DIY Notepad Set

Make a Beautiful DIY Notepad Set in Minutes ✂️📓

Need a quick and rewarding craft project? This DIY notepad set is the perfect way to transform your favorite planner pages or printable notes into a sleek, compact stationery essential.

Whether you’re planning, journaling, or just organizing your thoughts, this tutorial shows you how to bind and decorate custom notepads with materials you likely already have at home. It’s simple, budget-friendly, and completely personalizable.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through each step—measuring, binding, and styling your notepads—so you can create a practical yet beautiful desk companion using Planify Pro templates or your own designs.

Let’s turn your ideas into pages you’ll actually use. ✨ See Planify Pro‘s Planner Collections Here

Template

How to Export PDF

Go to Save/Export -> Selected Page -> Paper -> Select A6 Square -> Click Generate PDF

How to Print PDF

Download the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader program for printing.

Print the inserts at 100% scale, front side only, in total 60-80 pages or as many as you wish.

You will need

Materials:

Regular Paper 80gsm or any thickness
Chipboard
PVA Glue

Equipments:

Heavy Duty Paper Cutter
Clips
Cutter
Sponge

Instructions:

Print the pages out, in total 60-80 pages or as many as you wish.
Cut them into each individual mini notepad. You should end up with 9 Mini notepads. Easiest is to use a Heavy Duty Paper Cutter but you can also use a cutter and ruler for this.
Use clips to secure the pages of each individual mini notepad.
Apply a thin layer of PVA Glue on top of each the edges of each mini notepad.
Use a sponge or piece of paper to evenly spread the glue.
Let them dry for 15 min.
Prepare a chipboard 14x14 cm.
Apply double sided tape to the back of each mini notepad.
Remove the double sided tape of each mini notepad and stick it on to the chipboard in the same order as it was on the printed page before cutting.