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Mini Notebooks Perfect for Remembering Back to School Firsts! Mini Journals #backtoschool #DIY

ByTheresa Huse
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Mini Notebooks – Back To School Craft. This craft can be made with a Cricut or by using scissors and cutting it by hand. Make this mini notebook journal for jotting down new friends’ names and numbers. Or writing how the first day of school went. Name of the teacher, classroom number… 

If you’ve been reading the blog for a while I finally upgraded my Cricut Expressions to a Cricut Explore. I was looking for a back-to-school craft – paper crafts project to do. I wanted to make a few and give one to my little granddaughter. Audrey is going into first grade this year! I love sending snail mail to her since she doesn’t live close by. 

This Cricut Craft is easy to make and beginner-friendly. If you don’t have a Cricut you can still make one by cutting paper, card stock, and punching holes. Just follow the directions below. Are you looking for something else to make with the Cricut? See all our Cricut Crafts. Or search and browse our craft topics. 

Back To School Crafts

Mini School Notebook- Mini Journal DIY

  • There is a cut file if you do have a Cricut (see below)

back to school crafts - handmade notebook_papercrafts_

The inspiration for the mini notebook was a different project. One that I want to make for myself down the road. It was Vintage Revivals DIY Leather Notebook on the Cricut website. It’s called Feather Notebook – Vintage Revivals. 

Here is how I adapted the craft for Back To School

Back to School Mini Notebooks_

Back To School Crafts Cut Files:

Easily adapt this back-to-school craft project by varying the supplies you use. That is just what I did. Get the cut files in Design Space It is called Feather Notebook by Vintage Revivals.

If you don’t have a cutting machine you can use scissors, a hole punch, and a ruler to make your mini notebooks. Or mini journals.

back to school crafts - close up of mini notebook

Supplies

For the mini notebooks

For the Mini Notebook, I used the Cricut Cut Files mentioned earlier. Or find them by searching for journals in Design Space. 

  1. Cut 1 cover and a stack of papers to go inside I cut 6 for each book.
     (Cut as many for the insides as you like! From one sheet of 12×12 cardstock paper, it will cut 6 of the mini size inside paper pages)
  2. Use the sheet of card stock that came with the Edumacation Stack and cut out the embellishments (with my favorite Cutter Bee Craft Scissors) and a few covers.
  3. Use a glue stick to add the embellishments onto the sheets of card stock in the mini notebooks.
  4. Then insert the papers inside the cover (sandwich in between covers) and tie them together with the butcher’s twine by lacing it through twice and tying them off in the back.
  5. After, cut off the excess.
  6. Note – For two of the notebooks, I had Kraft brown card stock from Michaels Crafts that I had grabbed on sale.

Tie the twine on the back of the notebook like this.

back to school crafts - back of mini notebook and how it is tied

I could have used a tighter twine but, this is for a 6-year-old. I thought the strength of the butcher’s twine and color worked just fine! The elements that came on the card stock page that I cut out were tabs that said: Friends, Homework, Teacher, and Notes. Other embellishments on the page included: School, Awesome, I love reading, My first day of school, speech bubbles, and more!

This is a pretty easy craft project. You can adapt these for mini journals. I am making a few more of them and will share them later.

  • You can also use stickers instead of gluing card stock elements. However, you can adapt the project to your liking.
  • I hope you enjoy this #backtoschool mini notebook/journal DIY I know I did! 
  • I sat around one hot afternoon making mini notebooks one after the other.

Audrey will love, adding her first-grade memories and writing in her mini notebook. When it’s all filled she can add it to a box I made her just for snail mail from Grandma! Who will you make them for?

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Do you want to make a leather journal?

Here is the original Post DIY Leather Notebook via Vintage Revivals. 

See this Video Tutorial on YouTube – DIY Leather Notebook With a Cricut

Have you ever made your own mini or regular-sized notebook or journal?

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2 Comments

    1. Thanks Shelly! They are even cuter in person if I say so myself. Can’t wait to hear how Audrey loves her package. It’s in the mail to her now. Thanks for stopping by!

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