Make golden mini notebooks
It’s Monday, and many of you are probably still finishing the school year! If you haven’t prepared yet an “end of the school year gift” for your teacher(s), I have a very easy craft you could give as part of a gift. Please take a look below at more photos and a brief tutorial. Now, once you make these golden mini notebooks, it will be very tempting to want to keep them for you! So I advice you make a few so you can keep at least one. You can never have too many mini notebooks around the house.
Materials
- 5×7 mini notebook from $1 dollar section at Ben Franklin Crafts.
- Craft Smart gold metallic paint from Michael’s crafts.
- Gold sticker embellishment from Papyrus or a different embellishment of your choice.
- Gold polka dot washi tape found at Amazon.
Tutorial
- Paint the mini notebook’s cover with 2 layers of gold paint.
- Let it dry for 30 minutes. Once dry, the cover will “curl” a bit. Place a heavy book on top and this will flatten out the mini notebook.
- Use a gold metallic marker to “correct” any “imperfections” (optional).
- Use 4 strips of washi tape at the bottom of the cover. Place embellishment of your choice in the middle. Leave the back of the notebook blank or follow steps 1 through 4 to mimic the cover’s design.
I only made one of this and it was a bit hard to give it away! This notebook was part of a small gift basket I made for one of my son’s school teacher. I paired it with a few stationery items and a hand written note.
I’ve used a few Kraft rectangular baskets from Target’s $1 section. They are pretty sturdy and easy to paint with the same gold metallic paint I used for the notebooks. This craft took approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. I enjoyed making these so much, and I’d like to try a silver metallic paint next time around. Thank you for visiting kraft&mint and ready this post. If you enjoyed this craft and would like to receive more crafts tutorials like this via email, please click “follow kraft&mint” button on the right column. Cheers! I hope you are having a fantastic end of the year school season ;)
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