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August 21, 2013

Wordless Wednesday Back to School Style

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My guess is that the kids today have no clue about making book covers out of grocery bags but who remembers doing this???  Thanks, HyVee , for bringing back some memories!!!!

 

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  1. TBM
    August 21, 2013 at 06:22 am

    Yes! I remember doing this!

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 07:53 am

      I thought you would be too young to remember these!!! Did you decorate yours with markers like I did?

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      1. TBM
        August 21, 2013 at 08:38 am

        Of course. Until junior high, then I was too cool to do that! Just the brown paper was good enough.

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  2. McGuffy Ann
    August 21, 2013 at 08:25 am

    I remember! Those were the good old days, weren’t they?

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 08:31 am

      Indeed they were! Now there are book sox that the kids use so all the fun is taken out of decorating those book covers!

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  3. My Odd Family
    August 21, 2013 at 08:36 am

    I have some of the book covers that Joe decorated in high school. Awesome art. Mine were always a mess (but my grades were better 🙂 Cole will never know the joy or angst since he has never had a text book. At Waldorf schools they make all their own books.

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 08:41 am

      That is amazing you have some of Joe’s!!!! Mine were never works of art but they depicted what was going on in my life at that particular moment. Cole has other fabulous experiences so I doubt he missed all that much. 🙂

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  4. Minnesota Prairie Roots
    August 21, 2013 at 08:43 am

    Yes, yes, yes. I remember the grocery bag book covers. No markers decorating mine, though. That’s some marketing genius on HyVee’s part.

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 08:53 am

      I agree it is genius. I may have to make one just for the memory of it! 🙂

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  5. Rorybore
    August 21, 2013 at 09:34 am

    I don’t remember this, but I think it’s a genius idea. I know my kids would have the Sharpies out in seconds to decorate theirs.

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  6. bocafrau
    August 21, 2013 at 10:12 am

    That’s an awesome idea. Wonder if our Publix stores do the same thing. If my kids’ books ever get here I will have to put covers on all of them – they are so expensive and I’d like them to be in decent shape for the book buy back at the end of year.

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 10:33 am

      You have to buy the books every year? Yikes! I would be putting covers on them, too! I bet your kids would be very creative!!!

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      1. bocafrau
        August 28, 2013 at 11:23 am

        Yes, unfortunately, I have to buy the books – private school doesn’t supply them. But we will be able to sell them back for a fraction of the cost!

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  7. segmation
    August 21, 2013 at 10:24 am

    I agree with you on this. I remember though spending many hours with my kids covering their books. The fun part was watching them color them and make the covers beautiful.

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 10:31 am

      There are a lot of us out there that remember!!! I loved that HyVee did this.

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      1. segmation
        August 21, 2013 at 10:31 am

        I never saw that before. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. Kurome
    August 21, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Cool Bag!! We never have such a thing here, well not in my time
    ~Novroz (too lazy to sign out)

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 01:28 pm

      You are probably way too young to have done it even if they do it there!!! 🙂

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  9. Val - Corn, Beans, Pigs & Kids
    August 21, 2013 at 11:19 am

    I use to make book covers for all of my books in school. In fact, I even had some teachers that had a special time on the first day of school to create a cover for their classroom’s textbook! How fun that Hy-Vee put something on their bags about it!

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 01:27 pm

      Val, I think that is really neat that teachers took time for book cover making!!! I think it could be made into a contest, too–most colorful, best use of incorporating the subject into the artwork, etc. The ideas are limitless! I love that HyVee did that this year.

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  10. pattisj
    August 21, 2013 at 01:25 pm

    I remember making our own book covers out of grocery sacks. Love that HyVee gives directions on their bag.

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 01:26 pm

      I know–I guess it is a tutorial for those who never had the privilege of making them! 🙂

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  11. kzemek
    August 21, 2013 at 07:10 pm

    We used to do that too, but never saw a bag like this!

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 08:01 pm

      Pretty cool, huh?

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  12. Helen Brown
    August 21, 2013 at 07:25 pm

    Making the covers is a very good idea and helps kids to be creative and helps the books as well.

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    1. Beth Ann
      August 21, 2013 at 08:02 pm

      Remember us making them?

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  13. benzeknees
    August 26, 2013 at 06:00 pm

    We did this all the time! Then you could color all over your book cover so people know it’s your book from a distance!

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