How to Make a Homemade Book

A homemade book can be made out of any type of paper you wish. Create the book cover, insert your masterpiece. Make a recipe book, or a photo album and give the books as a gift for the family to treasure as an heirloom.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Decorative paper
• Fabric
• Heavy duty stapler

Create the Shell

1. Choose a heavier stock paper to use as the cover of your book. Use construction paper or card stock folded in half and staple together to make the outer shell with a lighter weight paper inside.

2. Take a trip to your local printer for a pre-bound book that you can fill. Choose from a large selection of paper and many colors.

3. Shop at a scrap booking or craft store for other paper options. Select a sturdy fabric such as denim, leather, suede or vinyl for an alternative to paper.

Fill Your Book

4. Collect your children's homework assignments and art projects for the year, and put a selection of the work in one homemade book at the end of each school year.

5. Add photographs to your homework book, or just make a scrapbook of photographs from a vacation or special occasion.

6. Make a homemade book of favorite family recipes. Include the recipe, a photograph of the dish prepared and a note the cook.

7. Create your own collection of short stories, essays or poems. Print each on a sheet of paper that you can include in your book. Include illustrations or photographs for an added form of media.

Tips & Warnings

• Use an online digital printing service to create the entire book. These sites take you through the entire book creation process. (See Resources)

Resources

• Lu Lu.
• Createspace.com.