CatholicMom Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 What are the options I should think about? I wonder if I can do it myself somehow? I'm thinking a spiral-notebook type of binding would be *ideal*. Does Staples do that? (Anyone know how much they charge?) I know a binder would be easier accomplished, but I'd like it to lay nice and flat and be durable because I'm planning to use this thing all year. But then again if I end up scrapping or adding pages, binders make it easy to pop the pages out. Oh, the decisions... Thoughts? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I'm binding my planner with my proclick binder. It is like a spiral bound, but the binding is able to snap open to add or discard pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I make my own planner every school year and have it spiral bound by a local office supply store. They usually charge me around $2.50 for the binding and the plastic covers. One year, I asked if they could put a heavy-duty clear cover on the front and back - and they did for no extra charge! This year, they didn't have the heavy-duty stuff, so I put in a cardstock page in the back and one just after my title page in the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaRules Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I got mine bound at FedEx (Kinko's) for $5.49 each. One was over an inch thick, the other one was under an inch. Both were the same price. I don't have a proclick system, but that would probably be optimal. I went to Staples and had them cut the binding off a bunch of books so I could 3-hole punch them, and they cut it really crooked. I have taken stuff there before and never had issues. The people at Fed Ex, well they do it all the time, so from here on out, my stuff is going there. Cutting binding was $2 at Staples, $1.49 at FedEx. So prices are probably comparable. I bought some tabs that are like post-it note material and stick on your page and are removable if you want to move them...and I labeled where everything is. I did have some cardstock in between specific areas, but the tabs are great. They were $3.99 or something at Staples, but so worth it! Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I do a spiral bind at my local office shop for like 2$. Sometimes I'll buy a fancy looking file folder and cut it to use as the front and back or the binder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I've had one bound at Staples for 3.25. That included clear plastic front and heavy duty back cover. If I wasn't so close to finishing this homeschool thing, I would invest in a pro-click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I just had an odd-size book cut and bound for $4 at Staples. I've printed off many things (MEP TMs, record books) and taken them to Staples to bind. If your book is too thick, it will be floppy (about 1/2" thick seems to be nice, the 1" MEP books are very floppy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatholicMom Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Whoa, it is way cheaper to bind than I was afraid of! That's good to know. And I was looking at a Pro-click, too! My love of office supplies is telling me to order one for myself so I can zip-zip those pages myself and bind until my heart's content.. But the pro-click "system" is 60-70 bucks. Darn. Anyway, thanks for the input. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothergooseof4 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I bought one a couple of years ago and love it! You need one! That and my laser printer have been the best purchases I have ever made for our hs. I use the proclick bindings for all workbooks and our planners. For larger books I have some spiral bindings that fit the proclick puncture pattern. And, Office Depot only charges 75¢ to cut off a binding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I use Kinko's every year for my planner and it is $5 to bind it with a nice plastic cover and backing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrayshire Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I'm binding my planner with my proclick binder. It is like a spiral bound, but the binding is able to snap open to add or discard pages. :iagree:WE do the same! I'll be using this kind of plan for my 1st grader instead of scholaric like my two olders. I still love to pencil in for my younger.....We always add and take away....Plus, proclick makes that all happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymom Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I made my planner as well as planners for all my kids this year and bound them with a Proclick. I was hesitant to spend the money at first, but I LOVE the thing. It's already gotten a lot of use, and we haven't even started schooling again after the summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I like to use a half-inch binder and have it be easy for me to move things in & out. My actual schedule pages are loose-leaf in the front or back pocket, so I pull the current page out and place it on top for the "lay flat" quality I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) I'm binding my planner with my proclick binder. It is like a spiral bound, but the binding is able to snap open to add or discard pages. I just got a ProClick hole-punchy thing a few weeks ago, and I LOVE it. I put together my own planner and had it spiral bound at Staples about 6 months ago, because I don't like the bulky awkwardness of binders. But then I had to give up the convenience of changing things around when I found a better arrangement (except that I cheated a little and had some page protectors bound in as part of the planner, and the sheets in there I could switch around, which was something at least). I put together another planner with a ProClick binding shortly after I got the thing, and am finding it to really be the best of both worlds. It "lives" just like a spiral binding, flexible and flat, and the pages turn very easily and stay open where I want them, and all that good spiral binding stuff. But when I decide I really want this section before that one, or think of another kind of list I really need to add in it's just a matter of popping it open, making the changes, and popping it closed again, just like a binder. Me likey very much. Edited July 20, 2012 by MamaSheep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugsMama Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Can someone link me to the proclick they like on amazon? There are so many! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I have this one, and I like it: http://www.amazon.com/GBC-ProClick-Desktop-Binding-Machine/dp/B00006IAS3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330574233&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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