Vibrant DIY Washi Tape Composition Book

My kids are halfway through their summer vacation and I am already thinking about what they need to go back to school. I thought my daughter would like a washi tape composition book. She can use it at school or as a diary during the school year. Be sure to read through the entire post because I have a video of me making the washi tape composition book at the end of the post.

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Supplies:

• composition book
• 8.5×11 piece of white cardstock
• 8.5×11 piece of coordinating cardstock or patterned paper
• assorted washi tape (I used the Scotch Expressions brand)
• Scotch ATG adhesive (not pictured)
• honey bee scissors

Instructions:

1. Cut the cardstock. I bought my composition book at Dollar Tree and the measured dimensions were slightly smaller than specified on the notebook. Trim both pieces of cardstock to be the height of the notebook. For the white cardstock, I measured from the right side of the notebook to just left of the right edge of the black spine. For the pink cardstock, I left it as 8.5 inches wide because it covered the back cover and the entire black spine. My white cardstock measured 6 3/4 inches x 9 5/8 inches and the pink cardstock measured 8 1/2 inches x 9 5/8 inches. Be sure to measure your composition book because the size varies by brand.

2. Add washi tape to the white cardstock. I used an assortment of Scotch Expressions washi tape. The washi tape was lined up in a pattern and added one at a time to the white cardstock. The ends of the washi tape go off the edge of the cardstock.

3. Fold the washi tape ends over to the back of the cardstock. The quickest way to pick up each piece of washi tape was to get each piece to stick to my finger and then use that to fold the washi tape down.

4. Adhere the pink cardstock to the back cover. Add ATG adhesive to the edges and an X of adhesive in the middle of the cardstock. Line the cardstock up with the edge of the composition book and press down. Add extra adhesive near the spine and press down.

5. Adhere the washi taped cardstock to the front cover. I added ATG adhesive to the composition book cover and the back of the cardstock. Maybe a little overkill but I want that paper to stick.

6. Trim the corners of cardstock with scissors. This easily rounds the corners of the composition book without using any other tools.

Here’s a time lapse video of how I created this washi tape composition book. This was the first time I have recorded and edited a video on my iPhone 6.

I only customized the front cover of the composition book but you could also customize the back cover with washi tape. This craft lightning project was fun to make and the best part is that my daughter loves her new vibrant washi tape composition book! Back to school seems like it is just around the corner so I’m going to squeeze the most fun I can out of these last few weeks before school starts. Happy crafting.

 

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