"Pocketmod" Storybook ( #4)

There are many variations of this process on the Instructables website, but I think mine is the only one to give you CONTENT for the little mini-book!

I learned how to make this kind of book many years ago, but I couldn't recall the exact steps, so I searched the Instructables website and quickly found instructions. (I gave credit to that source in Step 1.)

Much later, when I started to "tidy up" my Instructables and give them a more uniform appearance, I found a very old Instructable that called this type of book a "Pocketmod." That instructable, and many others, featured links to the PocketMod website.

I clicked the link, and learned that the PocketMod developer had set up a Kickstarter fund to update the website. I quickly joined in, although the project was already funded.

I just LOVE being a part of the Instructable community!

Downloads

04_brown_bug.pdf

Print. Make First Fold.

Print the PDF.

Make a "hotdog fold" down the center of the page, as shown.*

* Thanks to LydiaH19's Instructable, which was the first I found when I searched for a reminder of how to make this kind of book. I am copying the use of the terms "hotdog fold" and "hamburger fold!"

Second Fold.

Make a second fold, this time "hamburger fold."

Third Fold.

Make a third "hamburger fold."

Open. Cut.

Open up the paper and make a "hamburger fold."

Cut as shown.

Open and Re-fold.

Open up the paper again.

Make another "hotdog fold" so that the printed side is out.

Align the Pages.

Set the paper upright and squeeze together until the cut portion forms a square.

Continue to squeeze inward so that the cover and the first page are back to back and the green bug page and the three-bug page are back to back. I have added clips on these pages in the illustration, but clips are not needed.

Make the Pages Form an "x."

Here's another angle so see how the pages line up.

Flatten the Pages. Crease.

Flatten the booklet with the pages shown on top.Crease everything as tightly and evenly as you can.

Fold Into Final Position.

Now fold the flattened pages into a final "hamburger fold." Crease.

(Optional) Fasten Together the "insides" of the Pages.

I like to add a piece of double-stick tape (or a scrapbook mounting square) to prevent pages from opening up.

A glue stick could also be used.