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You are here: Home / Craft / how to: turn a cereal box into a journal

how to: turn a cereal box into a journal

September 23, 2012 By Katie 15 Comments

if you’re looking for FREE 2015 monthly calendar pages to fit this cereal box notebook/planner, hop on over to this post >>> 2015 freebie monthly calendar pages!! if you merge this cereal box notebook with the adorable free monthly calendars, you’re sure to have a unique, eye-catching, and inexpensive planner for the new 2015 year!

 

cereal box to notebook

ok, so i have a thing for journals and notebooks. have i ever told you that i love paper?!

putting together a journal from an empty box of cereal that was just going to go to recycling anyway is just too easy and too cute to not make a bunch of them for keeping notes or for journaling.

and when i say that it’s easy – i mean, it’s super easy. here’s just how easy it is:

1. take your box of cereal and open it up so it’s flat. trace and cut out 2 rectangles, 5.75″ x 8.75″ (this size will hold 8.5″ x 11″ papers that have been cut in half – but feel free to cut other dimensions if you want it to hold a different size of paper).

step one for cereal box notebook

2. mod podge your patterned paper (though, honestly i think patterned cardstock works best for this – makes it sturdier) onto the cardboard you just cut out. when the mod podge is dry, cut off the excess paper.

step 2 for making a cereal box journal

3. do the same thing for the other 3 sides of cardboard.

tutorial for a notebook made out of an empty cereal box

4. punch 3 holes in both pieces of cardboard. punch your now 8.5″ x 5.5″ paper (after cutting 8.5″ x 11″ papers in half) and sandwich them between the from and back covers. make sure to keep your paper flush with the hole-punched edge as well as centered between the top and bottom of the cardboard.

tutorial for a cereal box notebook

5. keep everything together with book rings. tie some ribbon around them, if you’d like.

punch holes and add rings to notebook

and voila! a fun journal in less than 15 minutes.

finished cereal box journal

another idea or two:

– turn this into a lovely planner by using my tutorial here, and free printable 2014 planner pages here.

– for activity days, we made these into summer journals for the girls and used these free printables from kristine mckay. i would love to make these again when my kids are a little older.

– this would be so fun for your kids to make for general conference! let them decorate their own covers and then have them use their personalized notebooks to keep notes or draw pictures from general conference.

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  1. Kari says

    January 2, 2013 at 9:34 am

    Love it!

    Reply
  2. anne says

    January 5, 2013 at 5:02 pm

    love that cute paper!! awesome idea

    Reply
  3. Justin says

    February 6, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    LOVE this idea and I’m going to have to give it a try. Yours is super cute, I love that floral print paper.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      February 8, 2013 at 6:54 pm

      Thanks, Justin!

      Reply
  4. Kamiko says

    March 1, 2015 at 11:05 pm

    just so you know, you can get that cute wrapping paper at the Dollar Tree! they have a decent selection of paper, crafts, and wrapping papers available. also extra cardboard stock paper if you need some!

    Reply
  5. Jessica says

    April 17, 2015 at 6:10 am

    Just wondering what size book rings did you use? I saw some colorful ones at Staples that looked really cute!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      April 20, 2015 at 2:48 pm

      I used 1″ rings, but it really depends on how thick you want to make your notebook/journal/planner 🙂 so, go ahead and get those colorful book rings!! 🙂

      Reply

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