With autumn well on its way, we’ve finally started planning our Halloween decorations for this year. We’re never ones for spending a huge amount on decorations, and like to work with what we can find around the house and repurpose.
Since sharing our first-ever attempt at a Halloween themed fireplace mantel with you last year, we’ve had a few requests to share our Halloween book covers with you.
We’re so flattered that you like our book covers and of course, we’re more than happy to share a free downloadable version with you.
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This is how to make your own Halloween Book Covers
Start by preparing your kraft paper.
We used brown packing paper and cut out some A4-sized pieces of paper, but you could use any paper that your printer can print on.
Then all you have to do is print the prepared templates onto the paper and give them a trim to the size of your book. (This is the printer we love and recommend. The ink lasts almost forever).
We chose fairly small books so that it’s possible to print the cover on a standard printer.
Having said that, the paper still doesn’t wrap all the way around the book, but as it’s the reverse side it doesn’t matter too much.
That’s all there is to it.
Whilst there are standard-ish book sizes, the thickness of the spine obviously varies, so we designed the Halloween book covers around some popular books that you may have at home.
Alternatively, you could of course just scale the print up or down to suit the book you’re looking to wrap.
These are the books we used as templates: Potions & Poisons – Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows; Spells & Curses – 50 Shades of Grey & Handbook of Do-It-Yourself Broom Care – 50 Shades of Grey.
If you want to completely cover the whole book, we’ve added a file that just includes the book spines, so that you can just print the spine, cover the book and then glue it on the spine.
If you’d like to make your own spooky Halloween book covers, we’re sharing a free printable so that you can make them, too!
Do you decorate your home for Halloween? We’d love to know if you use our templates and how you get on! So why not take a pic and share it with us over on Instagram?
If you like these Halloween book covers, you will love these free Halloween printables, too!
Karen says
I signed up for the downloadable book covers but never got the email.
Christine says
Thanks for signing up. Please check your spam folder as that’s almost certainly where it ended up. Get in touch again if you’re still having problems and I’ll send it to you directly.
Cx
Maxou says
Hello,
I am preparing a Harry Potter birthday for my daughter
Kind regards
Christine says
Sounds like fun! Have a great party.
Cx
ESperanza says
Buenos días,
me encantan las portadas pero no se como descargarlas, he leído en algunos comentarios que llegan por correo. Me encantaría tener este material si fuera posible.
Muchas gracias de antemano :)
Christine says
There’s a big section in the blog post where it says “Download your free Halloween book covers”. Just enter your email address and you’ll get them sent to you.
Hope that helps!
Cx
Christine says
There’s a big section in the blog post where it says “Download your free Halloween book covers”. Just enter your email address and you’ll get them sent to you.
Hope that helps!
Cx
Donna Jones says
Thank you for the cute book covers. Just got them printed out and cannot wait to cover my books with them!
Christine says
You’re very welcome – so glad that you like them, Donna! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
Happy Halloween!
Cx
Ravin says
I just keep going in circles and getting no where. I love you ideas and want to use them but something isn’t working right.
Christine says
Sorry to hear you’re having problems, Ravin. I’ve checked everything and it seems to be working fine at our end. I’m not sure what problem you’re having, but in order for me to be able to email you the book covers (or anything else for that matter) as I have to comply with the GDPR rules. That’s why you have to confirm you’re okay with it in the opt-in email that you get sent. I’ve resent the email, so please check your spam folder in case it ended up there.
Hope that helps!
Cx
Pearl says
Sorry, but there seems to be a problem with your mail server since more than one person has the same problem. I do not receive any e-mails and I know where the SPAM folder is. I cannot display any mail in a box. Your content is good, but such situations make you question reliability.
Have a nice day.
Christine says
My email provider is showing that you have received your email and even that you have opened it. Please let me know if you are still having issues though and I’ll look into it. This printable has been downloaded multiple thousands of times and only very very rarely does something go wrong. About 99% of the time people can’t find it because it’s ended up in their spam folder. Sadly, it’s rare that people comment on something they’ve received for free and are happy but generally find the time to complain when they have to wait a couple of minutes for something they are getting for free to be delivered.
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Ashlyn Kemper says
Hi I signed up and confirmed my subscription in the email but there is no link email to the covers. I have checked my spam and inbox and then checked again an hour later and still nothing. Can you please email me the link? Thankyou!
Christine says
Sorry to hear you’re having problems, Ashlyn. My email provider is showing that you received both emails (the one where you opted in and the one with the link to the book covers) but that you haven’t clicked on the button to actually get the book covers. Hope that helps but let me know if you’re still having problems and I’ll email them directly to you.
Cx
Nickel Mayhue says
Hello I signed up and am excited to try some of your ideas unfortunately I am unable to find a link to print the halloween book covers if you could email them that would be great.
Christine says
So sorry to hear you’re having problems! You should automatically get an email with a link to download the book covers. As far as I can tell, the email has been sent, so please check your spam in case it got lost there :)
Hope that helps but let me know if you’re still having problems and I’ll send it straight to you.
Cx
Justin says
Hi there! Great and simple project, perfect for the financially-minded folks.
After reading the previous postings, I found the spot where the download link should be, but it seems to be blank. I’m not sure if the link got stripped out or maybe it’s something with my browser. Feel free to email the files to me directly, if that’s more straight-forward. Thanks!
Christine says
There’s a big sign-up form in the middle of the post where you can enter your email address and the printable will be sent to you.
Hope that helps and happy Halloween!
Cx
Megan says
For some reason I can’t find what I click to actually download the Harry Potter ones, only the links for the Halloween one and other ideas are showing up? Could you email them to me?
Christine says
I’m not exactly sure what your question is, Megan. The only book covers we’ve shared are the Halloween ones you can download by clicking on the link. Please let me know if you’re having any more problems and I’ll try to help!
Cx
Chiquita says
hello! i just opened the file and it said the document is password-protected.
what’s the password? :D thanks for sharing! xo
Christine says
You shouldn’t need a password to print the book covers. Let me know if you’re having any other problems.
Cx
Sue Patterson says
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Christine says
You’re welcome, Sue! Would love to see how you use them!
Cx
Petra Palmertree says
Love it, but I can not seem to find where I can download the files. Can you email them to me?
Thank you,
Petra
Christine says
Glad to hear you like them, Petra! There’s a link in the post where you can download them. It’s towards the bottom just over the last image.
Cx
Gemma says
These are fantastic! I printed them off easily on some brown paper and can’t wait to use them this weekend when I dress the house up for Halloween!
Gemma says
Thank you!!
Christine says
Thank you for the feedback! So glad you like them, Gemma! Have fun decorating…
Cx
Nique Neighbour says
These are fab, thanks!
Christine says
You’re welcome!
Cx
Amy says
Wow these are great! I’m writing an article for my blog, Lit & Love, and would love to use some of your pictures for an article on Books & Skull Decor (I of course will give full credit and links to your site). Please let me know if I have your permission. Such great ideas!
Lit and love blog
Cheers,
Amy
Christine says
Thank you, Amy! Of course, you’re more than welcome to use a couple of images – glad you like it so much!
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Syndee Bronson says
I know this is an old post and I can’t remember when I pinned this, but now I’m ready to make the covers and it won’t let me print them? It says it is not supported? I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I was wondering if you could e-mail them to me. Thanks! They are super cute! Thanks for sharing.
Christine says
Glad you like the printables, Syndee! I’m not sure why you seem to be getting the error message but I’m happy to email them to you. Just so that I can check what the error is you’re getting could you let me know what type of system and what browser you’re using? If there’s a problem I’d obviously like to fix it.
Cx
carine says
Thanks a lot for these book covers, I love them (especially Potions & poisons) but not only for that ! I discovered your little house on the corner and all your universe and I adore it ! congratulations for this useful, lovely, crazy blog. Carine
Christine says
Thank you so much, Carine! Glad to hear you like them and the blog! So happy that you found your way over to us!
Cx
Alma Yanez says
Love this idea, but when i go to open it, it tells me the file is damaged. :(
Christine says
Maybe something went wrong when downloading it. Please try again and let me know if you’re still having problems.
Cx
Joanne says
This week i’ve been using your book covers to create a witch’s cupboard. Hope you like them
Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3
Christine says
Looks fab, thanks for sharing!
Cx
Joanne says
Here is another photo using your book covers.
Pic 1
Thanks again for sharing
Joanne says
Thank you so much for these printable book covers. I love the 3 you have already shared but I would love to customize some on my own.
I’ve taken a few photos today – I will hopefully take better ones soon. Feel free to have a look in my Halloween Photos Album :) and thanks again for sharing this fantastic idea.
Christine says
Thank you for sharing your photos, Joanne. We love to see how people use our printables!
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Allison Kirby says
I absolutely adore these free printables! You are very talented. I try to change up my Halloween decor every year and this year I’m doing “A Very Harry Potter Halloween”! My boys are going as Harry Potter and Malfoy (1st years) and this just fits in perfectly!
One edit–On the “Do it yourself broom care” book cover, it says “first edidtion”. Other than that, your covers are flawless! I printed them anyway (as it really isn’t noticeable) but thought you would appreciate the feedback.
THANKS AGAIN!!!!
Christine says
So glad to hear that you like them Allison!
I do appreciate the feedback and I’ll get the typo updated asap – thanks for letting us know!
Hope you have a lovely Halloween!
Cx
Anna says
These are gorgeous. What a fantastic idea. I’d love to use them but I can’t get the file to download. I realise that it’s been a couple of years since you posted it, but should it still be working?
Christine says
Thanks Anna! Yes, it should definitely still be working. Please give it another try, if you still can’t get it to work, I’ll send the files over to you by email.
Cx
Billie says
These are awesome! I’ll have to make a set for myself this year. Thanks for sharing!
Christine says
Thanks Billie – you’re welcome!
Cx
Aaliyah says
I didn’t know that I can get halloween cover for free. Thanks for sharing.
Christine says
You’re welcome Aaliyah!
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Frances V. says
These are great! Thanks for offering them free. Printed and used to decorate our home, the kids love them!
Christine says
So happy to hear that you all like them, thanks for the feedback, Frances!
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Laura says
So cute! Just wanted to let you know that I included this in my free printables roundup :D Thanks for sharing!
Christine says
Glad you like them, Laura. Thanks for letting us know.
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Andrea says
These are going to be perfect for my halloween mantel I’m creating. I have tons of books, but of course not the ones mentioned. Could you possibly tell me the spine width of those books so I can use similar sized books? Thanks!
Christine says
Glad you like them, Andrea! The largest book is 45mm wide and about 100mm high, the middle one 35mm (about 90mm high) and the smallest is 25mm (about 90mm high). There’s a seperate file where you can just print the spines which you could stick to books that are wrapped in paper if your books are different sizes.
Cx
Jenna says
These are super cute and I’ve downloaded them to save. Not sure if I’ll get to them this year but they are way too awesome to pass up. Thanks for sharing.
Christine says
Thanks Jenna! You’re welcome!
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Vicki says
The Halloween book covers are AWESOME!!!!
Christine says
That’s so kind, Vicki! Thank you!
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wendyp says
love these!! Looking for some things to add to my halloween decorations without breaking the bank and these are perfect! Thank you for sharing!
Christine says
You’re welcome, Wendy! Glad that you like them!
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Sue B says
I can’t wait to try these out! Thank you!
Christine says
You’re welcome, Sue!
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Tsandi Crew says
Thanks… they’re so cool!
Jan says
Thanks Tsandi!
Glad you like them…
Jan
Karen says
I love this idea! Thanks for the freebie. I happen to have the harry potter books in hardcover so it will be an easy fit for these since that’s what you used.
Christine says
You’re welcome, Karen! It seems like everyone owns a copy of Harry Potter, so we thought it would be a good book to base our covers on.
Cx
Mercedes says
Thank you!!! I just covered three books. It looks awesome!
Christine says
Thanks Mercedes! So glad that you like them!
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Jessi @ Practically Functional says
I know you already saw that I featured this on my blog today, so I’m just stopping by to pin it and say thanks again for sharing! Be sure to grab a Featured button if you don’t already have one! Practically Functional
Christine says
Thanks again Jessi!
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Andrea says
I just used these for my son’s Harry Potter party–thanks so much! I didn’t have funky paper, so I took apart a manilla envelope to make two–worked perfectly! I plan to keep them up for Halloween as well. Thanks again.
Christine says
You’re so welcome, Andrea! Printing them on an envelope was such a good idea!
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Amanda S says
I absolutely adore these!! I am trying to print them and my computer is telling me the file format is not supported. Is there any way to have these emailed to me in PDF format? Thanks!! :)
Christine says
So glad you like them, Amanda! The files are PDFs, so really should work on any computer. I’ll have a look into the problem!
Cx
PS. Email is on it’s way…
Stacy says
These are just what I’ve been looking for! Thanks for sharing!
Christine says
You’re welcome, Stacy!
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Toqua says
I found you via Pinterest, these are GREAT! Thank you so much!! We are decorating our office for Halloween, and I want to cover all those books! :)
Christine says
Glad you like them, Toqua! Sounds like you have a lot of books to cover!
Cx
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
These are super cute, I love them! And thanks for the templates! Pinning this, and thanks so much for sharing it at my link party!
Christine says
Thanks Jessi, you’re welcome!
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Morgaine says
Super Cute! Love them!
Christine says
Thanks Morgaine, glad you like them!
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Amanda @ The Bay Bush says
What a great idea!!!
Christine says
Thanks Amanda!
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Tracy says
These are awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Christine says
You’re welcome, Tracy!
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caitlin says
These are adorable. Very clever and I love the fonts you used. I’ve never used free printables offered on blogs, but this one I very well might!
Christine says
Thanks Caitlin! Glad you like them!
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Magali@TheLittleWhiteHouse says
I love the idea. And I have brown paper on hand!
Christine says
Great, glad you like it!
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Stacie says
These are awesome, thanks so much for taking the time to share with us.
Christine says
You’re welcome, Stacie!
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natalia says
hello guys i dont know what im doing wrond, but when i pressed download book cover, nothing is opening. any help with this? thank you. btw amazing idea thank you for that as well. natalia
Christine says
Glad you like it, Natalia! The download should open in a new window or automatically be saved to your download folder. Let me know if you’re still having problems and I’ll email the files over to you.
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Haydee says
Hello ! I’m trying to download the book cover templates but a bunch of codes pop up can you email me the files please ??
Christine says
I’ve updated the file so you should no longer have any problems and should easily be able to download it!
Cx