One Man's Trash, Another Man's Paper

Turn the paper headed for the recycle bin into pads of paper. It's quite easy. Collect sheets that still have one blank side. (1) Measure into 5.5" by 4.25" sections and exacto through a stack of the pages. Any dimensions can be used, I chose these because it is simply quartering a standard 8.5" by 11" sheet. (2) Align a stack of the cut pages with a piece of cardboard of the same dimensions. Apply bulldog clips to press tight all of the pages in one end. (3) Hot glue along the edge and smooth it down to make sure that glue touches every piece. I've found that it works well to collect paper for a while and then make a bunch at once. Having extra scratch paper around sure is handy and could be a great gift for your chronic list-making friends.