

You will now be able to glue your pages in the valleys of the accordion spine.įor information on how to assemble this Keepsake Accordion plus get other creative ideas for handmade books and art journaling, get your copy of PAGES 2012 now. Fold the paper accordion style and crease the folds with a bone folder. With the point of the bone folder, score a line down the paper. Line up the ruler against the first set of top and bottom marks. You should have flaps (extra paper) remaining at both ends, approximately 1¼" wide.Ĥ. Make 12 evenly spaced marks on either side of the fold. Measure to the left and right of the center fold in ½" (about 1 cm) increments, and mark with a pencil on the top and bottom. Make a good crease with a bone folder and unfold the paper.ģ. Fold the cardstock in half so that the 2 short sides meet. The height should be the same as the length of the pages and should be 11" – 12" long.Ģ. If your book has a different number of pages, you will need to adjust the length of the paper and the number of folds accordingly.ġ.

Your child will learn how to verbalize words and identify their physical counterpart with this accordion book.

Note: These directions are for a 13-page book. Accordion Book Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures. (adapted from Nikki Smith's technique in Cloth Paper Scissors PAGES 2012) This is a useful bookmaking technique for when you have completed pages that you want to bind, but you don't want to put holes in them. A narrow version of the accordion fold makes the spine to which the pages -in this case envelopes -are attached. I saw Nikki Smith use the technique to create handmade books with colorful envelopes as the pages. But do you know how to bind a book using an accordion-fold technique? You probably know how to make a book using an accordion fold.
