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

Age range: Ages 12 and up

Time commitment: 1 hour

Materials list:


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:


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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