I saw cute ones at several different stores, but the least expensive ones I saw were still $5 apiece. I bought her one and told her she'd have to use the plain white ones I keep on hand for her other two classes or use her allowance if she wanted any more decorative ones.
As we gathered our supplies and prepared for our first week of co-op, she asked me if I would allow her to find some pictures on the internet and design a cover for her literature class notebook. The class is using The Chronicles of Narnia
as it's spine, so she designed a cover using photos from the recent movies.
She was so pleased with the way it turned out that she asked if she could try another one! After finishing a second one, she told me she wanted to design her own covers for all three of her notebooks and told me I could return the one I had bought! She even helped her 8 year old brother design one for his co-op class.
The end results were really nice looking, and we were able to use binders we already had on hand (and cost much less than $5 apiece to begin with!). I've allowed the kids to draw a picture to put in the front of these binders before, and I've printed covers for myself, but I'd never thought to make something like my daughter came up with here. She didn't want a "homemade" looking hand drawn cover and liked the pretty ones she'd seen at the store...but this way she was able to personalize each notebook for it's specific class and the finished product looks neat and professional. We were both pleased with the results, and I sure didn't mind not spending twice as much to buy a fancy one!
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I love your daughter's book covers. How clever.
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How cute! As a kid, I always loved the school supply time of year, and I always wanted notebooks that no one else had. We used to use colored contact paper to create custom covers. When we had classes that required book covers, we used wrapping paper for those instead of the standby of paper grocery bags.
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Very neat binders and VERY creative. Kudos to your daughter!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea! Your daughter is SO creative!!
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This is a wonderful idea! A few years ago I had a son who high school who started putting the "good job" stickers his teacher gave him on his folder. And then he added football game ticket stubs and cool candy wrappers, etc. It did't take long until it was totally covered. After putting clear packing tape over everything, that 10 cent folder lasted for two whole years! And everyone knew it was his :)
ReplyDeleteAdorable. She did a great job!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. Sooo cool.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea...we just might have to try this over the weekend.
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