Still doing that. I'm reading in public transport, this doesn't ruin covers of books I carry around

Late 90s and 2000s did this too lol It's cheaper and you can decorate it however you want!

We used wallpaper. Which is weird, as we didn't have any wallpapered walls in the house.

We were doing it in the 60s too. 😁

We did this then colored them. Got to replace them when we grew tired of the design.

Oh hell yeah!

I did this every single year! I wonder if I remember how?

I did that in the 60s

Not sure I'm ready for the flashbacks that are about to be forced upon me.

Oh my lord YES

Did this in the 80s and drew heavy metal logos all over them ! Even drew logos for my friends' books, too!

We actually loved doing this cause you could put your own spin on them and decorate em however you wanted. Stickers were HUGE back then so you stickered them up created your own designs, etc. Might have been the only part of school I liked lol

I would raise my hand, but the arthritis in my shoulder prevents it LOL

Like 15 years ago when my kids were just starting school, I went to cover their books and they totally laughed at me! Apparently, the store-bought stretchy covers were all the rage. I was like, "You can't even draw on those!" LOL

I did this with plain wallpaper in the 1970's...

Here in Czechia (before 1993 Czechoslovakia) this wasn't a thing. Before peaceful Velvet Revolution in 1989 paper grocery bags weren't used here, we had ecological net or textile grocery bags. After this historical event we very quickly fell in love with plastic grocery bags (rare item before Velvet Revolution). During last decade We slowly return back to old good textile or net grocery bags (with modern design and materials, of course 🙂 ). Paper grocery bags are used like last 5-10 years but they aren't very liked (terrible durability, very unfriendly relationship with rain or snow, very rarely reusable for another shopping than their plastic rivals - my grandma still use some plastic grocery bags from 80s and 90s!). We usually use prefabricated plastic covers or make them from special plastic folia. If we don't need transparent cover we also use decorative paper for wrapping gifts, newspapers or supermarket flyers. There is also tradition of handmade bookcovers from textile.

Made them in the 60s as well

We did this in the middle and late 50s.

We did that it the '60s too!

i stopped doing this in 2010

we did this in the 60s too.

I used grocery sacks in the 1950s

I loved doing this. It was like a different origami form

I loved doing this!

1960s too!

It's insurance!

I can smell this photo.

Did it in the 50s!

I do indeed!!

Too young for this

As a person who literally can't stand the feel of paper bags, especially the grit from the dirt and other nasties, my books never had these. Even when paper gets folded, making a noise. That noise is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

Yep I remember doing that all the way until I graduated high school

im a teen now and we still do that

This brings back memories!

We also made mats out of newspaper and grocery bags to sit on on playground.

Maybe I did now that you mention it. Or wrapping paper for extra zing.

Wallpaper but with the pattern inside.

and LOVED embellishing them with my colorful artwork - would love to have them now ☺️

Yes from elementary school on!

That's how my mom taught me in the 90s & 00s

These made the best book covers. Very sturdy and you could doodle on them.

I did this in the 60’s

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