04
Nov
Recycled Cookie Box Journal or notebook
This clever little booklet uses no staples or stitching. Your girls can write skits, draw pictures or describe their favorite Scout experiences in a journal they created themselves.
You Need:
- Empty Cookie Box
- Glue Stick
- Scissors
- Paper (see instructions to determine size)
- decorative paper
Instructions:
We used an 11 x 17 sheet of paper for the lemon cookie box. A standard letter-sized piece of paper works for the peanut butter cookies. Adjust paper size for other boxes.
Fold paper as follows:
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![]() Fold paper in half lengthwise. Crease. Open back up. |
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![]() Let the middle flatten out to form two more pages. |
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![]() Fold back one quarter of the sheet as shown in the illustration at right. |
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12. | ![]() well. Glue in place. |
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6. | ![]() Open the paper up completely. |
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14. | Cut out designs to glue to the cover. Use the inside to scrapbook or journal. |
Open up cookie box. Cut off the bottom flaps. Trim down to size of your booklet. Wrap around your booklet. Use a glue stick to glue to first and last page to the inside of the trimmed cookie box.