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.

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.

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!