Friday, September 12, 2014

Envelopes and All The Cool Things You Can Do With Them! With Free Interactive Notebook Template!

 Cool Things You Can Do With Manila Envelopes



Students are really engaged when they can make things with their own hands.  Giving students a chance to record their understanding both visually and linguistically helps them to retain information and it is highly engaging. 

My post will be about all the cool things you can do with a manila envelope.  

Here are a few ideas:

Display Cube Out of Two Envelopes

Make things out of a manila envelope

Top Pocket Shutter Flap


Little Book With Pocket

Make things out of a manila envelope

Make things out of an envelope

Make things out of an envelope
If you like these you should check out my sliding folds for interactive notebooks:


 Shape Book with a Pocket

Make things out of an envelope


Step by Step Directions for the Shape Book are available at Step by Step Directions for Shape Book Out of an Envelope

Field Journal with a Pocket









Now go get yourself some manila envelopes and have fun with these projects.  The students love them!   Please share on Pinterest or through social media.  Please follow this blog!  Thank you for visiting!


Remember, you can see step by step directions with pictures at 




Click Here for a Free Pocket Fold Template Pocket Fold