How to Create a Menu Cover

You may choose to put graphics on your menu cover, leave it clear or opt for leather or metal jackets.

For small businesses on a budget or organizers looking to host a party, creating a menu cover adds a durable and professional touch to the food and drink list. You can make this item from scratch or customize a design on the web at reasonable costs. A menu cover offers a chance to enhance your existing menu with lasting materials and design.

Things You'll Need

• Paper stock
• Printer
• Laminate or plastic sheets
• Laminator
• Leather, metal or card stock
• Glue
• Binding machine
• String

Instructions

Making the Menu Cover

1. Print your design onto your preferred paper stock. Print just a few at first in order to see if the shape and look is what you want after making a complete menu cover.

2. Laminate the menu or secure it firmly between two sheets of transparent plastic sheets.

3. Cut your material (leather, metal or thick card stock) into a rectangle at least twice the size and slightly larger in scale than the plasticized menu. This will serve as a menu jacket. You can also cut a rectangular shape just larger than the printed paper if you want a one-sheet design.

4. Fold your large piece of material in half. Glue, staple or otherwise fasten the menu design on top. You may want to lay other strips of material around it as a fastening boarder.

Inserting the Content Pages

1. Print the contents of your menu onto your preferred paper stock.

2. Line up the pages in order, and place them inside the menu jacket.

3. Bind the menu together using a binding machine or -- depending on your level of craftiness -- bind the menu with string,

References

• Menu Cover Info: Types of Menu Covers

Resources

• Menu Shoppe
• Impact Menus