Abstract: A cover for a telephone handset is made of a nonwoven fabric folded in half and stitched around its edges, an elasticized band formed in a loop and fixed to the fabric, the elasticized band defining a sole opening in the fabric, and the material has a crescent shape when folded. A preferred method of covering a telephone handset with a cover having an opening formed therein with an elastic band defining the opening, includes the steps of: (i) placing a first hand inside the cover; (ii) grasping a handle of the handset with the first hand while inside the cover; (iii) pulling one end of the cover over one of an earpiece and a mouthpiece of the handset by partially inverting the cover using a second hand; and (iv) pulling a second end of the cover over the other of the earpiece and mouthpiece of the handset by partially inverting the cover with one of the first and second hands, while holding the handset handle with the other of the first and second hands.