Making Zines Art Project for Kids

Yesterday I went to a really fun event called the Madison Print and Resist Zinefest. I have been to this before and it has always had loads of really interesting zines. I was on a mission this time though. I decided I am going to do a zine project with my classes and I wanted to find lots of interesting and unique “kid-friendy” zines.

What is a zine? A zine is a self-published, small circulation booklet with images or words, usually copied on a xerox machine. A zine can be about anything!

I will show you some pictures of the many zines that I picked up for your inspiration. I also took some videos of myself flipping through and unfolding the zines. (You may have to hop on over to the actual blog post to see the videos if you are reading this through an email subscription.)

Here is a simple 8 page zine that can be folded from one piece of paper.

Here is a free printable template to make your own 8 page zine from one piece of paper. The high quality PDF version is available here.

These examples below show some zines that were all made by using the one-piece of paper method.

These two zines below were made by a non-verbal autistic man who tells about his life experiences.

This mini zine below had an unusual shape!

This is an exploding pop-up circle book!

Below is a video to show you how to make the exploding pop-up circle book.

And this is another folded booklet from one piece of paper.

Have you made zines with your students? I’d love to see them!