Recycled
Note-pads
Create These Pretty Recycled Notepads From Junk!
This is how to turn brown paper, paper bags and any
other paper scraps into cute and useful notepads and scribble pads. Its
simple to do, so even little children can help! They make great little
presents and if you start to save your paper now, you will have a good
collection in no time! Set aside a box for collecting half-printed pages
from the desk, paper shopping bags, scraps
of pretty wrapping paper or wallpaper samples, and put them to good use!
You will need:
A pile of scrap paper
Scissors
Scrap cardboard
PVA glue
(white glue or school glue)
Decide on the size of
your notebook and cut a piece of cardboard as the backing. Use this to cut
out a number of pages for your notebook. You can mix and match papers and
textures or stick to one kind. Stack them up with the cardboard
underneath, bang them gently onto a hard surface so that they lie true,
and then put them flat on a table or counter with the top edge protruding
slightly over the edge. Weight the stack down with a heavy book but leave
the top edge uncovered.
Paint along the top of
the stack with the PVA glue, making sure that all the pages come into
contact with some glue (a finger comes in handy for this!). Leave to dry.
The notepads are now
ready to use, but you may prefer to embellish them a little - especially
if you intend to give them as gifts. Try painting on an extra thin layer
of glue and dipping into glitter. Use a small piece of ribbon or braid
along the top edge, stick on buttons and bows, or just use an attractive
piece of gift wrap as the top page and finish by adding a further, folded
strip of the same paper to neaten. The possibilities are endless and you
will have fun experimenting.
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