Making a simple sketchbook can be an art class activity.
As long as you're making your own sketches, it makes sense to go ahead and make your own sketchbook. You'll find the book-making part is less tedious than you imagine, and the decorating part is even more satisfying. You will be motivated to fill up your new homemade sketchbook quickly so that you can make and decorate another one. A simple sketchbook is also a thoughtful and personal gift for a budding artist, or even an activity that can be done in a group or an art class.
Instructions
1. Gather paper pages for your sketchbook of any material you wish to draw on. Make sure that the pages are all the same size.
2. Find the paper you would like to use for your front and back cover. Anything will do, such as a brown paper grocery bag, thicker card stock paper like you would use for scrapbooking or recycled plastic pages.
3. Take the paper you will be using for your front and back covers and measure it up to your sketch page paper. Using scissors or a paper cutter, either trim the paper down to the same size, in which case you will have two separate pieces for the front and back, or make sure that it is double the size of a sketch page, in which case it will be folded in half to hold your pages.
4. Assemble your covers and pages and bind them using several eyelets and an eyelet setting tool. If you don't have an eyelet setting tool, you can make sure that all the pages and the cover are double the size of the desired page size, put the cover and the pages together and fold them in half, and sew the binding together using a needle and thick thread.
5. Put some decorative ribbon, yarn or string through the eyelets and tie them in a secure knot or bow. Decorate the front and back cover of your sketchbook.
