Designer Notebooks

This year I wanted each of my students to have a notebook that they can write in throughout the day.  I had decided to make my classroom theme this year Dr. Seuss.  My mom went to girls camp recently and their theme was also Dr. Seuss.  While at camp the girls were able to make Dr. Seuss journals.  That's were I got this idea.  The thing that I am most excited about with these notebooks are the ribbon bookmarks.  Hopefully this will help my students stay on the right page and a little more organized.  

Supplies Needed: Composition notebook, cute paper, and matching ribbon

Trim the paper to fit nicely for a cover.  I used glue sticks to glue the paper onto the books.
You could probably use mod podge if you wanted.


 Cut the ribbon to the length of the bookmark you want.  I wanted my bookmarks to hang a little past the notebook when closed.  Put a small dab of glue on the top left corner of the inside of the back of the book.  

To mass produce books, open all of them up, put dabs of glue, then put the ribbons on.

 

The back of the books had not-so-cute bar-codes, so I covered them up with a small piece of black paper.  I thought the back cover matched the front cover and looked fine without a full sheet of paper.  If the back of the book doesn't match your cover you may want to put a sheet of paper on the back too.

 

Place a name plate sticker on the back of the book.

The finished product.  So cute!  Hopefully my students will appreciate them and write better because they have such a darling notebook.