I know it's silly, but I feel I'm tossing the fortune cookie's good wishes away if I don't keep the fortune so I have a vase filled with paper fortunes.
One of my daughters bought a package of pretty gift envelopes which I used for the front and back cover.
Cut the envelope apart.
Glue the decorative envelope to a piece of cardboard and backing paper. Trim the excess.
I used a glue stick.
Score 1 inch wide accordion pleats leaving a gluing tab on the end. A 4 page book would have eight score lines.
The insert is slightly shorter than the cover so the contents fit inside, not flush.
Glue the tab to the covers and cover the tab with an end paper.
Make sure the book moves smoothly by closing it.
Glue the pleats together if you don't want the book to open this wide. Gluing the pleats makes the book act more traditionally.
I didn't want the fortunes to flop around freely so I glued them on the end (the outside edge, not near the center.)
Glue the fortunes to the accordion pleats. Mine are staggered.
The finished book.
Love this!! Thank you for sharing your great idea!
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