a brown paper grocery bag that can be decorated an old map for history lovers or travelers sheet notes for musicians magazine pages for fashion and beauty enthusiasts construction paper or wrapping paper for crafters
If you are using printed paper like a brown grocery bag or magazine pages, place it printed side up so that any designs you don’t want shown on your cover will be hidden.
You can adjust your book’s placement to make sure the edges meet evenly. This will create even side flaps for your book cover.
For a cool effect, cut pictures into shapes first, then affix them to your book cover in an interesting pattern.
Cut a square or rectangle smaller than your photo. You can always trim it further if it is not big enough for your photo.
Gently crumple the paper circles to add texture and dimension to them. [11] X Research source Stick a safety pin through one end of the twine to make threading the circles easier. [12] X Research source