Make your own sketchbook with things you probably already have at home

Do you have a cereal box, some thread (or dental floss) and a few blank pages? Great! Let’s get started.
What you'll need
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Age range: Ages 12 and up
Time commitment: 1 hour
Materials list:
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- Thin piece of cardboard from a cereal box that's 5 ½" x 9 ⅛"
- 12 x sheets of 8 ½" x 11" printer paper (or any paper you want to use)
- Cutting mat
- Metal ruler
- Permanent marker
- Pencil
- Utility knife
- Scissors
- Thread - you can use anything that you have around the house. Even dental floss will work! In bookbinding we use waxed thread so if you have beeswax you can wax your own thread at home, or use dental floss that's waxed.
- Needle - just make sure that you have a needle that your thread will fit through.
- Glue stick
Optional:
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- Awl - it's used for making holes but if you don't have one you can use your needle.
- Bone folder - it's used for scoring or compressing your paper.
- Stamps - I used stamps to decorate my cover but you can use markers or pencil crayons or anything else that you have around the house.
- Colourful paper to decorate the inside of your cover
Thanks for doing this project with me! And if you post on social media, please tag me, @flycatcherpress, @CBCArts and #CBCArtsMakes, because we'd love to see what you created. See you next time!
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