DIY Coupon Book Instructions
Making your own coupon book is a great way to give a custom gift. It can be as extravagant or as budget-friendly as you like. You only need a few paper craft supplies and a list of activities you want to gift.
Equipment
- scissors or paper cutter
- marker or pen
- ruler or bone folder
- stapler
- optional equipment see notes
Supplies
- blank coupons printed on copy paper
- card stock for the book cover
- optional stickers and other embellishments see notes
Instructions
- Print out the coupons and choose your color scheme.blank coupons printed on copy paper
- With the pen, fill out the coupons with the gifts they are good for. Use stickers or markers if you want to get creative.optional stickers and other embellishments
- Cut a strip of card stock for the front and back cover. We're going to make a matchbox-style coupon book. The strip should be 2.5x the length and just a bit wider than the coupons. In this case, I made my strip 2 1/4 inches by 8 inches.card stock for the book cover
- Measure and mark the inside of the cover 3 1/2 inches to the left. This is where you will fold it. You can line up the ruler with the markings to make a straight fold.
- Tuck the coupons into the fold, with the right sides even. The left sides will be covered, so if they aren't perfectly square on that side, it's okay.
- Fold the last inch or so over the left sides of the coupons. Staple through both covers and the coupons in between.
- If you'd like, you can embellish the short end with patterned scissors.
- Fold the front cover over and tuck it into the small flap to close.
Notes
Optional supplies: there are a few supplies that you might gather to make your DIY Coupon Book a little more, such as printed paper or stickers to make a cute cover, patterned scissors to embellish the cover, a bone folder to make crisp folds, a perforating wheel to make the coupons easier to tear out. These are not required, but will allow you to add personality to your own homemade coupon book.
Variations: This basic tutorial is one that you can tweak with your own ideas.
- You might use printed card stock for the cover. Two-sided printed card stock is fun.
- Use a perforating wheel along the left edge of the coupon so that it's easier to tear out.
- Trim the edges of the cover with patterned scissors to make it more decorative.
- Skip the coupon book and tuck the coupons in a small envelope.
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