Simple Painted Notebooks

INSIDE : Learn how to create simple colorful DIY Painted Notebooks! This is a fun DIY craft project for children and adults alike.  Check out all the ways it brightens up any old notebook or notepad.

Colorful Painted Notebook


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Whether you have kids heading back to school or not, I have a super simple and easy project for you today!  As you all know, I have a love affair with paper and when I saw these inexpensive paper notebooks at Ikea a while ago, I snatched a few up.  

Today I am showing how to create these Simple DIY Painted Notebooks – because it is such fun to customize and make notebooks your own!

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Learn how to create a simple colorful DIY Painted Notebook edge! This is a fun DIY craft project for children and adults alike.  Check out all the ways it brightens up any old notebook or notepad. Delineate Your Dwelling #DIYpaintednotebook #AcrylicPaintNotebook #paintednotebook

What are the supplies needed to make a DIY Painted Notebook?

Acrylic Paint of your choosing
Angled Brush
Paper Notebook – I really liked these three options :
1. Hard bound
2. Soft bound
3. Simple bound

Learn how to create a simple colorful DIY Painted Notebook edge! This is a fun DIY craft project for children and adults alike.  Check out all the ways it brightens up any old notebook or notepad. Delineate Your Dwelling #DIYpaintednotebook #AcrylicPaintNotebook #paintednotebook

How to make an Acrylic Painted Notebook:

First, select the paint for your pages.  Squeeze the pages together very tightly as you paint to ensure paint does not seep beyond the edge.  Also be careful to not get any paint on the front or back cover of your notebook.

After you complete painting the paper edges, slightly fan out, so pages can dry indivisually.  If you allow the notebook to dry closed, the pages may become stuck together.

Learn how to create a simple colorful DIY Painted Notebook edge! This is a fun DIY craft project for children and adults alike.  Check out all the ways it brightens up any old notebook or notepad. Delineate Your Dwelling #DIYpaintednotebook #AcrylicPaintNotebook #paintednotebook

Next, I painted the elastic banding on my notebook.  I did two coats of paint on the banding and allowed it to dry in between.

Learn how to create a simple colorful DIY Painted Notebook edge! This is a fun DIY craft project for children and adults alike.  Check out all the ways it brightens up any old notebook or notepad. Delineate Your Dwelling #DIYpaintednotebook #AcrylicPaintNotebook #paintednotebook
Learn how to create a simple colorful DIY Painted Notebook edge! This is a fun DIY craft project for children and adults alike.  Check out all the ways it brightens up any old notebook or notepad. Delineate Your Dwelling #DIYpaintednotebook #AcrylicPaintNotebook #paintednotebook

I love that I was able to take a $0.99 Ikea notebook and transform it to something bright and colorful!  Although, I was thinking painting moleskin notebooks might be a good idea, too.  

It’s the perfect Back to School project or if you are paper crazed like me, a perfect anytime project!

Learn how to create a simple colorful DIY Painted Notebook edge! This is a fun DIY craft project for children and adults alike.  Check out all the ways it brightens up any old notebook or notepad. Delineate Your Dwelling #DIYpaintednotebook #AcrylicPaintNotebook #paintednotebook
Painted Notebook

Simple Painted Notebooks

Yield: 1 Notebook
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Estimated Cost: $15

Learn how to create a simple colorful DIY Painting Notebook edge! This is a fun DIY craft project for children and adults alike.  Check out all the ways it brightens up any old notebook or notepad.

Materials

  • Acrylic Paint of your choosing
  • Angled Brush

Paper Notebook – I really liked these three options :

Instructions

  1. Begin by selecting the paint for your pages. Squeeze the pages together very tightly as you paint to ensure paint does not seep beyond the edge.
  2. After you complete painting the paper edges, slightly fan out, so pages can dry indivisually. If you allow the notebook to dry closed, the pages may become stuck.
  3. Enjoy this notebook as the perfect Back to School project!

Did you make this project?

Please leave a comment on the blog or share a photo on Instagram

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14 Comments

  1. crafty.grandma.56 says:

    What a great idea!!! As I was cleaning up my craft room, I came across a bunch of paper that went through the printer in error most of the pages were blank. I cut off the printed part and made a few notebooks but none as pretty as yours!! I think I will add initials on it and give it to our bowling team with the schedule on the front pages for easy reference. (hubby and I play on a Golden ages league 55 and the average age is 84!! I think I am the youngest at 60 and the oldest is 95 and throws a mean ball!) They will get a kick out of it. Definitely one for the car – I have alot of scrap paper. Thanks for the great idea.

    1. delineateyourdwelling says:

      I love making notebooks from scraps of paper, great idea! And I bet your bowling team would love monogrammed notebooks! Have fun!

  2. Love these notebook ideas! I’m trying to find fun ways to bring some extra color into my office once we move, and I think working with some fresh notebooks will be a good start to the much needed boost! Thanks for sharing these! Saw your post at the Simple Pantry Link Party! 🙂

    1. delineateyourdwelling says:

      What a fun place to use this idea, in your office! If you do it, be sure to send a picture, sounds great!

  3. Such a fun and simple way to dress up a notebook! Love it! Thanks for sharing your crafty goodness on the Monday Funday Party!

  4. That turned out so cute, I love how you painted the paper edges in the bright pink, so fun!

    1. delineateyourdwelling says:

      Oh thank you so much! It really makes such a colorful difference, too.

  5. I love the hot pink edges! So simple and fun

    1. delineateyourdwelling says:

      Thanks girlie!!

  6. I have decorated many notebook covers, with many different supplies, but never thought of painting the edges. Always have been drawn to books with guilded edges in the first place, and then being able to choose any color for it?! Will have to try this out! 😀

    1. delineateyourdwelling says:

      I know, the options are endless! Yay for fun colored book edges. =)

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