How to Make a Paper Bag Book Cover
Learn How to Make a Paper Bag Book Cover using a grocery bag or other decorative paper to easily cover and protect your books.
Cost: $0
Equipment
- Books to cover
- Scissors
Ingredients
- Brown paper bag from the grocery
- OR Brown paper to wrap packages
- Tape
Instructions
- Cut the bottom of the brown bag off by carefully clipping all around the edge of the bottom. With that off you can just cut up the side of the bag and lay it out flat, printed side up.
- Place your book on top and fold up the bag to make a crease along the bottom edge of the book. Then continue to fold the bag all the way across.
- With the bottom of the edge of the book in that first fold, do the same thing to the top of the book. Fold the bag up to make a crease along the top edge of the book. Continue to fold the bag all the way across.
- Now the book should fit well right between these two folds. Take the book off the bag for a moment. Trim the folded-up parts of the bag to about two inches wide.
- With the two folded flaps flat against the bag, place the book on top. Open the front cover of the book and tuck about 3 inches of the paper bag inside. Close the cover and crease the bag well on the sides of the book. Wrap the paper around the back of the book and tuck in the sack. You want this to tuck in about 3 inches wide so trim offthe extra paper bag. Crease the cover on the sides of the book. Take the book out again.
- On the inside front flap of the book cover, tape down just the bottom layer of the flap to the front cover. Do this to the top and the bottom of the flap. Repeat this step with the back book cover flap.
- Now, carefully slide your front book cover into the pocket of the front flap.
- Open the book to the back cover and slide it into the pocket of the back flap. Gently close the book and let it nestle into the book cover.