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INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Cut two chip board pieces to 8” wide by 6” tall. Also cut 2 chip board 

pieces to 1” wide by 6” tall. (Use a craft knife, scissors, or a paper trimmer. 

If using a paper trimmer, you may need to do repetitive cuts before it cuts 

through). If using cereal boxes instead of chip board, use scissors.

2. Cut the 8.5”x11” card stock to 10.25” wide and 7” tall. 

3. Add double-sided tape (or glue) to the chip board pieces. (Double-sided 

tape provides less warping to the paper and chipboard.) 

4. Place one of the small chipboard pieces (1”x6” wide) onto one of the 

10.25”x 7” card stock pages, leaving approximately 1⁄4” spacing all around. 

5. Add the larger chipboard piece (8”x6”) onto the same card stock. It’s 

important to leave approximately 1/8” spacing between the two chip 

boards. That should leave you with approximately 1⁄4” spacing all around 

once both chipboard pieces have been attached to the card stock. 

6. Crease the edges of the paper to provide score line markings. 

7. Miter all four corners of the paper, leave a 1/8” gap from chipboard to paper.

8. Glue the edges of the paper and fold onto the chipboard. If you have a 

bone folder, use it to spread the glue for better adhesion. 

9. Use your bone folder to score between the chipboard pieces (on both 

front and back) to make folding the book cover easier. Be gentle to avoid 

cracking your paper. 

10. Cut your decorative card stock to 8.75” wide x 5.75” tall for the inside liner 

pages of the front and back covers. 

11. Place double-sided tape (or glue) to the back of the decorative card 

stock. You can also use glue along the edges of the pages to promote 

better adhesion. 

WINTER BREAK ACTIVITY:

DIFFICULTY LEVEL:

Medium

MATERIALS:

• Chip board or other thinner 

carboard for cover material (can 

use old cereal boxes, glue at 

least 3 together to make sturdier): enough to make two pieces 

that are 8”x6” and two pieces 

that are 1”x6” 

• Two 8.5”x11” pieces of decorative card stock or one 12”x12” 

decorative piece of 65 lb. card 

stock (your choice of design) for 

inside book covers 

• Two 8.5x11” 65 lb. pieces of 

card stock for exterior of the 

book covers (your choice of 

color). FYI: linen textured card 

stock can give the illusion of 

fabric 

• Bone folder

• Scissors

• Ruler

• Pencil

• Glue

• Strong hole punch or awl or 

paper piercer

• Small clamps or binder clips

• Screw Posts

• Acetate Sheet (optional)

• One Mirrored card stock

(your choice) (optional)

• Screw driver (optional)

• Score board (optional)

• Craft knife (optional)

• Paper trimmer (optional)

• Double sided tape (optional)

Photo instructions begin on page 3.

Safety Note: This project requires the use of craft knives and an awl or 

paper piercer. If completing this activity with younger children, please 

provide adult assistance or supervision.
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12. Place the decorative card stock onto the chipboard pieces on the inside of both the front and back cover pieces. If 

available, use your bone folder to ensure even spreading of the glue from edge to edge. 

13. For the pages you will place inside your travel book, like your flight log or scrapbook pages, use a score board to make 

a score to the pages by coming in 1” on the left of the page. This will help it bend when flipping through your book. 

Once all the pages have been scored on the left side, come in another 1⁄2” and also 1 1⁄4” from the top and make a mark. 

Do this on both the top and bottom. These marks are where you will make holes for the screw posts. 

14. Use your strong hole punch (or awl) to punch a hole through your pages. If you don’t have a strong hole punch you can 

use an awl or paper piercer to make the holes. 

15. Mark the inside of both chipboard covers where you will place the holes. The easiest way to do it is to take the internal 

pages you’ve already pierced and line them up where you want them within the travel log. Use binder clips or small 

clamps to keep everything lined up. Take a pencil and make a mark on the inside cover where you will place the hole. 

16. Use the strong hole punch to punch a hole through the chip board. If using an awl, this may take a little time and you 

may need to wiggle the awl to make the hole larger. 

17. Add your screw posts into the holes. You can use a screwdriver to screw it in or just twist with your hands. 

18. Assemble LogBook pages and tighten screwposts.

OPTIONAL STEPS (for front cover design):

1. Cut the mirrored card stock to 3 1⁄2” wide by 2 3⁄4” inches tall. 

2. Turn the mirrored card stock onto the back so you can add measurements to know where to cut. Measure in 1⁄4” on all 

four sides and draw a mark with your pencil. Cut along the line using a craft knife. Safety note: Be careful and if needed, provide adult supervision when using a craft knife. 

3. Cut the acetate sheet down to 3 1⁄4” wide and 2 1⁄2” tall and glue it to the back of the mirrored card stock. 

4. Place double-sided tape (or glue, but it can be messy on acetate) on only 3 sides, the left, right and bottom sides. 

Leave the top open. 

5. Place onto the cover of the travel book, 1 3⁄4” from the top and 2 3⁄4” from either side to place in the center of the cover. 

6. Slip in the “My Travel Logbook” printout into the opening of the mirrored card stock. 

PRINTABLES

1. There are inserts you can print for the inside pages of your travel log. (pages 6-10). There are two designs per page. 

There is a gray line in the middle showing where to cut the page. 

2. Label art is available on page 11. You can make your own label if you prefer. The slot opening will fit a 3” x 2” design.

WINTER BREAK ACTIVITY:

Photo instructions begin on page 3.
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WINTER BREAK ACTIVITY:

Step 1.

Step 4.

Step 7.

Step 2.

Step 5.

Step 8.

Step 3.

Step 6.

Step 9.
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Step 10.

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Step 16. Step 17. Step 18.

Step 11.

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Step 15.
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WINTER BREAK ACTIVITY:

Optional Step 1.

Optional Step 4.

Optional Step 2.

Optional Step 5.

Optional Step 3.

Optional Step 6.

FINAL.
Flight Date Departure Location Destination Aircraft Type Purpose Comments

My Flight Log

My Flight Log

Flight Date Departure Location Destination Aircraft Type Purpose Comments