Instructions: Ring binder desk calendar

July 19, 2024

This practical desk calendar really belongs in every workplace.

We have developed this guide for you so that you can recreate it quickly and easily and decorate it to your heart's content!

material

Tool

Preparation

If you use our calendar bundle, you only need to cut the kraft paper, design paper and book linen.

Cuts ( width x length )

Bookcloth

8cm x 30.5cm

8cmx28.5cm

Greyboard

2x 29cm x 12cm

29cm x 2.5cm

Design paper

2x 30.5cm x 11.8cm

2x 11.5cm x 28.5cm

Kraft paper

2x 29cm x 8cm

Step 1: Cover and spine of the calendar

Glue the grey cardboard for the spine of the calendar onto the middle of the wrapping paper. Turn it to the outside, mark 5 mm on the left and right, and trace the edges with the bone folder.

Glue grey cardboard strips to the middle of the kraft paper

Use a ruler to make marks on the left and right sides of the kraft paper

Apply glue to the edges of the two grey cardboard pieces for the covers and stick them to the wrapping paper, leaving a gap of 5 mm between them and the spine. Use the bone folder to work it well so that a kind of "joint" is created between the covers and the spine.

The grey cardboard is pressed down with a roller

The fold lines between the cardboards are reworked with a bone folder

Step 2: Conceal the outside

Mark the front cover at a distance of 20 mm from the spine. Glue the wrapping paper and cardboard up to the mark and glue the book cloth on from the mark.

book cloth is glued to the marking and pressed down with a roller

Now glue the design paper and stick it onto the book cloth and the remaining grey cardboard with a 2 mm overlap.
The book linen and the design paper are available because of our design paper format
only 7.5 mm above, please work with particular care!

design paper strips are glued over the book cloth to the markings

Before gluing the overhangs, the corners are trimmed with a gap of 2 mm from the grey cardboard. Now apply a thin layer of glue to the upper overhang, fold it inwards and fold it at the corner. Then do the same for the lower and side overhangs.

rework the glued edges with the bone folder

Use a roller to press the folded edges firmly

Step 3: Glue the inside of the calendar

We now continue working on the inside. Glue two more pieces of design paper to the middle left and right of the grey cardboard so that they cover the overlapping book cloth as well as the design paper on the outside.

Carefully glue the book cloth and stick it in the middle over the inside of the spine. Fold the spine again well.

Press the finished envelope tightly together and let it dry for a day.

finished result of the inside with design paper and book linen

Step 4: Insert the ring mechanism

Place the ring mechanism in the middle of the right spine edge. When closed, the corners of the calendar must line up neatly.

Insert the ring mechanism and fold the cover

Then mark the holes, punch holes and attach the ring mechanism (rivet head facing outwards!). Finally, hang up the appropriately punched calendar pages.