Hello friends! Did you know you can make a book at home easily,with paper and staples. Today I’ll show you how to staple a booklet with a regular stapler. This is a quick tutorial that uses no thread or glue. I use a regular stapler to quickly bind these books.
What you Will Need:
Here is a list all of the craft supplies I pulled out for this how to staple a booklet with a regular stapler tutorial: A glass cutting mat, some sheets of paper, a stapler, a dish towel, a bone folder, a retractable or exact knife, a ruler and a sheet of card stock or cardboard for the cover.
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how to staple a booklet with a regular stapler:
Here is how to staple a booklet with a regular stapler at home.
Grab your basic printer paper and a regular stapler. Thin paper works best for the inside pages.
Trim your paper to size and stack them neatly with edges aligned. The thicker your stacks of pages the harder it gets to staple. So be moderate in your stack size.
Place your stack of papers (also called as signatures in book making) onto a soft surface with a slight give- like a folded dish towel. Place this stack onto a firm surface like a table or a glass cutting mat.
Open your stapler 180 degrees, by pulling the top of the stapler and opening it out of the hinges. This allows you to reach the center spine.
You do not need to hole punch or anything here- simply align and add staples in a straight line along the middle of the fold and be done.
Fold to have the prongs of the staples face the inside of the book. Crease and add a cover. And thats how to staple a booklet with a regular stapler!
To give the book a straight edge, I used a ruler and an utility knife, scissors wont work well here, but a paper trimmer could work.
The final books measure about 4.25 by 5.5 inches in size, they are called an A6 sized book. This size is a cute size for a diary, journal or notebook and perfect to carry around in your purse.
You can add a leather, linen or fabric cover to elevate your front cover and back covers. Or make this into a photo album. The spine of the book is strong and easy to open and lay flat.
In my blog post last week, I showed 6 Simple and Easy ways to decorate a Notebook – these are quick ideas that I am sure you will enjoy!
Staple Binding is one of the best ways to make a book at home. There is no time wasted piercing the papers, threading needles or waiting for glue to dry! You simply cut the papers, staple, trim and be done.
If you want to skip the stapler, learn how to fold a paper into a book by simply folding and cutting paper. You can also repurpose old books and I show you how to make a sketchbook without sewing. But my favorite technique is this book making with string.
I hope you found this how to staple a booklet with a regular stapler tutorial helpful. Happy Crafting!
