1-Page Zines - How to Make a 1-Page Zine - Holed Up With No Furniture

Aug 28, 2026

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A practical guide to zines for teens and tweens, explaining what a zine is and why people create them. It outlines general zine practice and introduces one-page zines as an easy, low-cost way to publish personal writing, art, collage, and ideas. The document lists necessary materials and provides a clear nine-step folding and cutting process to build a small booklet. It concludes with an example one-page zine about isolation in Pueblo while waiting for furniture to arrive.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time18 min

AccessFree to download

What’s a zine?

Why make a zine?

General zine practice

1-PAGE ZINES: Necessary materials

1-PAGE ZINES: 9 steps

Instructions (steps 1-7)

Instructions (steps 8-9)

My 1-PAGE ZINE: “Holed Up With No Furniture”

TEENS AND TWEENS OFPUEBLO: # HOW TO MAKE A 1-PAGE ZINE # What’s a zine? A zine is a homemade, handmade magazine about ANYTHING of its author’s orauthors’choosing. Zines can have one creator or multiple creators. Zines can feature writing (anything from memoirs, interviews, ﬁction of anygenre, manifestos, nonﬁction, or anything else!), art (quick sketches, comics,ﬁne art, or anything else), collage, or ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE. You could use a zine as an underground paper foryour school … or anything youwant, to be honest. # WHY MAKE A ZINE? Because you have something to sayor express. Because you want to makesomething with your own hands. Because you’dlike a gift to give.Because it’s funand creative.WHY NOT? GENERAL ZINE PRACTICE. . . Zines frequently take the shape of numerous 8.5x 11 inch paper (letter size) folded in half, oftenstapled through the fold to keep them together.Zinesters ﬁnd the cheapest means of copyingtheir work, staple them up, and send them outinto the world of their choosing. Many townsand cities have zine fairs, where zinesters eitherswap zines or offer their work for $1/2/5 . Thereare also a few distributors out there. But makingzines is a labor of love, not art folx practice tomake money. For more information about zines and theirhistory, have a look at the following urls: http://altzines.tripod.com/ http://www.zinebook.com/ http://zinewiki.com/Zine You can also look on the Library’s catalog --there are a number of zines, and books aboutzines available on Hoopla. 1-PAGE ZINES: Necessary materials I am a fan of the one fold zine, and have been a minor collector (don’task to see my collectionthough -- I’m not sure how muchof it will make it to Colorado!) But to get started, making aone-page zine is less time consuming and easier to complete. ALL YOU NEED: A piece of blank paperA pair of scissorsWriting/drawing materials OTHER POSSIBLE MATERIALS MagazinesGlueGlitter Whatever inspires you andwill stay ﬂat! 1-PAGE ZINES: 9 steps Step 1 : Lay your letter-sized piece of paper ﬂat. Step 2: Fold in it half, keeping the short side short. Step 3: Unfold and refold the edges into the middle. 1-PAGE ZINES: instructions cont. Step 4: Unfold and fold in half, this time keeping the long sidelong. Step 5: Unfold and repeat step two. Step 6: Use your scissors to cut halfway through from the center from the folded side. 1-PAGE ZINES: instructions cont. Step 7: Unfold, repeat step four. Now you will see an opening in the center. Use the opening to foldthe paper into the zine, making a little booklet. FIRST PAGE OF MY ZINE. Step 8: Number your pages after you make the blank zine, before you create its contents! Step 9: CREATE!!! # MY 1-PAGE ZINE: “HOLED UP WITH NOFURNITURE” I made a quick zine about being in virus-induced isolation in Pueblo. My furniture hasn’t yetarrived… Here are some pictures (forgive the yellow lined paper -- I don’t have any blank paper) . . . MY 1-PAGE ZINE: “HOLED UP WITH NOFURNITURE”

FAQs

What is a zine and what can it include?

A zine is a homemade magazine created by one or more authors. It can include writing, art, collage, and any imaginative content the creator chooses.

What materials are needed to make a 1-page zine?

You need blank paper, scissors, and writing/drawing materials. Optional items include magazines, glue, and glitter, as long as they stay flat.

How do you fold and cut paper to make a 1-page zine?

Fold a letter-sized sheet in half, unfold and refold the edges into the middle, then unfold and repeat with the long side. Cut halfway through from the center while folded, unfold to reveal an opening, and fold the paper into a small booklet.

Aug 28, 2026

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