How To Make An Accordion Book

From the side your paper should be in the shape of the letter v for valley 5.

How to make an accordion book. Here s a short demo on how to make an accordion book. Start with a long strip of paper 2. Fold the cardstock in half widthwise. Fold the long piece of paper in half.

Apply gel medium glue to the cardboard piece you ve cut. I use a bone folder to get a crisp precise fold. This is for a 3 inch square book like mine. Make a crease along the folded end of the strip4.

Fold the top flap in half again aligning the bottom edge to the top crease. You can make the strip wider for a larger book mark the strip at 3 inch intervals and accordion fold also called mountain fold or fan fold at those 3 inch marks. Great for use in the classroom home or in the studio. Flip the whole thing over and fold back the single flap back to meet the edge of the fold on the left.

Flip the cardstock over and do the same to the other. Cut the paper into 2 strips that are 12 inches by 3 inches. These are the steps we walk through when we make accordion books with kids 1. Fold the top page back to meet the front edge.

This will give you your accordion pages. Lay your ribbon down onto the glued cardboard then lay your painted watercolor paper on top of your ribbon. Fold it in half matching up the corners of each end of the strip 3. Before we even call our u001c pages u001d pages we must first cut them.

How to make an accordion book step 1. Attach them together into one long strip by gluing the back of one folded section onto the end section of the second strip. First measure then cut. This activity is taken from alisa golden s cre.

You may want to use a brayer to make sure all your corners are flat and everything is glued well. This is the cover of your book.