Help dad organize those memories
with a fun design.

• Glue stick; two 9-7/8 x 5-1/2-inch pieces of decorative paper for outside cover
• Two 6-1/2 x 4-1/2-inch pieces of mat board for covers
• Two 2-1/2 x 4-1/2-inch pieces of mat board for flaps
• Two 8-5/6 x 4-3/8-inch pieces of decorative paper for inside cover; 1/8-inch hole punch
• 1-inch-wide rubber band; large paper clips
• Paper scraps; buttons; press-on lettering
• 1 package of plastic mini pocket album refills
• 15-inch piece of plastic-coated telephone wire

1. Download the pattern. (Downloading requires Adobe Acrobat software.)

Download Adobe Acrobat

Dad Album Pattern

2. Apply glue to back side of one of the cover papers. Center and lay a cover board and a flap board on paper, leaving a 1/8-inch gap between cover and flap. Fold edges of paper over edges of mat board. Repeat for other cover board and flap.

3. Center and glue an inside cover paper over the mat board cover/flap. When glue is entirely dry, mark five holes along top edge of cover, 1/4 inch down from edge and 3¼4 inch apart. Use hole punch to punch holes. Do the same for the other cover/flap.

4. Decorate the front cover with press-on letters or use paper scraps and buttons to add a collar and a tie trace pattern for a shirt.

5. Cut binder hole edge off each of the plastic mini pocket album refills. Punch holes across top edge to correspond with holes on mat board covers.

6. Sandwich the album refills between the front and back covers. Use clips to hold all together. Cut wire into 3-inch pieces. Slip a piece through each set of holes and make a circle about the diameter of a pencil. Twist the ends around each other four or five times. The twisted ends should be on the back side. Cut off excess wire.

7. Fold flaps to outside of each cover and use a rubber band to keep album closed.

8. To stand, remove rubber band from top cover flap only and flip top cover over to back. Overlap the two flaps, slipping the front flap through the rubber band on the back flap.