Make Your Own Sketchbook or Memory Book for the Road
Just Fold and Staple
Many uses for one little book!
This idea came to me last night while I was trying to go to sleep, and it was the first thing I did when I got up!
I was thinking about a small sketchbook I had seen at the store and wishing I had bought it, when I realized I could make one of my own. It's so easy it's not even funny! This little book can be used for several different things, not just a sketchbook. You can also use it for:
A small watercolor book for painting outside or "en plein air"
Use Prismacolor or any colored markers or pencils and sketch
A traveling blank canvas for coloring and doodles for children when traveling and on the road.
Make a multi-page, handmade card for someone special's birthday or anniversary (I made my husband one for no particular reason using wedding photos and sayings and poems I wrote myself along with watercolors and markers!)
A small book for notes when traveling, such as a list of what to take for the trip, pack a gluestick and you can add photos and mementos of the trip such as postcards and tickets to shows and events.
Make it into a memory book of sketches and postcards of your vacation trip while on the road! You can work on it in the evenings when you are winding down from the day. This is a great idea for the kids to help them settle down for the evening. All they need are a small kit of markers, gluesticks and non-pointed scissors. Put it all into a small backpack for the trip, and they can use this to unwind from the busy day.
A to-do book for a couple of weeks or a month, without having to buy more expensive planners that can be bulky, and these can be easily discarded when you are through with them
A wedding or event planner, if you don't want a bulky planner notebook. You can even glue in swatches of fabric and ribbon for comparisons while in town buying things for the event!
I'm sure you can find many more uses for one of these little books. The really good thing is you can put in as many pages as you want (as long as it will fold!). All you need is some cardstock (here I used 7 pieces, folded in half), and a couple of staples from the staplegun, in the fold of the papers. The cardstock holds up better than regular paper.
Take it along on your next trip around town or your next vacation day trip, and see how many uses you and the kids can find for it and you may be surprised!
All you need is cardstock (here I used the 110 lb. paper) and a staplegun. You can even make it in other colors besides white.
Next time you are traveling, put these it a small travel kit along with the scissors and glue sticks for the kids. Add a small set of markers (washable if you wish), and they are set for traveling and recording the events of the journey!
