| Many parents dread the day when summer has to | | | | children may love and some may hate the idea of |
| end and school has to start. It is not because, they do | | | | handmade school supplies, but if you let your children |
| not want their children to learn but getting back to | | | | understand your financial situation and let them make |
| school is very expensive. However with | | | | the handmade school supplies, who knows, they might |
| resourcefulness and creativity, we can make great | | | | have a change of heart. |
| savings by making handmade school supplies. | | | | One time or another, we need to bind pieces of paper |
| The first thing you have to do is to start preparing | | | | together, and it is always a bad time not having the |
| early by doing research for the things that your | | | | stapler around. When it is impossible to have a stapler |
| children will be using for the school year. Every grade | | | | to bind the papers, there is always an answer to |
| level have different needed supplies, so check with the | | | | every prayer: Handmade staples using paper. Who |
| school's handbook for the list of school supplies, | | | | would have thought that handmade staples are |
| uniforms and backpacks. However, regardless of | | | | plausible? Read on to know how to make handmade |
| grade levels, the common supplies for school are | | | | staples out of the paper itself. |
| pencils, ball pens, hi-lighter pens, erasers, binders, | | | | Instruction: |
| notebooks, folders, glue sticks, paper clips, stapler and | | | | 1. To start making your handmade staples, align the |
| staples, book covers, lunch box and a backpack. | | | | papers together. |
| Some listed supplies could not be made at home. | | | | 2. Then locate a fold point on the papers. This would |
| Hence, to make great savings, consider buying the | | | | be about an inch from the top and an inch on the left |
| supplies in bulk. While for the rest, consider making | | | | side of the paper. |
| handmade school supplies at your home together with | | | | 3. Fold the corners backward and make a light crease |
| your children. You do not only save money, but you | | | | on the fold. You should have a triangle by now. |
| create a bonding time with the kids. | | | | 4. Cut two incisions about 1/4 inches long into the fold. |
| Handmade school supplies are now "in" among | | | | The incisions should be parallel to each other and |
| students who are eco-conscious. Handmade book | | | | approximately 1/2 inches apart. |
| covers are great way to distinguish your book among | | | | 5. Fold the part between the two incisions toward the |
| your classmates. Handmade papers are easy to | | | | back and then crease. |
| make and can be done even by kids. One great idea | | | | 6. Then you have handmade staples for your papers. |
| for the notebooks is to gather old ones and compile all | | | | Note: These instructions are not to be used on |
| unused pages and staple them all together. Some | | | | important documents. |