There are lots of ways to make a nature journal and reasons why you should.
You will need:
- Sheet of cardboard
- Box cutter
- Hole Punch
- Plain white paper
- Yarn or string
I made nature journals out of box flaps but this led to very irregular and randomly sized journals which meant I couldn’t cut one size of paper and that I wasted a lot of paper trying to make it fit in the journals. Cardboard is free, paper is not. So…..I don’t recommend this.
What I do recommend is cutting or folding a piece of plain letter sized paper in half and using that as a size reference for your journal. You want to make the cardboard a little bit bigger than the journal so it is protected inside.
After you’ve cut two pieces of cardboard the same size you are going to punch holes in it with your hole punch. You can measure to do this if you want, I’ve got a pretty good eye for symmetry so I just wing it.
Punch both pieces of cardboard and several sheets of paper.
Make sure all the holes line up.
Thread the string through the holes. Tie some knots and you’re done!
It’s a super fun first activity to personalize your nature journal by cutting and gluing or drawing things on it.
Maybe you want to write your name. Glue some photos from a nature magazine. Sky is the limit.
Here is mine and some of our fellow Adventurers.
