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Paperbag Book Cover

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Some classes at your school may require you to cover your books for the school year. Instead of going out and spending money on book covers that may or may not be one size fits all, you can make your own for free out of a paper bag. The Spanish teachers at our school demonstrate the method I'm going to show you here.

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Step 1Materials

Making this book cover is very simple. That materials you will need are:

A paper bag
A book to be covered
Scissors
Tape

Be sure to use tape that will stick to the book and won't detach itself. Don't use duct tape or any other tape that will leave a residue or tear away at the book.

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25 comments

Oct 20, 2010. 4:27 PMpopa27272 says:

a great way to make sure that ur book cover doesn't get those annoying rips is to then go over the cover with box tape, which also turns ur book into ur own whiteboard

Feb 9, 2010. 1:35 AMonoffpt says:

No description about book corners and other problematic areas.
This makes it very obvious and with no additional value.

Sep 14, 2008. 8:36 PMScammah says:

I have done this along time ago. I'm just curious why would some classes require you to cover your books? I thought it was just something cool to do.

Sep 15, 2008. 9:03 AMandrea0701 says:

If I recall correctly, it saves the book covers and makes them last longer, so the school doesn't have to replace books so often (so it's a money-saver)

Sep 15, 2008. 6:49 PM

Weissensteinburg says:

Yep, in french, we have brand new books this year, so they want us to keep them nice with book covers. It also is a barrier to that urge to draw all over them.

Sep 15, 2008. 7:26 PMcraig3 says:

Your school gives you books? everyone i know and myself have to buy all our books ourselfs

Sep 15, 2008. 7:31 PM

Weissensteinburg says:

Are you in college?

Sep 15, 2008. 8:07 PMcraig3 says:

nah, im australian and we dont even have college

Sep 16, 2008. 3:11 AM

Weissensteinburg says:

You don't have universities?

Sep 16, 2008. 4:11 AMcraig3 says:

oh no, we have universities but you just dont live there

Sep 16, 2008. 11:49 AM

Weissensteinburg says:

You don't necessarily live there...you just have to live close enough to get there for class every day.

Feb 23, 2009. 1:16 PMmg0930mg says:

We don't use textbooks. All electronics. Our science, we use the Wii, computers, dreamcast, and projectors. I am actually getting the sciencetoo, since we're not sitting there bored...