How To Make A Paper Book Cover

First lay the book on the paper. How to Make a Paper Bag Book Cover 1.

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Flip the bag to the plain side and draw your design.

How to make a paper book cover. Make a fold at the 2cm line from the edge to act as your guide and attach the first edge to your book cover. Wrap the paper up across the bottom of the book. Place the book in the center of the paper and fold the paper against the top and bottom edges of the book to make creases.

Leave a width that you feel like and fold it over on the first edge and. And that is all there is to it. You can use double-sided tape.

Using the book you want to cover as a size guideline measure or. You dont need to measure anything just eyeball it. Prepare your paper bag.

Then turn the book over and attach the other end making sure it sits tight. Depending on the size of the book you want to cover you can use a paper grocery bag. Then add 6 inches 3 inches to cover both sides of the book.

To find the width of the book lay the book open and measure the width with a measuring tape or ruler. Start by slitting open a large paper bag and removing the bottom of the bag. Wrap the paper up across the top of the book.

Use your fingers or a tool a popsicle stick is fabulous for this and press the paper against the books. Cut out your book titles and attach the double-sided tape to the long edges. Open your book and lay it onto the paper cover side down.

Covering the Book Download Article 1. Begin with a piece of paper big enough to wrap around the closed book adding at least two inches on all sides. Place your book down on top of the paper and line it up with that folded edge.

Make a crease along the bottom cover. Paper Bag Book Cover Tutorial This cover is created almost the same way as the other design. Remove the book and fold the paper down neatly along these creased lines keeping folds smooth and even.

Place the book on top of the bottom fold so the edges are even. We used this cover with our pop up book tutorial. Next measure the height of the book and add 3 inches 1 ½ inches to cover the top and bottom of the book.

Lay your paper pretty side face down. Make a simple book cover using paper a ruler and a bone folder or the edge of scissors. Cut paper to size.

Push the book up approximately a quarter of an inch 025 and fold the top of the paper downward. Cut the paper to size using the measurements for your book. Measure the Spine of Your Book Using your ruler and pencil make a light mark at the halfway point on one side of the cardboard 925 inches and then mark a half-inch on both sides of the center.

Cut your paper with an extra 1 12 above the top and bottom guides and an extra 3 over the side guides. With a pencil mark the edges of your open book onto the paper as guides.

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