Mini books are becoming popular nowadays because with restricted information it can say a lot. Although there are different kinds of mini books, this essay is about how to make a personal mini book for your friends ( i.e. Friends and family ). So that the info in these types of mini books is generally quotes and pictures with some stunning decorations.

First take a paper of any size you wish ( an A4 size is usually good to start with ), though bear in mind how much are you going to put in your book. Then decide how many pages you need for your mini book ( that again depends on the scale of info you will put ). You may use decorative paper, greeting cards, flyers, old calendars and paint and wallpaper samples. Anyhow, for the moment I will show you how to make a 16 pages mini book.

First, take your piece of paper. Fold the scrap of paper in half with the short sides together, then in half again. Unfold and smooth out. Next, going the opposite direction, fold in half, then in half again. Unfold and smooth out. Cut along the solid lines with scissors or a paper trimmer then stack the pages together. The steps are shown in the diagram below. So preparing the inside pages are over.



Now to bind them you can always use staplers ( standard sizes are preferred although you could use smaller ones if you suspect the pins are too massive for your pages ) or fancy ribbons of your choice. After this has been done, the creative section comes which glaringly is the hardest part ( dependent on your talents ). Its best to put pictures on each page with some quotes relative to those photographs as it simplifies the mini book while making it more meaningful it is really my private advice but you can put anything any way you would like as you know the other person's likings or disliking. The decorative part can be done in many ways, e.g, you can put glitters on the pages, cut artworks from mags and attach them with glue, use crayons or color pencils to sketch patterns, etc or blend them all together.