in some
signatures and I'm going to do that
today as well just as you see sort of
how I did it I guess but I think before
I do that I'm going to do one more just
a cement cement adhesive and but I'm not
gonna go through the steps this time I'm
just gonna fold away and then you can
see how it's done okay so this will be
my friend all right and here we go let's
fold away
so there's my front I'm gonna cut right
there
okay folding and over and up over the
top and over and well something
interesting has happened with my
directional paper so I would suggest not
to use directional paper because you can
see this is my front cover everything is
going the right way
this is my inside but then at the back
it goes the wrong way so if you're using
something with script it's not going to
I mean that's the right way but then
this is the wrong way so that would bug
me so I would personally just stick with
something like this that's non
directional you can see it goes kind of
both ways so keep that in mind when
choosing your scrapbook paper and of
course it doesn't have to be scrapbook
paper you can use your painting papers
or you can use like things like this
watercolor pad these large sheets of
watercolor or acrylic you know or even
like kids kids scrapbook just plain
scrapbook papers that you can t dye this
journal here I used a really large sheet
of paper it's 23 by 16 I just happened
to come across the roll at an op shop
and you can t diet and do the same thing
so obviously your sheets of paper don't
have to be squares like how a scrapbook
paper twelve by twelve is so it doesn't
have to be square so you can see how
much so the obviously the larger the
paper that the bigger the journal so if
you've got something like this perfect
okay so we're going back to this one I'm
going to add some signatures in here
just so you can see sort of where I
place them and then I'm going to do a
full flip through of the other journal
so you can get lots of ideas there's
lots of different things that we can do
with this construction here so I've
already prepared some of my signatures
here and I'm going to add four
signatures so I'm going to have one here
and
one here at the back and then on the
other side I'm going to have one here
and one here so I'm just going to add
these ones first
you can even staple this in or you can
sew right through I don't see why not
I just like the look of these spines but
it is a little bit more labor-intensive
I guess you can say okay so I started
from the middle there back in then over
here and then back inside so I'm just
going to hold this really tight
and tie a little bro this is kind of
hard to do standing up but here we go
I don't like it though so I'm just going
to make a double knot and just trim I'm
going to do something different here and
so I want another one here
you
I don't need this anymore remove that
gently okay so I've got my first
signature here I've got something that I
can do there I can do more signatures if
I want to okay all of them could be
signatures but I like to do you know
it's more fun to do different types of
things and stuff so now I'm going to add
this one over here okay so that one's
down at the back and now for my last one
just got one to go and here is a little
book so you can see now there's four new
signatures in there we can go we can add
extra signatures there and there but you
might be putting a bit too much pressure
on this little section here that we've
glued together so that's why I like to
stick with four signatures okay go ahead
have fun with this and decorate the way
you like and I might do a little label
here and call this done and then we'll
do a full flip through of the other ones
and there we go so a little booklet make
it made in no time we can spend as much
time on it as we want to you know add
more embellishing things like that we
can play with the covers you know that's
different thing over here just another
one that I just quickly whipped up we
can do some inking the edges like I've
done on this one yeah
you'll see that I've inked the edges
there so lots of things lots and lots of
things that we can do and that's one now
let's just do a flip through of these
two so for this cover here I created
this separately so it's not actually
Sona through the scrapbook paper I've
done all of my sewing and stuff and then
I glued it onto my front cover so just
playing around with you know how things
looking yeah I've got a little pocket
with the tag and the more things you
stick here the sturdier your
construction will be which I'll talk
more about when we get to this because
this this paper is not very strong paper
yet it's holding this book very very
well together so we'll see that in a
moment and then you can go ahead and you
can embellish your pages I didn't do a
whole lot just a little bit on the front
page
you know this section here I've got
another little pocket with a tag just
minimal really minimal things and they
make such a difference over here I've
got a little flip down notepad here and
I have sewn them together right there
and then glued it onto my onto the book
so the papers are sewn together and then
this is well same thing I do my sewing
on the page first and then I glue it on
to my book okay and then here for the
pocket I just put a little little thing
in there more journaling space okay and
then on this page here I have this this
little pocket that I actually have a
tutorial on it
for I think it's called fold four
pockets from one sheet of paper so you
can have a look at that video I will
link it in the description box so we
have four pockets here that we can fill
up with little tags and how cute that's
the biggest one and then this one here
so like a loaded pocket with lots of
tags and then another one of those notes
section and then over here just a little
bit of embellishing there so another
journal that's sewn in but these ones
I've just tied a bow in the middle and
then yeah I've got these are little tags
that can come out I mean I could keep on
and on and on embellishing this like I
could stick some sentiments here put
some tag Stoppers day you know but it
can be never-ending I guess here we go
okay so these sections open up and it's
just for more journaling you know and I
think like pulling things out and
opening things up I think it just gives
the book that much more interest so I
just got some images on here you can see
and then this is all of these images
everything that you see is fussy cut
books I don't use digital prints or
anything like that and I just made a
tiny little bookmark it says bookmark
this is also cut out from book Victorian
scrapbook I think that's the book now I
always use original images of course I
don't scan and copy or any of that so I
just glued the image onto tea light
paper and that's it made a little
bookmark there and then this closes and
you can see the UPS line right through
the cover here you know sewing these
down just so that there's a little bit
more interest on the back cover okay and
then we go to this section here I have a
little bit of a collage thing going on
another little flip down kind of pocket
for more notes and journaling and stuff
like that
and then the journal yeah another pocket
with a simple tag this is also a cutout
from book and then here I have made a
little envelope that opens up and this
keeps it closed and then a little note
here if the belly band the envelope is
kind of like a belly band so this is
also from a book and I think you know
it's the way we were and then she's kind
of looking into the past kind of thing
you know that was the story of this page
come on closed envelope and then this is
a little top that I made so she's a
little tough and this is actually from
the venetian blind little tag that lets
in there okay and then so that's our
journal there the journal section of the
notebook and then here I also have a
tutorial on this I might link that in
the description below so another little
flip down thing with the double tie
string closure and this is also I cut
out from that book so I was using all of
the images from the Balkan know it kind
of
all goes together nicely
okay so I'll link that video down as
well and then we come to the front so
lots of little pockets and things to
pull out and flip down and flip up and
look at all right now let's move on to
this one so the very first thing that I
did after I cut out down my paper is i
reinforced my spines because this is
very it's quite flimsy paper so I want
my book to be sturdy into last obviously
I wanted to reinforce all of my panels
so you will see on my front page I've
got some scrapbook paper going on and
with this little collage here and that
at the same time is giving the book its
character obviously it's also
reinforcing everything it's making it
strong and sturdy and then here I've got
a little pocket that I made just from
you know offcuts bits and pieces little
off cuts see you know those little off
cuts we have for materials and things I
just saw them together and made a little
pocket here the way that I reinforce my
spine so you can see each section that
has the journal part in it has been
reinforced and it's simply a little bit
of fabric that I first glued on to
reinforce the spine and then I started
through so it's going through you know
some in my signature in the spine so
this journal I did a little bit more
embellishing and I was using different
pages and doing some sewing and the
pages and embellishing little bits and
pieces like that just to give it more
character and inking the edges and all
the things that I usually do when making
journals and because I was planning to
you know I'm going to put this journal
in my Etsy shop so I wanted it to be to
the standard that I like I guess okay so
that's first signature done and there's
four signatures all together so you can
see just little things it's the little
things that make a difference like the
cascading pages we have a large page
here we have sewing here we have a six
what's a good like a wiggly edge over
here and you know just different things
so you can see here
that I have glued down the scrapbook
paper to reinforce my panel because the
more pages you put in your book the you
know you want it to be you want it to be
sturdy it has to be sturdy otherwise the
pages the papers are going to bend down
and it's not going to be a very sturdy
construction all right so the way that I
did that is by gluing down you know I
described this scrapbook paper is quite
a thick scrapbook paper and that's
that's the fabric that I glued down okay
okay and now on this section here I just
glue this down someone rang the bell
okay so this is also a fascicle image
from that book and then over here
instead of a you know a signature I have
an envelope that I sign in just like you
would so in a signature but you can see
here that it's sewn in but I do have the
envelope making little scoreboard things
so I have to sew it in before blowing
the envelope down okay and then I've
just got extra bits and pieces in here
for more generally and just a little
sticker here that I made from a stamp
this is the pocket so what I did here is
those Reader's Digest books and after
times they have pictures like this and I
just glued them down on T die to paper
looks really cool with all these t dying
effects over here and it's kind of like
when you're looking at it you know it
would be cool if we had all the time in
the world to journal about what the
picture is about because we really have
no idea unless we've read the book so
you know what's happening in what's
happening here like what is going on you
know I don't know it's a it's a little I
don't know I just liked this sort of
stuff so something to ponder you know
looking at a picture anyway so I've got
that in the pocket and then over here
I've done another one of those just
using up little scraps of papers that I
had and I did a waterfall effect and it
this is glued on so I didn't actually
sew through the page I just soaked
through all of these papers and then I
glued that down on
the page so over here just some tags and
pocket so this also serves as you know
keeping the book firm keeping it strong
and then over here I have a little belly
band these are also easy to make but
they look you know looks like I mean
there's a lot of work that goes into it
obviously but it's not complicated is
what I'm trying to say
and then just little bits and pieces
here you might have to trim this down
I left them long because I think I
wanted to put some hearts on the end and
you know look at that just a little bit
of interest here and there I don't go
over the top with embellishing journals
and things like that so I didn't do
anything at the back on the back page
over here but I do have scrapbook paper
there so that's giving this cover the
sturdiness that it needs okay and then
yeah just a little pocket another fussy
cut image from a book and I've got my
third signature here and just using all
different types of pages and things like
that adding a little bit of interest
here and there sewing and inking and all
that and then another pocket of here at
the back and then over here I did
another panel of course to keep the
sturdiness so each panel will either
have like if you can see here I didn't
put any scrap of paper here because I
already have it up moving the camera I
already covered on this side so it's
already been reinforced on the other
side and this is just adding extra
strength to it okay so I just made some
pockets with tags over here and then the
pages all different you know types of
things don't paper or paper scrap of
paper selling on the pages I love this
Weekly effect I've been doing quite a
bit of that lately I really enjoy some
book pages I love this
I used to be a milk carton I love it
recycled paper that's what we're all
about right okay and then I've got a
little pocket there and another fussy
cat I really love this image I was going
to use it in a sewing type journal but
I'm just gonna use things up and not no
cord so I made that into a little pocket
there as well and that completes this
journals I think it's so exciting
because it's totally different to
anything that I've made before so it
opens up all the way and you know you
can open it up you know this way too and
you might have things falling out and
but the point is it's a whole you know
everything is kind of one one piece of
art I don't know if you can call it one
piece of a project in all different
sections and it's just so interesting I
think you know and I mean as you know
this has been done before perhaps not in
in this particular way but I was really
excited about it and I hope you like to
you know maybe it's easier to work with
smaller ones first when you start just
do one little one first and then see how
you go and then play around with the
sizes and play around with all of the
things that you can glue on and add and
you know you can have so much fun with
this and I hope that you do let me know
what you think about this project I'm
going to give you an opportunity to take
a screenshot of the instructions over
here so let me just get that ready okay
so now is your time to take a screenshot
of the first two sheets not that you
really need instructions if you've done
this before or once you do it once or
twice you will know exactly what you
need to do all right so now I'm just
going to pop this sheets at the third
sheet here you can take a screenshot of
that thank you so much for watching I
really appreciate your time give me a
like if you like this video
and leave me a comment and I will see
you in my next one bye
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