Autumn Stack of Books Free Printable

Yay!  Today I finally am posting what so many of you have been asking me for…the autumn stack of books free printable that I showed you in my Fall Home Tour post 2 weeks ago.

Thanks for being so patient. The last two weeks have been crazy busy with a few sponsored posts that got backed up in my posting calendar for various reasons along with 2 Fall Home Tour posts, and a blog hop – I got way behind.  I am happy to be back to a normal posting schedule again :-)

Creating this Autumn quote on a stack of books is the kind of decorating project I love – affordable and super easy.

Here is how I did it along with a free printable .pdf for you to download and print so you can make the book stack for your home.

How to Make an Autumn Stack of Books with Free Fall Printable

supplies needed:

• White books
• White craft paint
• Small paint brush
• Printer and white printer paper
• Paper cutter
• Repositionable glue stick

1. Remove book jackets from books.  Paint over the titles on the bindings with white paint. I did this so the color of the titles does not show through the white paper strips. Let dry. I needed 2 coats to cover the titles.

2. Using a paper cutter, follow the marked lines on each side of the printable to cut the Autumn quote into strips.

3. Center one strip on each book to figure out how much excess paper you need to cut off of each end so each strip is just long enough to be wrapped around the end of the bindings.

4. Trim the strips to the length needed.

5. I used a repositionable glue stick to attach the strips to the books so that I could easily change the quote with the seasons. It has the stickiness of a Post-It note.  Make sure to glue all the edges of the strips as well as the center.

6. I pushed the ends of the paper strips inside the bindings on the books and then smoothed each paper strip with my fingers to make sure each was adhered.

Once each book has the paper strips adhered, stack them and you are done.  I placed mine in my foyer. I found the tray at the thrift store. It was light green and white. I painted the inside orange and used sandpaper to distress the outside.

A creative and affordable way to repurpose old books.  Don’t let the color of books you many already own stop you from doing this. Craft paint can change the color of any book if you can’t find enough books in the color you want.

You can also make the stack in different ways… print out your favorite quotes and sayings…mix and match book and paper colors…lots of possibilities to make a stack of books with a quote on the binding for every season or holiday.

You can see more of my fall decorating ideas in these 2 posts:

Finding Fall Home Tour        Fall Home Tour Part 2

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