meet me in paris Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 And how did you do it? I thought I could do it with contact paper and it turned into an I Love Lucy episode in my kitchen. ;) Really don't want to shell out $1.25 a piece to do it at Kinko's. Are there any other ways to protect them? They cost a fortune! TIA - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Has plastic small page protectors & binders - relatively cheap & easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnia Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Do you have a school supply store near you? Ours offers roll laminator services by the foot. You have to cut them apart at home, but it is much more economical than by-the-piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinMominTX Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I purchased a laminator from WalMart for about $30 and the laminator pouches from Sams Club for $30 for 200. I spent about 2 hours running them through the laminator and cutting them apart. With the laminator pouches you can do two per laminating pouch. It took me about 2 hours and it was pretty easy. I then used a two-hole hole puncher to make the holes and purchased binder rings from the school supply store. Not too difficult and they held up really well with LOTS of use this past year. My girls have more years of Classical Conversations Foundation and I think they will easily last that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meet me in paris Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I purchased a laminator from WalMart for about $30 and the laminator pouches from Sams Club for $30 for 200. I spent about 2 hours running them through the laminator and cutting them apart. With the laminator pouches you can do two per laminating pouch. It took me about 2 hours and it was pretty easy. I then used a two-hole hole puncher to make the holes and purchased binder rings from the school supply store. Not too difficult and they held up really well with LOTS of use this past year. My girls have more years of Classical Conversations Foundation and I think they will easily last that long. Bingo! I think this is the ticket! Target had the pouches $6/20 (5x7) but that seemed steep since I need 140 of them. $30 for 200 seems like a much better deal, especially if I can get 2 in each one. I don't have a WalMart - do you think Sam's has the laminators? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meet me in paris Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Has plastic small page protectors & binders - relatively cheap & easy. I searched all over Michael's today. The closest I could find were 8x8 pages - nothing for 5x7. The shopping gods were not on my side today - I found nothing I was hunting for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I second looking for a teacher supply store. It's really cheap/per foot and I got 4 sets of the history cards laminated for under $20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlutterbyMommy Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I took mine to a school supply store (The School Box) and they laminated for me. I opted for convenience (they spent 30 minutes doing it for me while we shopped) and it cost me $16. However, others at my CC group took theirs to a small school supply store and it cost them less than $3 to run them all through themselves. I punched two holes at the bottom of mine and put rings on them for easy flipping. It has been very convenient. If you run them yourself at an independent store, you could probably do the whole thing, rings and all, for $5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland_Mom Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I slipped my cards in 5x7 page protectors and store my cards in a half size binder. I spent about $45 for the protectors and two binders. (I didn't want one huge fat binder, so I have half of the cards in each binder.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinMominTX Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Yes. I am almost positive they have them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meet me in paris Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I took mine to a school supply store (The School Box) and they laminated for me. I opted for convenience (they spent 30 minutes doing it for me while we shopped) and it cost me $16. However, others at my CC group took theirs to a small school supply store and it cost them less than $3 to run them all through themselves. I punched two holes at the bottom of mine and put rings on them for easy flipping. It has been very convenient. If you run them yourself at an independent store, you could probably do the whole thing, rings and all, for $5. THAT is blowing my brain. :confused: $5 for 140 cards? I would be laminating everything in sight! The cheapest quote I got around here (DC area) is $3/sq ft. It must be some kind of a racket. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I searched all over Michael's today. The closest I could find were 8x8 pages - nothing for 5x7. The shopping gods were not on my side today - I found nothing I was hunting for! I have old binders from when I worked; they were storage binders for my Day-Timer pages. They work nicely for VP cards too. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have mine in an Avery "memo-sized" binder (stocked at Staples, but sometimes you have to ask to find them) and page-protectors (also stocked at Staples). I've been very, very happy with the set-up -- much more so than years ago when I tried to laminate and put the cards on a ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Mom Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I just bought the small page protectors at Staples this week. We have used this approach (with a small binder) for both our Bible and history cards for a couple years and it has kept our cards in great condition in spite of the handling by my two not so careful boys. I was worried the cards would slip out the top if the binders were upturned or put in the cabinet upside down :glare: but it has been a great solution for us. I too have had the I Love Lucy laminating moments....not fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Get the laminator or borrow one:-) It's surprising how many people have them:-) Then, OregonLam.com has the 6x9 pouches. No cutting apart! It's great and they last longer with no cutting. The ML is thicker than most rolls of lamination, too. These have rounded corners. The code is IN5RC You have them in a couple of days. The shipping is a flat $5.95 and I order for everyone in my group. You can ask others if they wanna go in with you:-) I also purchase rings that pilots use....from Flyboys.com They don't bite your cards when turning them. I actually hole punch in the bottom, since they fall over when practicing. Carrie:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 a friend of mine has one of those heatless laminate machines. The cheap kind, that uses a roll of paper. The rolls cost around $30, I don't remember how much the machine is, but it comes with 1 roll. You can do at least 2 sets of cards with a roll. My friend got hers at Staples. Walmart use to carry it too. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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