1 sheet of wax paper, cut to size 6-1/2″ x 3-3/8″.1 longer sheet of card stock, any color or design, cut to size 8″h x 3-3/8″w.a piece of 0.80 bookboard or thick card board, cut to size 6-1/2″h x 3-3/8″w (I recycled the back of a Canson sketch book and was able to make three of these notepads!).a sheet of card stock, any color or design, cut to size 6-1/2″h x 3-3/8″w.40 single sheets of 70 or 80lb text weight paper, cut to size 6-1/2″h x 3-3/8″w.Total Time: 45 minutes + dry time Materials: Paper I encourage you to look around your craft room or home to see if there is anything you can recycle to make these even more special. I recycled my old Canson sketch books to get the book board for the bases and used only extras or scraps of card stock and paper for the filling and cover. Oh! This bookbinding tutorial for a tear away notepad is also Earth-friendly. I’ll be walking you through each step below, so don’t worry if you’re not yet familiar. This method is incredibly simple as it requires zero sewing and very few tools. To create this trio of notepads (you can make just one or go for all three – up to you!), I’m using the Perfect Binding method. Thankfully, bookbinding provides me with a plethora of extra scraps of paper that need to be used up, so why not turn them into a gorgeous notepad? To-do lists, reminders, quick quotes, tracking weekly allowances for my kids, etc. At any given point in time, I have 4-5 notepads and notebooks in circulation for various tasks. I’m a stationery freak, so this bookbinding tutorial for a notepad makes complete sense.