Hi friends! Today, we’re making adorable and practical elastic book bands using scrap denim with this easy no-sew craft project.
DIY Elastic Book Bands
These DIY elastic book bands are a fun no-sew craft to make at home. It’s pretty simple as far as crafts go, all you need to do is cut out the pieces and then glue them together and voila, the elastic book bands are complete! I’m planning to use them as my families stocking stuffers for Christmas this year.
Since making this upcycled denim picnic blanket, I’ve been holding on to the scrap pieces of denim for other fun crafts. I also made this scrap fabric heart garland using the leftover scraps; which was later transformed into a pretty heart wreath for Valentines.
Heart Wreath 
Heart Garland 
Picnic Blanket 
These handmade ornaments are so much fun to make and will beautiful on your Christmas tree year-after-year. Or make a set of these festive Christmas ornaments to give as gifts to coworkers and neighbors.
This easy Christmas craft idea is also a fun way to spend an afternoon crafting with friends for the holiday season.
Materials Needed:
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- Scrap denim
- Fabric scissors
- Printable Shapes Pattern
- Elastic, ¼” wide
- Hot glue gun and clear glue sticks
How to Make a No Sew Elastic Book Band:
Cutting the Pieces
Print off the pattern on a 8.5×11 sheet of paper.
Working one book band shape at a time, cut around each of the individual pattern pieces.
Place the pattern over the denim and cut the pieces out along the solid line.
Cut a piece of elastic 9” long for a smaller bookband or at 18” for a bigger elastic bookand. For the larger book band, you can wrap the elastic around twice.
Assembling the Elastic Book Band
Preheat glue gun. Glue the ends of the elastic on to the top side of one larger cut out shape, avoid twisting the elastic. Once glued, it will form a large loop.
Stack the remaining pieces so that the smallest piece is on the top rotating the direction for each layer and sandwich the elastic in between.
Use the hot glue gun to glue the layers together in the center. Don’t need to use a lot of glue.
Wrap the elastic around a book or journal to hold your place and enjoy!
Do you have any scrap denim lying around to use for crafting?
More DIY Book Marks:
If you have a bookworm in your family, they might appreciate these coloring bookmarks for Valentine’s or these cute felt bird bookmarks.
Coloring Bookmarks 
Felt Bird Bookmark
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No Sew Elastic Book Band
Materials
- Scrap denim
- Fabric scissors
- Printable Shapes Pattern
- ¼” wide Elastic
- Hot glue gun and clear glue sticks
Instructions
- Print off the pattern on a 8.5×11 sheet of paper.
- Working one book band shape at a time, cut around each of the individual pattern pieces.
- Place the pattern over the denim and cut the pieces out along the solid line.
- Cut a piece of elastic 9” long for a smaller bookband or at 18” for a bigger elastic bookand.
Assembling the Elastic Book Band
- Glue the ends of the elastic on to the top side of one larger cut out shape, avoid twisting the elastic. Once glued, it will form a large loop.
- Stack the remaining pieces so that the smallest piece is on the top rotating the direction for each layer and sandwich the elastic in between.
- Use the hot glue gun to glue the layers together in the center.
- Wrap the elastic around a book to hold your place.