30-Minute Recycled-Paper Old-Underwear Notebook (Thing-A-Day: Day 20)

30-Minute Recycled-Paper Old-Underwear Notebook (Thing-A-Day: Day 20)
At 10:30 last night it dawned upon me that I had not yet Thing-A-Dayed and needed something fast. I frantically started pulling drawers open and throwing junk onto my desk. I found a couple of pairs of mangled underwear that I never bothered to throw out, some scrap paper and about a dozen pull-string toys. I couldn't help but look at the supplies and think of these recycled office paper blank books.

The pull-string toys were not of much use for this, so, I put them away and immediately set to work on making a recycled notebook using my old underwear as a cover (its clean, don't worry). I couldn't really remember how to make a book at first, having not done it in some years, but I managed to wing it.

This can be replicated in about 30 minutes and should cost about nothing to make.
 
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Step 1Go get stuff

Go get stuff
You will need:

- 20 sheets of scrap paper of about the same size
- old (clean) underwear
- a needle and thread
- craft glue
- a cutting tool
- some cardboard
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14 comments
Feb 2, 2011. 3:42 PMporcupinemamma says:
jessyratfink (i spelt it incorrectly before) she is doing cool stuff for thing-a-day)
Feb 2, 2011. 3:41 PMporcupinemamma says:
check out jessieratfink. she's doing some cool stuff for thing -a -day
Dec 9, 2010. 8:29 AMfamerebel says:
Pretty interesting! I've often looked at old underwear with a cool design and thought, lets do something with this!
Nov 12, 2009. 5:15 AMteoeva says:
Oh my god!
My mother had a pincushion identical to your! 

This is weird...... :)
Apr 20, 2009. 5:41 AMBindweeds says:
LOVE the drumming monkeys! To avoid the glue marks, spread the glue out with either a brush, your finger or a piece of scrap cardboard. It makes the glue less bumpy and give wider coverage. I have a pair of M&M boxers that have seen better days...Hmmm... Thanks for the ideas!
May 7, 2009. 3:30 PMbobhill125 says:
its remides me of donkey konga
Feb 21, 2008. 7:38 PMinquisitive says:
Very nice Thing-A-Day...however, don't feel like you have to hide your silkier and lacy underthings from us. We would never want you to hold back or anything. LOL
Feb 21, 2008. 2:47 PMreedz says:
HEY! You have your underwear on my world!!!!
Feb 21, 2008. 3:31 PMDer Schmetterlingsjäger says:
Well, he's got them on eastern Africa, so the monkeys should feel right at home... I dunno.
Feb 21, 2008. 2:26 PMKiteman says:
You have underwear with bongo-playing monkeys on ... ... that is, somehow, disturbing. (Good instructable, BTW)
Feb 21, 2008. 2:37 PMfungus amungus says:
It's completely disturbing!

And great. I'd listen to that monkey play all night long.
Feb 21, 2008. 2:39 PMKiteman says:
>ew< That's even worse - you want to listen to Randy's underwear...
Feb 21, 2008. 3:17 PMfungus amungus says:
If the monkey was real. Silly Kiteman, that monkey is a drawing.
Feb 21, 2008. 2:56 PMGorillazMiko says:
Really cool Instructable. :P I haven't seen the Thing-A-Days in a while.

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