DIY Doodle Books

Have you ever been invited to a student's birthday party and haven't been sure about what to get them?  Here is a fun and easy to make Doodle Book!

Items to Gather:

• 2 pieces of card stock (I used one white for the front cover and one turquoise for the back cover)
• 50 or so pieces of white copy paper
• Comb binding machine (mine is this one from www.mybinding.com)
• 1/2 inch binding combs
• Plastic report covers

Instructions:
1.  First, design a cute cover with clipart and the child's name.  Print it out in color on the white card stock. 
2.  Next, use your comb binding machine to punch the holes in all the paper.

3.  I used a report cover for the front, so I also needed to punch holes in that.  You can choose to laminate your cover if you want.  You would do this before you punched the holes in it.
4.  Insert your binding comb into the machine and gently thread all the papers into the comb.

5.  Close the comb and wrap up the gift!

Other Tips/Suggestions:

I bought a set of markers to add to the gift, but you can pair it with a set of cute erasers, crayons, colored pencils, what ever!  Kids will  love that their name is on it and it's bound so professionally.  They will also love to draw and write all over it!

Enjoy!