How to Make a Zine

How to make a zine 

 

 Zines are like a mini magazine or book you can make. You can fill them with art, photography, writing or anything you want. They are easy and fun to make!

You will need the following:

• A 8.5x11 piece of paper
• Scissors
• Stuff to decorate/fill the zine
• Pencil to mark pages

Start by folding the paper in half 

 Fold the paper down in half again

 Then fold the paper over in half

Then unfold the paper and cut a hole down the middle through the middle two squares

Then pinch the middle squares and fold together as the picture shows

Then when you have your book folded up I recommend you number your pages including the back and front before you decorate the pages.

Then you can unfold the booklet again and decorate the inside however you want. I usually watercolor mine.

After you have finished the pages you can refold the booklet and then you are finished! I like to bind mine with string but that is optional. Before you refold the booklet you can also scan the paper to copy it and print out more if you want to share them with friends.