Craft Tips > BooksMarch 10, 2006

Hollow Book for Hiding Items

Need to hide something? Buy a hardback book at a thrift store and transform it into a hollow book. Just use a utility knife to cut out a rectangular hole in the book pages. Use a straight edge to guide the knife. Use rubber cement to glue all the pages together and you have a great place to hide items on your bookshelf.

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By
08/24/2006

Good Ideal.
I have also heard if you want to hide money hide in a Bible.
A thief will never steal a Bible.

By
08/24/2006

It's me again...

I took a pic of the inside of my book!

It's rough, but can be cleaned further, or better yet, you could line it with felt or something of that nature.

RE: Hollow Book for Hiding Items

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03/11/2006

I've done this!

it's great, fun, and can actually be funny!

The book I have is on magic (stage magic) titled "Effective Conjuring" which is nearly ironic once I open it up to pull random items form thin air :lol:

I used elmers white glue though...but it was on a lark, and as with most spur of the moment things you just gotta make due.

For a "bigger box" you can actually take several books and simply leave the two end books covers in tact.

(note: There is a book lamp thread around somplace which may fit nicely with this idea).
Q

By Brenda (canada) (Guest Post) 03/11/2006

great idea I shall have to try.

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