Expandable Map Holder

Reprinted with permission from Kathy Ross' Book
Gifts to Make for Your Favorite Grownup

Instructions:

If the file folder has a tab on it, trim off the tab so that the edges of the folder are even. Open the folder and lay it down on your work surface with the outside  of the folder facing up. cover the entire outside of the folder with glue. Cover the folder with paper from an old road map, trimming off the extra paper so that it fits exactly.

While the glue is still wet, turn the folder over and fold the bottom and top of it to make an envelope with a flap. Hold the folder closed with clothespins until it dries

Punch a hole in the top and bottom of each side of the folder. Punch a hole in the middle of the folder flap. Also poke a hole in the middle of the bottom half of the front of the holder, but not through the back (Ask a grownup for help with this hole since the punch will not reach.)

Put a paper fastener through each of the four holes on the sides of the folder. The fasteners can be folded tight to the folder if it is going to contain only one or two maps. If you want to make a larger folder that can fit more maps, just loosen the paper fasteners slightly on each side.

Put a fastener in the holes on the flap and and bottom front of the folder. Flip the end of a rubber band over the paper fastener on the flap of the folder. To close the folder, just slip the other end of the rubber band over the second paper fastener.