Easy Decorations Made from LP Record Covers

Back in the old days, before the digital music revolution, people collected vinyl records. Today they still collect them, but before the 1990s a record's primary use was for listening. The art on record covers was half the fun of buying them and even now you can buy books filled with record cover art. Now records and their covers are used to decorate walls, ceilings, clocks and even furniture.

With the advent of cds, and now services like itunes where the art is small or nonexistent, record cover art is largely a thing of the past. In fact, the last time someone made a cd cover which was actually newsworthy was the Black Crowes' Amorica album.

Although some record albums and their covers are worth money, for the most part you can buy long playing twelve inch records for a dollar each or less at yard sales, flea markets and thrift stores. The strange and often surreal art on these records' covers can be made into a variety of crafts that are easy for the most inexperienced crafter to decorate with.

Onecraft to which the size of a long playing, or LP, record cover lends itself easily is a decorative box. The record cover is twelve inches in length and width. All you need is a record cover, some tape, scissors, and poster board in a color of your choice. First, cut the front of the cover and the back apart. Mark off four equal three inch wide strips. Cut off one of the strips, fold it into the shape of a box with no lid or bottom and tape it. Place the box on the back of the record and trace a square; cut it out and tape it to the bottom of the box.