TRIANGLE BOOK

by Susan Cirigliano in Craft > Paper

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TRIANGLE BOOK

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This instructable will take you through the easy steps to make a 16 page triangle shaped book from one piece of paper.

Supplies

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14" X 14" sheet of paper

pencil

scissor

ruler

(additional supplies of your choice will be needed when you decide what you want to write in or decorate your book)

Folding the Paper

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Fold in half, then in half again

fold one corner to make a triangle, fold the other back as well

Cutting the Bottom Edge

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Use the straight edge to make the paper into a triangle shape. Then cut along the pencil line

One Cut

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cut one fold line to the center point

fan fold the pages

Time to Write or Decorate the Book

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I chose to make mine a picture book. I had several photographs from a leaf printing project that I did and also a cyanotype print (sun print)

I carefully cut the images to fit into the triangle shapes on each page then refolded my book

Read It Forwards

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Read It Backwards

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