How to wrap an old calendar in a book cover. Teach you how to use waste paper to wrap a book cover.

Do you still remember the joy when you were a child when a new book was just released? You carefully took it home and quickly found a good-looking old calendar to wrap the book cover. It felt super warm when the whole family worked on it together. Now that we have grown up, we can wrap book covers for books that we like to collect, or books that need to be used frequently, so that the books will not get dirty. Let me talk about a simple method of wrapping book covers. Let’s see how to use waste paper to wrap beautiful book covers! If you happen to not like plastic book covers, you should read this tutorial on old paper book covers.

Method/Steps

1. 1Cut one side of the paper bag open.
2. 2Cut off the bottom of the paper bag , so that you have a big piece of kraft paper.
3. 3Place the book in the center of the paper.
4. 4Put the bottom side of the paper up Fold, leaving a horizontal crease.
5. 5Refer to step 4, put the paper Fold the top side down.
6. 6Use a ruler to measure the width of the folded paper, it should be no less than 4 cm.
7. 7Take the book away.
8. 8Place the upper and lower sides of the paper according to Fold the creases just now downward and upward respectively. What is left at this time is a rectangular piece of paper, large enough to cover the entire book.
9. 9Place the folded book in the middle of the paper. Fold it from left to right to cover the book. The upper and lower covers should be about the same size.
10. 10According to the size of the cover, The left side of the book cover is folded in, leaving a crease. Then insert the cover into the crease until the left side of the cover touches and is flush with the crease.
11. 11Refer to step 10, fold the book cover The right side of is also folded in.
12. 12Then close the book. The width of the book cover is generally at least 15 cm.
13. 13If the book cover looks docile, then do it alright. If the book cover seems a little loose, or the upper and lower folds are not very smooth, you can use transparent glue to stick the inside of the book cover to make it smoother.

Tips

• If you can't find kraft paper, go to the store and buy a roll of wrapping paper. Then cut out a piece big enough to wrap the entire book, remembering to leave at least 8 cm folded inward on each side.
• Do not glue the book cover to the book cover. Because every time the book is opened, the cover will actually move a little, and if it sticks to the cover, the cover will be torn.
• You can put a layer of transparent glue on the book cover, which will make the book cover stronger. First take off the book cover and lay it flat on the table. Carefully apply the transparent glue all over the book cover without leaving any air bubbles. After pasting it, just put the book cover back on the book.
• If you have a scanner and printer at home, you can also scan the front cover, back cover and spine of the book, print them out, and paste them on the wrapped book cover.
• If your child likes it and the school allows it, you can let your child decorate the cover of the book.

What do you want to prepare?

• Paper bag or wrapping paper
• Scissors
• Scotch tape (optional)
• Things to decorate book covers (optional)
• Cardboard placed inside the book cover for reinforcement (optional)
• A book

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