Ever since I saw the preview in theaters months ago, I have been stoked about the new Wonder Woman movie coming out. It looks simply incredible (if you haven’t seen the preview yet, check it out below). That’s why I jumped at the chance to create an awesome Wonder Woman DIY for May’s Movie Monday Challenge. There are a lot of tutorials out there for the Lynda Carter portrayal of Diana Prince so I wanted to create a project that is geared to the more gladiatorial look of the upcoming Wonder Woman. This DIY Wonder Woman Inspired Journal is exactly that. The sentiment “Fight Like a Girl” will be a constant reminder to be empowered and authentic.

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Materials

• Blank Composition Notebook
• Navy Acrylic Paint
• Maroon Acrylic Paint
• White Acrylic Paint
• Champagne Gold Acrylic Paint
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Burnt Umber Acrylic Paint
• Fine Arts Paint Brush
• 2 in Household Paint Brush
• Brown Paper Lunch Bag
• Cricut Tool Kit
• Mod Podge
• Scissors
• Cutting Mat
• Pencil

 

Step 1

First, paint the bottom of the notebook cover navy blue using your fine arts paint brush.

 

Step 2

Next, paint the top of the notebook cover maroon and leave a 2 inch gap in the center of the notebook cover.

Step 3

Set your notebook aside to dry.

 

Step 4

Next cut along a corner fold of your brown paper lunch bag until you reach the bottom. Then cut and remove the bottom rectangle completely. Lay your bag flat as you see in the picture above.

 

Step 5

Place a spare composition notebook on your lunch bag. It does not have to be blank it only needs to be the same size.

 

Step 6

Next, fold in the flap of the lunch bag to the inside of the back cover of your notebook as pictured.

 

Step 7

Wrap the bag around the front cover of your notebook in the same fashion.

Tip:

• Think back to when you made covers for your textbooks in school to help with this part.

 

Step 8

Write the words, “Like A” in the center of the front part of the lunch bag cover in pencil.

 

Step 9

Next, write “Fight” in pencil centered above.

 

Step 10

Lastly, write the word “girl” in cursive underneath the words “Like A” on the cover.

 

Step 11

Remove your paper bag cover from the composition notebook and place it on your cutting mat.

 

Step 12

Begin cutting out your letters using the flat knife from your Cricut tool kit.

 

Step 13

Continue cutting out letters until all of your words are cut out.

Tip:

• If you have trouble getting your letters out of the paper, use the tiny metal “spatula” tool in your Cricut tool kit.

 

Step 14

Age your paper bag by dry brushing black paint and burnt umber paint alternatively over it. Next, crumple up your paper bag and then re-flatten it.

Tips:

• Use your 2 inch household paint brush for this step.
• Take extra caution when dry brushing over your cut out words. You don’t want to rip any of them.
• If your letters are bent or skewed after crumpling your paper bag, carefully flatten them back out and place a heavy book over top.

 

Step 15

Pull your notebook back over and paint a second coat of navy paint on it.

 

Step 16

Next, paint a second coat of maroon paint on it. Allow your paint to dry.

 

Step 17

After your second coats of paint have dried, paint the center strip of your notebook cover white and allow it to dry.

 

Step 18

Once your white paint has dried go over it with a heavy coat of gold paint. Again, allow your paint to dry before moving on.

 

Step 19

Once all of your paint has dried, go over your entire front cover with Mod Podge using your household paint brush.

 

Step 20

Next, place the cut out words part of your paper bag over the Mod Podge and seal in place with an additional coat of Mod Podge. Allow it to dry.

 

Step 21

Turn your notebook over and do the same on the back with the remaining paper bag.

 

Step 22

Seal your journal with a final coat of Mod Podge and allow it to dry.

 

Step 23

Lastly, trim all of the excess edges from your paper bag cover.

 

This DIY Wonder Woman inspired journal turned out fantastically. Looking at it make your inspired to take on the world and “Fight Like a Girl”. What does fighting like a girl mean to you? To me it means fighting with love, strength, and compassion which it what all people should do. Wonder Woman is definitely the kind of role model I want my daughter looking up to. This journal is an excellent reminder of that. Now it’s time to check out the other amazing Wonder Woman ideas from my friends below!

See where I’m linking up!

 

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