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Making Zines with Kids

In a previous post, I showed many examples of zines that I had purchased from a zinefest. I tried it out with a group of 4th/5th graders and I am happy to say it was a success! It was the first time I had made zines with students before and one student told me that this was a project I should keep for next year! Other kids agreed.

We started by watching this video about zines from Tate.

I showed them some examples of zines and I had a short powerpoint about making zines. We used templates to design our zines.

You can see in this example that all of the pages are made on one sheet of paper, cut in the middle and then folded.

A hand-drawn zine titled "Neighbor Dogs" with sketches of different dogs and their descriptions, perfect for kids who love making creative projects, all presented on a checkered surface.
A collection of various hand-made zines with different illustrated covers, perfect for kids, arranged on a white surface.

Have you ever made zines with your classes? Do you have any good resources to share on this topic?


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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

3 Responses to Making Zines with Kids

  1. Andi says:

    Thanks. I’ll try this

  2. Andi says:

    Can’t wait to try this. How many (say 50 min) classes would this take to do? Did you provide all the idfferent photos for collage, or ask the kids to bring in materials? Thanks so much for sharing this.

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