How to Make a Brown Paper Bag Book Cover

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Make a paper bag book cover.

A paper bag book cover is one of the easiest and least expensive methods of covering a book to protect it. It is environmentally friendly too!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

To make a paper bag book cover, you will need a book, a paper bag from the grocery store, scissors, and some scotch tape.

Step 1

Gather your materials. To make a paper bag book cover, you will need a book, a paper bag from the grocery store, scissors, and some scotch tape.
Step 2

Trim the paper bag down the side and across the bottom.
Step 3

Trim off excess and roughly size to book leaving about 2" from the gutter of the book at the spine. This allows the cover the most "staying power" wrapping the book.
Step 4

Fold in at the head and foot of the book parallel with the top of the book and fold the printed side in so the blank side will show on the outside.
Step 5

Insert the front and back covers of the book into the sleeve created with the folded-in paper bag cover.
Step 6

Add a piece of tape at the head and foot of the front and back covers to help secure the cover to the book. You're good to go!