Recycling Old Books For Fun Family Crafts

You used to be a book collector, but now want to get rid of those old books? If this is the case and you are still puzzled on how to recycle your old books, then you are going to get some really amazing ideas here. Your old books can fetch you a lot of money and you can even use them for other purposes. Read on to know about some really cool practical ideas about recycling old books.

Invisible Book Shelf: For those of you who have books with nice spines, the idea of turning them into invisible bookshelves will be the best idea. Just by using some pen, wood screws, L bracket, glue and your old book, you can make an invisible bookshelf.

Secret Hollow Book: Just hollow out your old fat book and use it as a secret hollow book. You just need a ruler, pen, box and cutter along with your book to make this hollow book. The main objective is to hollow out the book and use it to hide other small secret books in it.

Lift The Flap Book: In case, you have toddlers at home, then the best idea for you to recycle your old books is to transform them into lift the flap books. Kids simply love such books and you can make them yourself at home using your old books. More than your kids you would love to see your kids playing with your own old books, in the form of a lift the flap book.

iPod Case: You can also be a little more innovative by turning up your old book into an iPod case. Simply use a cutter, ruler and you can make an iPod case for your iPod. Just measure your iPod size and cut the same size from the book and make your iPod stand or keep it inside it for safety.

Other Ideas:
Apart from the above-mentioned ideas for recycling old books, try the following ideas too.

• Donate the old books to the needy poor children who can’t afford to buy those books on their own. This is the noblest thing you can do with your old books.
• You can also set up a table in a church and let people drop off their old books and magazines. Later, you can sell them at 50% to the needy people and give that money for charity.
• Donating old books to the Help Literacy missions and NGOs is yet another idea for a perfect utilization of old books.
• In case you have your old college books, then, you can get good pocket money by re-selling them to your juniors or other students.

So, now we assume that you have got several ideas for recycling your old books. Just try any of these ideas and make the best utilization of your old books and make space for new ones. Just a bit crafty or a bit kind-hearted and you will be able to recycle your books in various ways.