zine-making resources I've made this set of handy-dandy instructions on how to create your own zine from scratch using one (1) sheet of paper.
What’s A Zine?
A self-published, self-distributed, maga-ZINE (say “zeen”)
Zines are photocopier friendly and accessible for all
What can you make? Drawings! Collage! Poetry! Recipes!
If you can dream it you can zine it!
How To Fold & Cut A Zine
- Tools
- scissors
- printer/copier paper
- pencil
- Art Supplies
- pens
- glue
- paper scraps
- anything you can grab to make your zine cool ...
*This zine is made from one sheet of paper
**It will have six pages, a front, and back cover
- Lay paper flat onto work surface in landscape orientation--wider than it is tall. Sign the paper somewhere. This is the back side.
- Bring bottom up to fold in half longways. Crease
- Unfold. Crease runs horizontally through middle
- Fold in half sideways, right to left. Crease
- Fold in half sideways, right to left. Crease
- Unfold and lay paper flat on work surface with your signature facing you
- Fold in half sideways, right to left
- Cut on middle crease, on right side, halfway through
- Unfold and lay flat with your signature facing you
- Bring top down to meet bottom edge
- Push ends together so middle part separates
- Back goes right, front goes left. Zine is open
- Bring left side over to close zine
- Label front cover lightly with pencil
Your zine has six pages inside, plus a front and back cover.
TIP: Number the pages in one of the corners. This is helpful for both creators & readers!
PDF download
Click to download these instructions as a four (4) page PDF. This file is completely free to save, print, and share. Please provide credit to me by name, Alexis Bee, and by linking back to this page.
