DIY accordion books make for great displays! Children can fill the pages with funny cartoons, fun drawings, or even paste in photos of friends and family.

This online workshop takes place across two sessions: Thurs, Sept. 16, 10am–12pm ET Thurs, Sept, 23 10am–12pm ET Day 1 will cover how to fold a section of accordion book, how to attach multiple sections together and a few different…

Last Sunday morning I was trying out different ways of folding 11″ x 17″ paper to make a folded book cover. When the structure that I’ve drawn out in the document above …

I bought a bunch of old books with pretty covers and I'm re-purposing them by making new books out of old ones. Polly was the name of my childhood dog and the 1890's camping scene is very attractive. Remove the pages with a razor blade and scissors, leaving the cover intact. I didn't like the look of the cardboard inside the spine so I covered the inside of the book with new end papers. Lay the book cover on a piece of scrapbook paper and trace around the cover with pencil. Cut the paper…

I'm pretty sure you already knew it was National Accordion Awareness Month, but just in case, I thought I'd celebrate by making this Picnic accordion spine flag book! Some of you may remember when Club Scrap had flag book kits a few years ago. I still enjoy this project and thought it would be fun to design one around the size of the four 3.25x3.25" Picnic Lite Cutaparts as inside pages. Assembly Instructions: 1. Cut one 8x10.25" Dk Green paper to use for the binding. Score vertically every…

Make an accordian-folded no-sew paper book using your favorite paper. Suitable for making a 32-page dummy book, casual sketchbook, watercolor book, or journal.

I’ve tried using concertina/accordion-fold sketchbooks in the past, but found them very awkward to use when out and about. They’re usually spineless (like this Seawhite version and my h…

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For a while now, I’ve been wanting try making my own accordion fold watercolor sketchbooks. We are doing the last minute planning before our Portugal workshop – so this seemed like the …

How to Make an Accordion Book