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Saige's Gifts, And a Gift For You!

10/8/2014

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Saige is getting ready to sleep over at her grandma Mimi's house for her birthday. She has her mini doll, her new backpack from Doll Diaries, and a new Saige book just her size!

I scanned in images of of the front, spine, and back cover of my full-sized Saige book to make the pattern for the mini book. As a gift to you, I would like to share the template I made so you can make your own mini books. Just download the pictures, paste into a word doc at original size, and print on shiny photo paper.

Use this pattern to make a softcover book. Just trim around the cover, cut pages to fit, stack, staple, and fold.

Use this pattern for a hardcover book. Use a small notebook or an existing mini book. Cut out the cover, leaving enough space on each side to make a flap. Wrap the cover around your hard-back book and fold the flaps inward.

Have fun making mini books for your dolls, and check out this post for another fun template.

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Mini Book Templates and Tips

10/5/2014

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I had so much fun making the Beforever mini books that I thought I'd share the template I made so you all can make one too. All pictures are copyright American Girl and come from author Kathleen Ernst's Website. Please only use these files for personal, non-commercial use. If you want to share the templates, link back to this post. Click the links below to access and save the template files.
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Book jacket
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Soft cover
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Finished mini book
Hardcover Book Jacket (for use with an existing mini book): PDF file, JPG file
Paperback Cover (to make softcover copy with inner pages): PDF file, JPG file
Tips: 
  • Be sure to set your printer to print on 4x6 paper.
  • Print on photo paper or card stock.
  • Use a butter knife or thin coin to score lines before folding.
  • Place a heavy object on finished book after assembling to help it lie flat. 
  • Tape the flaps of the book jacket to the edges of the cover, not to the actual book.
  • Write words or draw pictures on blank pages of paperback book if desired.

Thanks for reading my blog. I hope you enjoy this fun and easy craft!

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