How to make Miniature Books: DIY Craft Tutorial book binding, how to bind a Mini Book, handmade gift
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Making and binding tiny mini books, is one of our favourite activities. Sharing with you guys, the process we follow to make miniature books. We've tried to use material that is easily available at home. Just have a bit of patience and enjoy the process!
The step-by-step explanation is given in the text below. Just scroll down...
You can make these mini books as sweet hand-made gifts, with some messages written inside, perhaps? Or use them as miniature photo albums or gratitude journals.
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You will need: scissors, craft knife, kitchen knife with a serrated edge, ruler, glue, binder clip or clothes' peg, plain paper for the inside pages, coloured paper for the cover and end-paper, a piece of thick card, some stickers (optional)
Step 1:
Cut pages of size 4 x 5 cm. I have used 32 cut sheets for each mini book.
Step 2:
Align the pages and hold them together tightly, using a tight binder clip or clothes peg. The tighter the better.
Step 3:
Cut some grooves along the spine, using a serrated kitchen knife. You can also use a hacksaw blade if you have one handy. (I don't know if it is usual to have hacksaw blades turn up in drawers and pen stands, but it happens in my unorganised home.)
Do this part carefully and thoroughly. The depth of the grooves should be roughly 0.5 mm. That's pretty deep. The strength of the binding does depend on these grooves, so cut no corners here!
Step 4:
Cut a piece of paper 3 x 5 cm. Any paper- doesn't have to be pretty. This will get covered later.
Apply glue thoroughly to the grooves in the spine. Like, fill them up!
Stick the paper to the spine and firmly press and remove extra glue. If you have long nails like my daughter, please do use them to push the glue into the spine, and squeeze out any extra glue and wipe it off.
Leave to dry for 30-60 minutes.
Step 5:
Cut 4 pieces of the thick card for the covers of each book, each piece 4.2 cm by 5.4 cm. You can use a thick visiting card. Our a wedding card. Or some old packaging.
Step 6:
Choose paper for the book cover. This is my favourite part! Mixing and matching and imagining the tiny cover with different patterns and colours. I try to drag this part out longer than necessary. Like window-shopping to my heart's content before finally putting the money down on the counter. (Except during 2020, of course; in 2020 you get in, dart for what you need, put exact change on the counter and exit as swiftly as possible.)
Coming back to choosing the right paper for the cover, just go with what you feel like doing. There's no right or wrong. Take the chosen paper and cut a piece roughly 11.5 by 7.5 cm.
Step 7:
Stick the cards on the paper, leaving enough room for the spine in the middle. Snip off the corners, and fold and stick the edges onto the card. You can keep the cover simple or add details like faux-leather edges and spine.
Step 8:
Apply glue on the spine of the bound pages, which should have dried reasonably well by now, provided you spent (not wasted!) enough time choosing the right paper for the cover. Attach the glued spine to the cover.
Step 9:
Choose end-paper to match or contrast with the cover, and cut 2 pieces of 8 x 5 cm for each book. Fold in the middle and stick to attach the cover to the bound pages. The bound pages are called a book block or signature, by the way... but let's keep the language simple. Decorate the cover if you wish, with stickers or art. Maybe print a name with teeny alphabet blocks!
I know this is an old video but I want to complement you. Thank you for sharing. I love ❤️ this video. Great choice of music score too. I now have an inspiration for my own miniature book project. I am autistic so I appreciate the none verbal tutorial. It's surprisingly pleasing to my none verbal brain. Amazing production quality too. I can see your hands and project clearly. That's hard to produce for most creatures. The camera angle is very important as well lighting, front and back as well from the sides. Well done. I am going to create my own designs on paper to use for the binding and front pages. I am also going to buy clothes squares from Walmart for my miniature books, make them look beautiful and unique. I will be making small sketch books as gifts for family and friends. My Lady friends will love handmade gifts from me. I can personalize them. Maybe make costume made miniature books for customers on my store. It will be fun too.
Oh how wonderful it is to read your kind message! Thank you very much. ❤ It means a lot to us that this video helps you... very happy that you are going to make some mini books! And your idea of making them with cloth squares sounds lovely! Hope you have a fun time :)
Sorry, but I don’t have all of the stuff in this craft but it is sooo cute.❤️
Me too
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You can actually get them all in a book/stationary shop and in your kitchen
No matter how many times I watch this, it’s still so so so good! ❤
Awww that is so sweet. Thank you very much!
Thank you for this, I am going to use it to make a mini book of etiquette for my kid to takw to school for when people keep asking them what they have.
Oh how lovely! Wish you fun times making the mini books 😊
You did a beautiful job. Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome! 😊 we are happy you enjoyed this video
This looks so cool! I defineteluy have to try to make this soon! I really like this tutorial too!
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amazing detailed video, I made this by myself, and it had the same result shown in the video do not need any supplies to make such a cute notebook. Thank you so much.
Glad it helped! It's so nice to know that you made these mini books :) It makes us happy! Thank you
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I did a lot oh those for my new booknook. I just love it!!
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Genial, hace tiempo buscaba algo así para hacerlo junto con mi Lieta y lo he encontrado, muchas gracias y me suscribo ❤
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Sabes para q usa el estilete?
Q es lo 🤔 q corta
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I have a miniature books collection
I am a miniature artist
By the way nice video👍🏻
App Apne channel pe dekhae phir mini books
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Thank you it's perfect!!!
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I love the mini book..will try to make
That’s wonderful! Hope you have fun!
I tried making it.... it turned out so perfect📚✨️I am treasuring it now 😌
Amazing tutorial 🫡Loved it!
Oh that makes us sooooo happy! Thank you 😊 sharing another video of book binding soon. Stay tuned!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks
How clever!! I am tempted to try, but not sure about time. I need to make 36 Montessori phonogram booklets.
Thanks 😊 wishing you a happy time making these!
Ooooooooooo... so so cute... love these
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It was helpful..my.niece was asking for a miniature book as her bday gift
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Wonderful work👍🏻💕But the tutorial is much to fast, please speed it down next time🙏🏻
Thank you! Sure, we will make our tutorials slower and more detailed in the future. Thanks for your feedback!
Hello! We made a slower tutorial for these mini books at the link below:
th-cam.com/video/LiCouA6T_do/w-d-xo.html
slow down the speed through You Tube settings..
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Can we use lined paper instead of plain paper actually I don't have plain paper
Yes of course!
What kind of glue did you use??
We use white PVC water soluble glue... in India Fevicol is the best brand, and internationally I believe Elmer's craft glue works well. Thanks
Hi, Are the pages 80g classic A4, or are they thicker?
Hello! We have used 100gsm paper, but you can use anything between 70gsm to 120 gsm. The thicker the paper, the more likelihood of the binding breaking under stress. :)
Why you cut paper.. while clipping it with clip ???
The grooves are cut into the spine of the book to allow the glue to hold the pages together better. You can try without the grooves as well, but as the books are small, they binding may break. Thanks
can you explain how you did the internal paper again? You only said 32 sheets but I can't tell from the video whether they are folded like an accordion or just simply 32 pieces of paper stacked. If you could let me know that would be great. Also if you can go a little bit slower that would be great too
Hello! The internal pages are simply cut and stacked. No folds.
It is important to make nice deep grooves with a serrated knife in the spine of this stack of paper, and ensure that due enters these grooves, so that the binding is strong. Thank you! :) Hope you enjoy making these mini books!
@@SkyGoodiesCo thank you this is very helpful and I'm going to try your technique this week. Thanks again
Bhaiya ye konsa paper hai
We have used regular paper from an old notebook- uncoated, 100/120 gsm
I tried making but the pages after gluing comes apart any suggestions
It would come apart only if the grooves in the spine are not deep enough or if you have not used enough glue. The grooves need to be 0.5 to 1 mm deep, and the glue needs to go into all the grooves thoroughly. If these 2 points are taken care of the book will not come apart. Hope this helps!
Porque ao marcar o papel vom régua, deixa um milímetro a direita?
Some of the pages are old, so I cut off a millimetre so that the pages of the book are clean and new.
Como estas
This will definitely come in handy if you wish to cheat in exam xd
Oh, I hope not!
I don’t understand how you added the paper.
The paper has been cut into pieces, and bound at the edge using a 'perfect' binding process. We have a slower tutorial at the link below.
th-cam.com/video/LiCouA6T_do/w-d-xo.html
Bhai ye konsa paper hai
We have used regular paper from an old notebook- uncoated, 100/120 gsm
Aap paper ko ek sath kaise alag karte Hain