Amazing Homemade Coupon Books

Have you ever really wanted to give your spouse a great gift, but didn't have the budget to do so?  Well, me too!  That is why I created this awesome coupon book!  This little book will tell your spouse just how much you love him/her, as well as keeping things fun and different.  There are coupons for staying home or going out, and even a blank one to have your spouse fill out!  I decided to make this into an easy step by step process so everyone can follow it.  You never know when you might need to whip up a set of "love coupons"!!  :)

Before you start, if you want to download my coupons, go HERE.  OR...you can create your own by following my steps below. 

To create your own...

Step 1-  Open up a new document in Microsoft Word

Step 2 - Under the tab “Mailings” - click on the “Labels” button

Step 3 - A pop-up will appear, click on the “Options” button toward the bottom right-hand corner

Step 4 - Another pop-up will appear, select Avery US Letter

Step 5 - There is a box where you can select the product number. Scroll down until you get to number 5392, and select that one

Step 6 - Push OK

Step 6 - It will then bring you back to the 1st pop-up box. In that box there is a tab (toward the bottom left) that says “New Document”. Push that button.

Step 8 - Now you want to go to the top of Word and select the “Page Layout” tab.

Step 9 - Select the “Orientation” tab.

Step 10 - Click on the “Landscape” option.

Step 11 - Now click on the “Margins” button.

Step 12 - Select the “Custom Margins” button at the bottom.

Step 13 - You want to have the top and bottom margins be .5” and the right and left at .3” (a pop-up might appear that says that these settings are outside the normal range.  Just click 'ok' - NOT fix!)

Step 14 - I chose to do a cute border around my coupons, but it is totally an OPTION not a MUST.  If you want each of the boxes to have a border, select the “Page Borders” button (in the “Page Layout” tab).

Step 15 - Select which border you want and the size. You can also select where the borders will go (just on the outsides, insides, or all 4 sides of the box).  I did mine around all 4 sides. 

Step 16 - Your coupons are now ready to make cute!  I, of course, wanted a cute font so I chose to  use the font “Papyrus”.  I also wanted a cute picture on the coupons.  I found a cute picture of some lips in the clip art section.

Step 17 - I then added a text box on each coupon, where I typed each coupons "value" into.  To find a text box go to the “Insert” tab in Word and select the “Text Box” button. You can place the text box anywhere you want to on the coupons.  I centered mine.

Step 18 - Now you are ready to type.  Make sure you make your first coupon similar to a title page, explaining what this book is.  Once you have finished typing your coupons, they are ready to print.

Step 19- I printed mine on 2 different colors of card stock (and alternated them through the whole book). Print the coupons.

Step 20 - Now you get to cut each coupon out. Make sure they are all the same size. (It's easiest to use a paper cutter, but if you don't have one scissors will work just fine too)

Step 21 - To bind, I punched 2 holes on the left side of each coupon (make sure to line all them up properly), then I alternated my colors and stacked them in a pile.

Step 22 - I then cut about 4-6 inches of ribbon, put it through the holes, and tied a knot.

Step 23 - Now you are finished. Have fun!

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