As sad as it may sound, the last summer month, August, is ending. This means that school days are very close. You have probably already purchased or are just about to purchase beautiful office supplies in the form of notebooks, notepads and diaries.
The news portal “Vtemu.by” in this article would like to offer you some interesting and simple ideas for decorating notebooks. After all, you always want to stand out from the crowd, be interesting and extraordinary.
So, if you are ready, then let's get started with these ordinary and nondescript school notebooks. Let us turn ordinary notebooks into a real work of art and your pride! With notebooks decorated with your own hands, you will definitely not confuse a notebook on physics with a notebook on mathematics, a notebook on Russian literature with a notebook on biology, because each of them will have its own unique appearance.
DIY embroidery on the notebook cover
Such a creative option for decorating a notebook will definitely evoke admiring glances from your teachers and classmates, and of course, they will delight you and lift your spirits, even in the most boring and uninteresting lesson.
So, first of all, you need to decide what image you would like to see on the cover of your notebook. The image can reflect the essence of the subject or, on the contrary, reflect your hobbies; in a word, choose what you like.
In our case, we chose the image of a cheerful pineapple.
The image must be secured with masking tape on the cover of the notebook, and then proceed to making holes using a needle or awl. The more holes you make, the neater the embroidery will look in the future.
Now you can start embroidering.
Cover the inside with a glued sheet of cardboard.
Paper cover
This is the easiest and fastest way to design a book. A great idea if you need to wrap a large batch of books, but such a cover cannot be called reliable, because the paper will quickly wear out from frequent use, but you can easily make a new design.
To work, you just need to choose paper or cardboard of a suitable color, as well as a pencil and ruler.
We place the book in the center of the trimmed sheet. We bend the sheet along the top and bottom lines of the book; for more accuracy, you can draw lines with a pencil.We measure the book: front cover, back cover, and spine width. We cut the sheet of paper so that on all sides the sheet is at least three centimeters larger than the book.
The fold needs to be ironed well; for this it is better to remove the book for now. Then we bend the paper along the left and right sides of the book.
To do this, it is better to bend one edge first, close the book, and then the second. The cover is ready, so there are pockets into which you need to thread the crust of the book.
If the cover seems boring, then you can paint it, paint it or decorate it with stickers.
How can you decorate a notebook?
As a material for decorating the cover of a notebook, you can use decorative tape, or if this is not available, it can be replaced with decorative paper, which must first be cut into strips of the same width.
Now concentrate and come up with a pattern. Glue the finished strips tightly to each other. You should end up with a bright, unique surreal pattern on the cover of your notebook.
From fabric
Making a fabric cover with your own hands will require a little more effort, but the result will be very unusual.
It is better to choose a dense fabric so that it does not tear quickly, and there are no restrictions on colors and patterns. For decoration, you can choose a suitable color of ribbon, lace, fabric flowers or embroidery.
The fabric cover must be cut from the fabric on the wrong side; to do this, you need to measure the cover of the book, not forgetting the spine.
Add 1.5-2 cm to each edge for margin. In order for the cover to stay on the book, you need to make two pockets. It is better to make them small, no more than a third of the width of the book cover.
We cut it out of fabric and apply it “face to face” to the previously cut rectangle.
We chop it off with needles, sew it on a machine, and thus the same pockets are formed on the sides of the rectangle; all that remains is to turn the cover inside out and insert the book.
How to decorate a notebook with your own hands for school?
A very original and at the same time multifunctional decoration for a notebook can be anti-stress pictures that need to be glued to the cover of the notebook.
As you attend lessons, you will add bright colors to the cover of your notebook and thereby feed your emotional state with positive charges.
DIY notebook decoration
The notebook cover will look elegant and unusual if you use multi-colored buttons and beads of different sizes in the decoration.
Glue the buttons to the cover of the notebook, and then fill each of them with multi-colored beads, which are also secured with glue.
Wrapping paper or cardboard
Using such materials you can make an interesting book cover. You can keep it in its original form, decorate it with applique, color prints, patterns or cuts from magazines.
How to make a book cover from cardboard or wrapping paper is described in detail below.
- The unfolded book is placed in the center of the paper. It is important that there is room for folding at the edges.
- Horizontal lines outline the top and bottom. The book is removed and folds are made along these lines; they should be clear and even.
- The book is returned to its place, cover to paper. There should be an equal gap along the edges.
- Then open the front cover of the book and fold the edge of the paper inside; if it is too wide, cut off the excess. The same is done with the other edge of the paper.
- Finally, the cover can be decorated or inscribed with the title of the book and the name of the author.
