Halloween SMASH Journal

Let’s get ready to SMASH! For this swap you will create a homemade Halloween SMASH journal for your partner.

Why so early? For one thing I love Halloween and would love to celebrate year round. Second, now is an excellent time to get journals completed so they are ready to record all the fun things of October!

No need to be scared! Although this is technically a homemade journal I do not see it as being as time consuming as other journals as you are basically providing the bare bones for your partner to fill in later.

Size: 6 X 8 min. You can go larger if you want. One easy way to create a page is to fold a 12 x 12 sheet of paper in half and trim the top. The resulting page width be close enough to 6 inches to count. (So no docking your partner if the pages turn out to be 5 5/8th inches.)

Binding: Sender's choice. If you use ring clips use at least 2. Try to allow room for your partner to add bulk

Pages: 10 pages. In this instance a page is front and back, so 20 sides in total. Pages should be a Halloween/fall theme. Lightly decorate the pages, an embellishment in the corner for example, leaving plenty of room for your partner to add their own stuff.

Covers: Add a front and back cover of semi-sturdy material. A decorated cereal box works fine. The back cover does not have to be decorated, although if you use cereal box make sure to cover up the printed side. Decorate the front cover with a nice Halloween theme.

Ta-Da you’re done! So to summarize: 10 pages (20 sides) with some light embellishment plus a cover and back. Do-able right? Journal swaps of any kind attract flakers so I will still check profiles just in case, however since this is a group swap I expect everyone to be responsible.

This is not profile specific so you can start working now. I don’t like long swap times because it allows a greater chance of people to falling off the bus

USA only due to shipping cost. Sorry.

The picture is from google search and for inspiration only, you may bind your journal anyway you choose