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How to Make A Cardboard Record Cover

If you find yourself with a naked vinyl record without a sleeve, you don't have many choices when it comes to protecting it. When vinyl records were still standard format, you could buy empty sleeves without much hassle. But that's not the case today. Your best bet is to just make your own cover out of thin cardboard stock. The sleeves will fit right on the shelf with your collection.

Things You'll Need

1 22-inch by 28-inch sheet of poster board
Metal ruler
Craft knife
Craft glue
Bone folder or scissors

Instructions

- 1
  Measure a 12 1/2-inch by 25-inch rectangle on the poster board. Find the midpoint on the long side of the rectangle, at 12 1/2 inches, and make a straight line in the center, leaving you with two squares.
- 2
  Extend the top and bottom of one of the squares by 1 inch. These will be the tabs that hold the cover together.
- 3
  Cut around the outer lines of the rectangle, including the tabs, using a craft knife and metal ruler so the lines are perfectly straight. Do not cut the center line.
- 4
  Fold the tabs so that they turn inward. Slide a bone folder or the back of a scissors blade over the fold to make it sharp.
- 5
  Fold the rectangle into a square along the center line so the tabs are on the inside.
- 6
  Open the cover and apply a small amount of glue to the tabs. Do not get glue anywhere else on the cardboard, or you won't be able to slide a record into the cover. Fold the front so that it meets the tabs and press it down.
- 7
  Allow the glue to dry completely before putting a record in the cover.

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