Line your ruler up on the edge of the page opposite the spine and make a mark at the start and end points for that page. Book pages are such a fun crafting material that are cheap and easy to use. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The end result is unique and beautiful, and the wreath makes a wonderful gift for the book lovers in your life. Pretty home decor items, christmas ornaments or table centerpieces. For the original bl instructions, follow this link. Grab an old book over 180 pages, take off the cover and bend the spine to help loosen it. Obviously if you have a longer word you will need more pages to fit it in and still have the recognizable detail. Then i shared it in our wood frame gallery wall, and a lot of other people asked where they could find the tutorial. The woven star is a very old traditional pattern that goes by many names. Fold the first 20 leaves of the book as if you are making a christmas tree. Now grasp the part of the page where the folded edge meets the straight edge. Even children can help with scrunching and folding the pages.
I put this book folding tutorial together to help people new to book folding get to grips with the basics. Thanks to budget living, ive made quite a few book folds for myself they decorate a wall in my home pictured below. Gina, i love the book wreath and plan to try it with a layer of an old bible that had missing pages and some old songbook pages for the middle layer. Pages from old hymn books rolled and ties with twin and placed in a vase, to create a unique home decor. Old book pages, approximately 200250 books can be found at thrift stores, yard or library sales, and even auctions, but avoid brittle pages. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Dont toss old books when you decide to get a kindle or a nook, you can make fun crafts from them, to give as gifts or to decorate your home. Heather eddy art folded book art pattern, folded book. For this word books i needed to fold 320 pages so the book i got had 640 numbered pages as every page has a numbers on both sides now the easy bit you need a pencil, ruler and book with enough pages. Diy oversize book page quote artwith free printables. Folded paper flowers, paper flowers, giant paper flowers. We have launched our free book folding patterns section. How to make angels and christmas trees from a paperback book. On the second page, fold the bottom corner in to meet the spine, making a triangle.
Start by folding the top corner of the page down towards the spine of the book. Unfortunately i have not attempted to make a heart shaped one, but i did play around with the pages to try different designs. Watercolor on old book page as promised as a consolation prize for those that did not win the palette, this is a tutorial on painting on old paper with watercolor. The paper will look scrunched up with one small circular flat area. Just print a word or draw a design on the pattern that most closely matches the book you have, and then follow the folding instructions in my first video. Their book folding project was inspired by the art of mary bennett. Theyve also developed a special beginner friendly starter. The folded book art seemed to capture a few imaginations, so this week heres a mini tutorial on how i made the various books above and below, using a pile of 20p junk shop books. You can cut the excess folded book page off or fold the excess upward. Upcycled folded book sculptures crafty lumberjacks. Just remember that a page of a book is really two pages front and back, so if there are 400 pages in the book, there are only 200 available folds.
Sketch a snowman that fits nicely between the top and the bottom of the old book you have chosen. This is not a hard thing to do, time consuming maybe but not hard. Once you have this knowledge its a very easy craft to get involved with. If the first page of the book is thicker paper quite common, simply fold it in half. Tis the season of giving and oh boy, do i have gifts for you, courtesy of heather eddy art. Youtubes most watched interior designer rebecca robeson recreates an old antique book pages wreath for her home. Easy and beautiful diy projects made with old books 2017. The more pages that you have, the more pages you can fold and the design will be defined through the multiple folded pages. Pearshape book tutorial last spring i needed something fun to sell at my family auction. Designing a mini book is much more fun that coloring on a blank sheet of paper.
Continue folding pages as you did for the tree until you are about 25 leaves from the end. Line your template up at the top mark and the edge of the page with the slant going towards the top corner at the spine. I used this old readers digest condensed books book given to me. Choose from a selection of easytouse templates all with flexible layouts and hundreds of background images or design something new. Love book folding book folding basics explained this lists several lessons to help a beginner learn the art of book folding.
It might surprise you just how many types of crafts you can create. As you get to the end of the book, it gets more difficult. Recycled book page bird ornament ornament number two materials needed. Heres a quick video that shows how to fold many of my free printable books. You can fold old book pages into an assortment of origami animals or use watercolors to paint an image on a page. Craft, diy, free printables, most popular, wall decor tagged with. Diy luscious wreath made from old book pages the spice. I looked at aspects of the condition of the book in lesson 2 of my basic book folding course but you should also make sure that youre book does not move around when your working with it. The patterns included are those 15 inexpensive and creative crafts to make with old books. Paper flower from book pages folded paper flowers, iris paper folding, book folding. Repurposing is the new recycling programming librarian.
You are really just gently curving the pages over and holding them in place as you go. An old book preferably with some brown discolored aging. Once you have done the first fold, take the bottom right hand corner and fold the page over to the middle. If you tried to paint on old paper without any prep work, chances are very good the paper would just fall apart on you. I had no problems turning an old math text into a book birdhouse. The shorter the book the less opportunity for great detail but the longer the book the more folding you have to do. How to make a folded book tree for christmas youtube. Love wedding cakes a wedding cake made from folded book pages that i found folded book. And while i do love the look of the cone shape rolled pages ones, i just couldnt get on board to make one.
Then fold the next 5 or 6 leaves upwards, varying the amount of the second fold for each page to create a fan effect. This gets it out of the way while also creating a bolster for the folds to come. They are great for decorating, scrapbooking, and package trim. Wreath made from old book pages ajs trash2treasure blog. Diy oversized art from a free printableand the picture frame that made me cry. When you light a candle inside the jar, the pages create a soft glow that illuminates the cut out shapes. We are working on a bunch of free book folding patterns and will have the available for download over the next few weeks.
The tip junkie creative community has 105 pictured tutorials with free patterns for things to make out of book pages so be sure to search there if you re looking for something specific. How to make accurate folds and create stunning book art. I shared my book page wreath in my f all mantel a few years ago, and a few people asked where they could find the tutorial for it. You have to use your one hand to keep the folded pages down while folding. If youre looking for a free pattern, you can get one here. I just absolutely love creating my own folded book art. Cut out individual pages from old books, and then cut the shapes of your choice such as diamonds or butterflies into the pages. Youre likely to have all the tools you need to get started already and second hand books dont. Place center of each circle on the end of a pencil. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Of course, if youd rather just cut the pages in half and then staple them you can. Fold a few of the center pages with the bottom corner up a little bit, and the top corner about of the way down. Another style of star made from vintage book pages can be found here. Wreath made from old book pages been seeing lots of book pages wreaths in blog land for quite some time.
After some measuring, secure the pages around mason jars. Book pages or scrapbook paper small stick twine or ribbon your choice of embellishments tim holtz inkglitter begin by printing out the bird template found here. Youll be blown away with these things to make with paper that are perfect if youre wondering what to do with an old book page. If youre looking to save some time planning for preschool, be sure to pop over to preschool teacher 101. Decorating with books in unusual ways was one of those ideas. With your crafts knife remove the cover from the book and any blank pages at the front and back. In the final lesson you are taken though the steps to fold the heart featured on book single post as promised, heres the seven part tutorial a book folding. Fold it over so that the part of the page that it already folded from the last step will be flush with the spine. Grab these free printable books for preschool and kindergarten. The folded page needs to be flush with the unfolded book bottoms.
If youve ever wanted to create folded book sculptures. With a couple of folds you can turn one sheet of paper into an 8 page book complete with a title page on the front and an author page on the back. How to make a book page wreath the shabby creek cottage. Below are links to several striped backgrounds for books with 352, 462, 550, 616 and 792 pages. For decoration i stamped the book pages with silicon stamps on acrylic blocks.
If you are using thin paper, you will need to fold your strips into several layers, as i will show you. The more pages in the book, the fuller your snowman will be. One thing they dont tell you is where to begin your folded pages. My two elementary school age kids had a blast with these. Trial, error, glue and a large glass of wine all played a role in the end results, but if youre inspired to have a go, read on. Its such a fun way of reusing old books and give them another purpose. An old book or two, for a total of at least 330 pages which comes to 165 sheets of paper. The folded book old book art, old book crafts, book page. I used about 150 sheets, 7 inches by 5 inches, to cover the wreath form. Find book folding patterns by page number, book height, designer, category and fold method. Gammal bok blir presentpasar turn old book into gift bags craft. My family holds an auction every year at our family reunion where we sell our handmade or purchased goods to other members of our family and then the money is used to pay for next years family reunion. Keep those pages of words alive and send them as gifts as they fold flat for ease of postingshipping. How to fold book pages into letters recycled book art.