“You can decide how many pages you want to have in your paper bag book,” Hale said. “This one has 10.” Next, glue the bags on top of each other.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the plastic bag ban in effect Sunday, there may actually be a renewed interest in the brown paper bag -- once used for covering school books, as most Gen Xers may recall.

Follow the steps outlined in the map book cover project to make a basic book cover out of the grocery bag. Cover the paper bag book cover with duct tape.

The intriguing front cover is made from a paper bag die-cut wrap, to make it appear as though the book itself is within a paper bag. Inside are 72 pages of beautifully preserved artefacts from small, ...