How do I laminate small pieces of paper?

Question

I am making a reward chart for my daughter and want to know how I can laminate the items I want to stick onto the chart to make them re-usable.
I'm new to all this!!!

I have a laminator already.
I just wasn't sure if putting them all on the same sheet and cutting them out would work.
Will they definitely be bonded all round each one?

Answer 1

If I have a few small bits of paper to laminate I put them all into one laminating sheet and put the sheet through the laminator. Then I cut around the smaller sections. You waste some of the laminating sheet but it's probably the easiest way of doing it. You have to make sure that the smaller pieces of paper don't overlap and also that they don't move inside the sheet while you are putting it through the laminator.

Answer 2

Cutting Laminated Paper

Answer 3

Basically you need laminating pockets and a heater. These pockets are 2 sheets of heat reactive plastic joined at one end. You place the materials to be laminated in them and then feed slowly through a purpose made heater. As it comes out of the other end and cools, the 2 sheets are fused together and form a solid sheet with you stuff in the middle.

A few points - only use a propriatory heater. Always use the "carrier" (a plastic envelope) that is supplied with the pockets. Don't turn the heat up too high as it makes it crinkle the plastic. Make sure there is a margin around the item to allow the plastic to bond adequately all around the edge. Cut out the pieces to the required size, but remeber to round the corners off as these can be very sharp.

Materials available from high street shops, you can buy a heater or pay a small amount to a print shop to do it, or chat up friends who use thm in the office.

Good luck

Answer 4

I use the small sheets at Office Depot or Staples. They come in a pack of several sheets that are the size of standard notebook paper. Probably around $6 for 20 sheets. I use this when someone I know is in the newspaper and I cut it out, "laminate" and send to them! (My son is 16 now - I miss reward charts. They are so fun!)

Answer 5

You can get clear contact paper and lay them down on it and then fold it over the top of them and cut out around them or go buy one of the small laminating machines and use it. I have used the contact paper when I was teaching for head start & a private school and it worked great for the whole year of teaching, it is also something you can have your child help you with. you can use fun tack to stick them to the chart or cut tiny little peices of velcro that has the adhesive on it place one peice on the chart and the other peice on the item to stick to the chart, I know where I live in Canada you can get clear contact paper and the self adheisive velcro at the dollar store. Good Luck to you Have fun

Answer 6

Laminating sheets come in A4 sizeor smaller (A5) so just sandwich your small pieces of paper between the sheets, leaving a sizeable margin around each piece and then when its laminated just cut the pieces out leaving a small margin. Obviously you'll need access to a laminating machine!

Answer 7

If you only wqnt to laminate small things go to a craft/hobby shop and ask for the Xyron X150 and a repositionable adhesive refill. Machine and extra refill should cost around £10. This is a small X shaped machine which allows you to make small pieces of paper or card into stickers. Refills are available in permanent or repositionable adhesive.
Larger Xyron machines can make banners, magnets as well.

Another way to make removable bits would be to use Velcro or Sellotape hook and loop pads. You would need the pack containing both types (they are also sold separately). Use a hook pad on the back of your paper and the loop pad on your board. They can be separated with a good tug. You could strengthen your paper with a varnish such as Glossy Accents.

Answer 8

You need a laminator and some laminator pouches. For small stuff, I buy A4 pouches and arrange the little bits on them before feeding them through, then cut them out. A library, school or most offices have laminators these days, you might be able to use theirs.

Answer 9

Go to WHSmith's or Woolworths, you can buy clear sticky plastic on a roll (the backing is a red/white check). I've used it to do small pieces before and it's fine, not quite as sturdy or thick as laminating the paper but it does the job nicely and you can write on it endlessly with dry wipe marker. I think they are about £3 - £4 a roll.

Answer 10

Try your local library and see if they have a laminater. You can also buy smaller sheets of laminate to use for smaller jobs at Office Depot.