Making a DIY Meal Plan Corner Notepad

Want to make a DIY meal plan notepad that sits perfectly in the corner of your kitchen counter? This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to create a handmade corner notepad with 45-degree trimmed edges, mounted on a folding chipboard base. You’ll make two notepads — a weekly meal planner and a grocery shopping list — both with clean diagonal corners that fit together on a compact chipboard stand.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to print the pages from a Planify Pro template, trim the corners at a precise 45-degree angle, glue-bind the pages with PVA glue, and mount everything on a scored chipboard base that folds up into a standing display. It’s a great project for personal use, as a gift, or as a handmade product to sell.

The template has been designed and exported from Planify Pro. If you’re a seller interested in using templates commercially, check out the Business plan — it comes with a commercial license, 500+ patterns, graphics, fonts, templates and more.

For more DIY planner and notepad projects, browse our DIY tutorials page. New to planner making? Start with our beginner’s guide on how to make a custom planner. For similar notepad projects, check out the DIY standing clipboard or the guide to decorating and selling notepads.

Template

How to Export PDF

Go to Save/Export → Current Page → Select A4 → Click Generate PDF

How to Print PDF

Download the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader program for printing.

Print 70 pages for each notepad (140 total) on regular copy paper at 100% scale, front side only. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader for best results.

You will need

Materials:

Regular Paper
Chipboard
PVA Glue
Double sided tape

Equipments:

Heavy Duty Paper cutter
Clips

Instructions:

Print the meal plan template (70 pages for each notepad) and cut all pages to size using a heavy-duty paper cutter
Using a ruler and pencil, mark a 45-degree trim line on the corner of the shopping list notepad
Mark another 45-degree trim line on the corner of the weekly meal plan notepad
Cut along the marked lines using a cutter or heavy-duty paper cutter to trim the corners off both notepads
Stack each notepad neatly and secure with binder clips to keep pages aligned
Apply a generous layer of PVA glue along the top binding edge of each clipped notepad
Let the glue dry for 15 minutes — keep the clips on until fully dry
Cut chipboard to size: 21.2 cm length × 7.4 cm width, with a 90-degree corner angle
Score the chipboard by slicing from the outside corner to the inside corner twice — cut only halfway through so the board is half-cut, not fully severed
Test the fold — the chipboard should bend easily along the scored line without breaking into two pieces
Apply strips of double-sided tape to the backside of both dried notepads
Press each notepad firmly onto the chipboard base, aligning them along the edges
You're done! Fold the chipboard corner up and your meal plan notepad is ready to use