8 Flap Book To make this book, use an 8 ½ x 11 inch sheet of paper and fold it vertically (hotdog fold). Next, fold the paper in half horizontally, again and again, until you have created 16 sections. Open the paper flat and cut only one side from the edge to the vertical fold along each of the horizontal folds. Do not cut past the middle fold. This 8 Flap Book is good for recording vocabulary words and definitions. It can also be used for anything that has 8 parts, like the 8 parts of speech. Denise White, 2007