Laptop Case Instructions
- Find a nice big piece of cardboard (check out the dumpster diving tips for inspiration)
- Transfer the pattern generated here to the cardboard. Use a glue stick to stick it on lightly (don’t go too crazy with the glue, you are going to want to pull the pattern off)
- Cut the outside lines (thick lines)
- Take a slightly sharp object and draw along the fold lines with quite a bit of pressure – don’t press too hard you don’t want to put holes in it (a bone folder, the edge of a ruler or a ball point pen works pretty well)
- Fold all of your newly pressed lines. Remove your pattern.
- Put white glue (PVA) along the 1” flaps on the edge use masking tape (take a bit of the ‘stick’ out of the tape by putting it on your clothes and tearing it off first) to keep everything in place while it drys.
- Now is the hard part – figuring out how you would like to keep it closed – there are a couple of options – stick on Velcro (that stuff comes off easily unless you use the really strong stuff they make for hanging pictures), you might want to try to do a button with elastic thing. Be creative!!!
- Add a handle if you want.
- And finally the fun part – decorate as you want (you could have done it while it was flat too…