Accordion books are so much fun to make! The possibilities are endless!  I’m going to start by showing you the first one I’ve ever learned!

Material Needed:

3 sheets of Cardstock (12×12)

2 Sheets of Scrapbooking Paper (12×12)

Ribbon (About 18 inches)

X acto knife 

Paper cutter or Scissors

Craft glue

Embellishments (Optional)

Thin piece of cardboard box – I used a shoe box.

(You’ll need to cut 2 6 ½ squares)

Instructions:

Step 1: Using your 12×12 Cardstock Fold in half, Open it up then Fold in half the other way.

 

Step 2: Flip the paper over and fold in half corner to corner once. Please only fold it one time, or else it won’t work. 

 

Step 3: Open your paper back up and it should look like this when you are done folding:

  

Step 4: Fold you paper and press it down a bit so it looks like this:

 

Step 5: Make however many pages you want (Odd number of pages work best). I used 3 pages. Glue them down, with the folded corners folding in on the first page and on the second with the folded corners folding out, and in then out till you have all your pages together.

  

Step 6: Using your x acto Knife cut the cardboard, Make sure that your squares measure 6 ½ x 6 ½ inches! You’ll need to cut 2 squares.

 

Step 7: Using your 2 12×12 pattern paper, fold it on the cardboard squares to cover one side of each square completely and glue the paper down to the cardboard squares. Should have 2 squares like the pictures below.

 

Step 8: Now glue down your ribbon to the middle of one of the squares, Make sure that they measure the same on both sides.

 

Step 9: Glue each end of your cardstock down, to your cardboard ends we made with the uncovered side glued to the end of page on each side and about ¼ inch hanging over each edge of the cardstock… The end result should look like this:

  

Step 10: Now it’s time to embellish your Book, Be creative! Add photos, notes, stickers etc…  Again the possibilities are endless!

1. Amie Says:
   May 21st, 2010 at 8:43 am

   how cool! and it looks so compact. This would make a great card for father’s day or a really unique end of the year gift for a teacher. Thanks for this!

2. Karina Says:
   June 2nd, 2010 at 2:26 pm

   Thanks! I’m glad you liked it !! I was thinking about the same thing.. Maybe a Father’s day card? lol
   Also I think that it would be a great gift for a teacher!