Papermonster Giveaway

I am so excited to share my new toy with you!

I got this in the mail about a week or so ago but have been so busy have not yet had the time to open it and try it out. Imagine my surprise when it came with all of this (note: I received a start package with my machine in order to complete this review):

When I was working in each quarter we made books for each individual student with their goals and worksheets for that quarter. It was a great way to keep track of progress on IEP goals. The problem was finding a time to use the schools single binding machine to create over 40 individual books.

I have had dreams of being able to make these books at home at my leisure. Uhhh huh... dreams people. I can make class books whenever I want. No endless gossiping while thinking "hurry up peeps I got things to do!"

My first thought... this is gonna be expensive! It actually is quite affordable. A package of 100 combs is only $4.50. Plastic covers are $10 for 100 (I don't usually use these). I usually use card stalk for the covers and they have 100 packs starting at $16! That had got to be the cheapest I have ever seen it.

Plus they have this amazing metallic line... no clue what to use it for but it looks like glitter!!! Glitter covers people... can you imagine it? I held in the girly squeal of excitement as hubby is in the room. He equates excited girly squeals with the balance in our checking account diminishing.

After all that excitement.... I wanted to know how easy this was going to be to use. 

The more pages you put in the harder it is to whole punch. I liked using about 8 pages at a time. Any more than 12 and I had to use a lot of muscle. Make sure ya get it all the way in. If you put in too many at once then you might not punch the paper correct. So less is better!

Load from back to front and make sure that you are putting the pages in the right side up so that the spine is on the left.

Make sure you use both handles so that you close it up smoothly. You slide it out of the locking mechanism to release and there is your book. It took me about 5 minutes to make the first one but I had a lot of helpers. It would take me about 3 minutes to create a book minus helpers and reading instructions.

Speaking of helpers... this item comes with a few warnings!

While checking my camera to make sure all the pictures were clear I heard "Thanks Mama for the Christmas present!" and snapped this of my baby trying to take the machine off to his lair. While wrestling with the bear and reclaiming my papermonster....

I hear "Awesome! I can create a new book!" and captured this picture. I shoulda known my "helpers" had their own agendas. They are now off writing stories and drawing pictures. The bear (my baby) is the middle one's walking dictionary. I love how they are so excited about writing and left the video games in the dust.

The boys would like you to know it is so easy to use that they could sneak out of bed at midnight to make their own books.

The best news... MyBinder is having a sale and I am giving away a PaperMonster! =)

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Good luck!