Decorative Vases made from old books

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These gorgeous vases made from old books are not only pretty but a great topic of conversation too! A great way to preserve an old classic that you can't bear to part with but may have started to become illegible! Or take advantage of car boot sales/op shops to stock up on cheap books!

Material

1 Old book
1 Sheet card stock/thin cardboard
1 Scissors/Stanley knife

Method

Create a template by drawing the profile of half a vase on a sheet of card stock or thin cardboard.
Cut the template out and insert into the first page of an old book. With the flat side of the template snug against the binding, cut along the template with a sharp knife, gradually slicing through all the pages of the book
Cut the covers off the book and remove the template. Then, open the book and fold it backward before gluing the back pages together.

Notes

Quick, easy and the finished item is awesome!

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- nadine_hill
- 13 Jun 2017
  7:47 pm

64 Comments

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 17 Jan 2019
    11:32 pm
I love books and find the idea of cutting them up ….just somehow wrong.
Plus I don’t think that the finished ‘vase’ is that attractive. >\o/<

- - mom19782016 said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    5:32 pm
I kinda like this idea but I don’t think I could ever cut up a book!!!

- - mom70876 said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    11:54 pm
Different. I thought it was like a paper maiche things from the title.

- - LuckyMum said
  - 29 Nov 2018
    10:45 pm
What a unique idea !

- - mish06 said
  - 28 Nov 2018
    11:31 pm
Like many others, I have never seen this before. They are amazing. Would make a great project for tweens plus your could make so many shapes. Let your imagination go wild.

- - Stef said
  - 29 Sep 2018
    4:17 pm
Wow I’ve never seen anything like this before! Such a cool idea! Great for the school holidays.

- - caramello said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    8:40 pm
wow, I love this idea. Thanks for sharing.

- - kjgarner said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    9:31 pm
The look cool and you could hang them to decorate the home

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    2:23 pm
They look really good, lots of fun to make, great way to recycle. But are really just dust collectors 🙁
- kjgarner replied
  
  30 Jun 2018 , 9:53 pm
  Yeah but will be fun to make
- - mom111059 said
  - 14 Jun 2018
    4:32 pm
Such a unique idea for a project. Thanks for sharing this. I love books but with so many just gathering dust this would be a wonderful way to show them off.

- - mom265671 said
  - 11 Jun 2018
    11:13 pm
Really clever and awesome idea as a gift

- - mom74005 said
  - 01 Jun 2018
    5:23 pm
This is a pretty cool idea to get the kids creatively thinking

- - Carly said
  - 14 May 2018
    1:09 pm
I have so many old books around, now I have something to do with them
- mom19782016 replied
  
  10 Mar 2019 , 4:48 pm
  Eeek. I don’t know if I could cut up my books!
- - leveestee said
  - 23 Apr 2018
    12:22 pm
How gorgeous are these! They would be beautiful at a themed party. Thank you for sharing the clever idea! You could let your imagination run wild and do all sorts.

- - mom111059 said
  - 01 Jan 2018
    9:33 pm
I love recycling and this is a wonderful project. Thanks for sharing.

- - mom268076 said
  - 25 Nov 2017
    4:23 pm
As a book lover and arts and craft lover I’m so going to do this.

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 06 Nov 2017
    9:26 pm
This actually looks nice but do you need certain books how does it all stay together..?

- - Kasey said
  - 31 Oct 2017
    4:56 pm
WOW this craft looks amazing, such a great idea.

- - mom160421 said
  - 26 Oct 2017
    1:25 pm
They look nice but I would still find it troublesome to cut up a book.

- - mom81879 said
  - 18 Oct 2017
    9:46 am
They look awesome. Not sure they’ll be anything more then a dust catcher tho, and I hate dusting