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Mini Zine

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Mini Zine

This project makes a zine thats 8 pages. (including front and back cover) The most important part, is when you fold, line up all the edges as perfect as you can, and crease well. These work great for little fliers or comic books or whatever you want. If you photocopy the paper after you have done all the designing, then you can have all the copies you want to distribute.

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Start by folding the paper hamburger style.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Unfold the paper and then fold the sides in to meet the first crease you made. Then it should look like the picture.

  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Unfold everything and then fold the paper hot dog style.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Make sure everything is creased well by folding the paper one way and then the other. When you are done unfold the paper, and you should have 8 little sections as shown in this picture.

  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    This picture is just to show the layout of the pages. Now you can go on designing the pages however you want!

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Fold the paper so it looks like a "W" like this.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Now cut the center segment. Be careful not to cut past the center segment. The alignment of the folds and this cut are the most important part of this project.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Fold the paper hot dog style, and squish out the center where you cut. (see picture) Pull it all together so it looks like a plus sign.

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    Find the front cover and pull everything else in behind it. Now you're done!


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opposites-girl

opposites-girl

Jan 16, 2008 12:34am

That is soo clever! I have no clue what hamburger style and hot dog style are though lol but I can see the pics and what you mean ;)

Darling Niki

Darling Niki

Jan 16, 2008 2:17am

Very cool idea :-)

Jasmin N.

Jasmin N.

Jan 16, 2008 6:02am

these would be great to help with my schools newspaper!

put a little comic book buy our wonderful drawer that people can eat with them in class!

awesome, thanks sooo much!

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

Jan 16, 2008 5:22pm

Your zine looks really cool by the way!

Erika A.

Erika A.

Jan 16, 2008 7:49pm

Opposites-girl: folding hotdog means folding the paper longways across from left to right (long, like a hot dog). Hamburger means folding shortways from top to bottome (short & compact, like a hamburger).

Cute tutorial. ^^

Nix Sidhe

Nix Sidhe

Jan 17, 2008 3:14am

I just picked up "How to make books; fold, cut, & stitch your way to a one of a kind book" and this was in there. I never even thought about this for a really simple book. It's such a great idea!

Lizz R.

Lizz R.

Jan 17, 2008 5:48pm

oooo have to try this !!

PJ F.

PJ F.

Jan 18, 2008 4:37pm

you're using your noggin! These would be great to make up for kids to make a book about what they like or anything! You could also mount this into an altered book too! so many uses!

aya R.

aya R.

Jan 25, 2008 4:12pm

That's really great - I'm going to give it a shot later today.

Anye

Anye

Jan 28, 2008 5:03pm

I didn't know what the hamburger and hot dog things were but I got it! I have done this before (my teacher also taught me this) and I have, since then, forgotten... Now I'm gonna make some books >=D
Thanks!

charmaine

charmaine

Mar 7, 2008 4:48pm

sweet!