Notebook Paper Pillow Sham for Kids

Wow, the things they come up with for kids to draw and color! There are ordinary tablets, colored tablets, Etch-a-Sketch, dry erase boards, and many others. It's a big business because kids really love to draw, write, and color. But no matter how hard you look you'll likely never find a pillowcase, which looks like a piece of notebook paper, and allows kids to write on it, over and over again. You might not be able to find such a pillowcase in a store but you can definitely make it.

There are various types of fabric you could use to make the tablet paper pillowcase. Steer away from stretchy fabrics, thick cloth, or silky types. A cotton or cotton/polyester blend will work well. Buy it in the color of white, yellow, or another color. You also have a choice of simply purchasing a pack of pillowcases so you don't have to sew them.

If you're sewing the pillowcase, cut two pieces of the fabric to be the size you want for the pillow sham. Allow extra amounts for your seams. Place the fabric so that their right sides are facing each other. Sew around all four sides of the pillowcase.

Cut a slit down the backside of the pillow sham, going from one long side to the other, and cutting it right across the middle. Hem these two cut areas and the pillowcase is done. Use it by inserting the pillow - later - in through the opening on the back.

Before adding the pillow, use permanent markers, or even fabric paint, to make the details on the white pillowcase. Use a yard stick to draw a red line down one side, as the margin for the paper. Draw three blue circles between the margin and the edge of the paper, to represent the three holes in the notebook paper. Then, draw a light blue set of lines down the length of the paper, to create the lines for writing. If you're using a marker, find a small, circular object, and trace around it to make the holes in the paper. If you're using fabric paints, use a tiny lid, dip it in the paint, and stamp the circles onto the notebook paper. If you're using a traditional pillowcase, just draw the paper so that the open side of the pillowcase is the bottom of the notebook paper.

Give the child washable markers and he or she can write on the notebook paper pillow sham as often as desired. When you want to give the child a clean "sheet of paper", just wash the pillowcase, and put it back on.