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!!!!
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.
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. 🙂
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.
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.
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!
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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I thought you would be too young to remember these!!! Did you decorate yours with markers like I did?
Of course. Until junior high, then I was too cool to do that! Just the brown paper was good enough.
I remember! Those were the good old days, weren’t they?
Indeed they were! Now there are book sox that the kids use so all the fun is taken out of decorating those book covers!
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.
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. 🙂
Yes, yes, yes. I remember the grocery bag book covers. No markers decorating mine, though. That’s some marketing genius on HyVee’s part.
I agree it is genius. I may have to make one just for the memory of it! 🙂
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.
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.
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!!!
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!
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.
There are a lot of us out there that remember!!! I loved that HyVee did this.
I never saw that before. Thanks for sharing.
Cool Bag!! We never have such a thing here, well not in my time
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You are probably way too young to have done it even if they do it there!!! 🙂
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!
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.
I remember making our own book covers out of grocery sacks. Love that HyVee gives directions on their bag.
I know–I guess it is a tutorial for those who never had the privilege of making them! 🙂
We used to do that too, but never saw a bag like this!
Pretty cool, huh?
Making the covers is a very good idea and helps kids to be creative and helps the books as well.
Remember us making them?
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!