Material list:
- Normal book
- Paper cutter
- Liquid glue that dries out transparently (e.g. Bookbinding glue)
- Brush for the glue
- Cardboard (e.g. from a tissue box)
- Decorative paper
- Cutting mat and/or hard cardboard
- Ruler
- Pencil
- 2 Plastic sheet protectors (or cling film)
- Several heavy books as weights
In this video tutorial I'll show you step by step how to make a secret hollow book box.
A hollow book is an amazing and original hiding space, but it can also be a surprising and beautiful way of packaging a gift.
You have so many options for personalising your hollow book: Choose whatever book you like, choose the size of the hole or even do more than one hole, choose the way you want to decorate the inside: with beautiful paper, different fabrics or paint it yourself.
Decorating the interior of the book box could look like this:
You can achieve this look by taking your measurements for your deco paper like the following:
