mini composition notebook with buttons

By Carla Schauer on September 16, 2012 in Paper Crafts

Personalize a mini-composition notebook with buttons. With the recent beginning of the school year, composition notebooks are featured prominently in grocery and office supply stores. After the first few weeks of school they are often deeply discounted. It is a great time to stock up on these notebooks, which make a great surface for embellishing with buttons.

This button covered mini composition notebook happens to be one of the mini-sized versions. This size is fun for kids to pop into backpacks without a lot of extra weight to carry around. My daughter likes to use them as entertainment on her bus ride.

Directions for a Personalize a mini-composition notebook with buttons

First, cover the notebook with patterned paper, including a contrasting border along the side next to the binding.

Then, use an all-purpose thick glue to attach small coordinating buttons in a pattern to cover the seam. I used buttons from the Citrus Splash Grab Bag and Juke Box Button Bonanza from Buttons Galore and More.

I added a fabric sticker letter to the top of a 7/8″ red button, and accented the monogram with a flower button from the Juke Box Button Bonanza (shank removed).

I created a fun bookmark using a premade felt flower and pink button glued to a metal, pinch-style hair clip. The clips are easily moved, and don’t easily slip out of the book, making them easy for littler hands to use.

Bookmark for a mini-composition notebook with buttons

Small and easily portable, button-embellished composition notebooks are a wonderful way to encourage writing and imagination in children, and are also easy to place in a purse or diaper bag for parents. Personalize one for someone you know!

Thanks for stopping by!
Carla