We love reading and crafting as a family. Creative activities are the easiest way to develop imagination power and critical thinking skills in kids. These activities play a great role in emotional, social and cognitive development.
The bookmark is a perfect craft that goes well with both reading and crafting activities. It is "a strip of leather, cardboard or other material used to mark one's place in a book". According to Wikipedia, the earliest existing bookmark dates from the 6th century AD and it is made of ornamented leather with vellum on the back.
This fall break, we had thought why not made a collection of the bookmark by using different (available at home) supplies. Here I am sharing some super easy DIY bookmarks which we had made. Hope you would like it.
Bookmark from old pictures:
Supplies
1. cardboard (cut in rectangular and desired shape)
2. Pictures cut from old magazines
3. Glue, yarn or lace
Instructions: cut the pictures of anything (which you like) from old magazines, newspaper, even from old greeting cards. We had selected some cute gift box pictures. Cut the cardboard in the rectangular shape. Glue the pictures in an attractive manner. Add yarn or lace at the top. A cool bookmark is ready to use.
Snowman bookmark:
Supplies:
1. construction paper
2. Yarn or lace
3. Scissor, glue, glitter, and other decorating material
Instruction: draw and cut different body parts of a snowman on construction paper (white for trunk and face, red for hat, orange for a nose, blue for the scarf and black for eyes).Glue this part on the different sheet. Add yarn at the top. Decorate with glitter or other materials. Cute snowman bookmark is ready.
Heart shaped bookmark: bookmark can be made in different shapes. This time, we had tried heart shape.
Supplies:
1. Construction Scissor
2. Paper and drawing sheet
3. Glitter, Yarn or lace
Instruction: draw and cut the heart shape from red colour drawing sheet. Write down any message on construction paper (cut it in the heart shape but in a smaller size) then glue it on the bigger heart. Add yarn or lace at the top. Beautiful heart shaped bookmark is ready.
Bookmark from old fabric scrap or decorative lace: we all have old fabric scraps at our home. Why not recycle it in a creative way. Bookmark from old fabric is a cool idea for that.
Supplies:
1. Cardboard (cut in rectangular shape)
2. Old fabric scraps or decorative lace
3. Hot gun glue
4. Yarn or lace
I Instruction: cut the cardboard in rectangular and desired shape. Collect the piece of old fabric scraps or old lace and glue it on the piece of cardboard in an attractive manner. We had used a beautiful lace from an old dress. Add yarn at the top. An amazing bookmark is ready to use.
Bookmark from Popsicle stick: Popsicle is most versatile and inexpensive craft material to create easy crafts for kids. This time we had used it as a base for the bookmark.
Supplies
1. Popsicle stick
2. Piece of cardboard
3. Glue
4. Scissor
5. Stickers or other decorating material
Instruction: Draw, colour and cut anything on cardboard. Flower was our choice. Glue it on Popsicle stick. Decorate with stickers or other decorative material. Add yarn or lace at the top. Nice Popsicle bookmark is ready to use.
So these were our collection of bookmarks with different supplies. And I think it is cool creative activity to develop creativity and imagination power in kids. What is yours? Do not forget to share. Until then happy crafting!
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Quite beautiful bookmarks, definitely. :-) Quite liked the snowman a lot.
ReplyDeleteThanks Vinay, I am glad you liked it.
Deletethose bookmarks are real cute. I like the tips given. Should try it out.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot. I am glad you like the post.
DeleteLove the heart one but all are cute. Arts and crafts are so much fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzy. I am glad you liked it. I am also an arty crafty mom.
DeleteGreat creativity there. They're cute and look so easy to make. I'm not crafty at all
ReplyDeleteThnaks Sanch, I am glad you liked the post.
DeleteAll the bookmarks look great especially the snowman one is very cute. I am sure your daughter enjoyed making them. Its a great way to encourage their creativity.
ReplyDeleteThanks Deepa, your encouragement means a lot to me.
DeleteBeautiful, creative and very useful. And you have shown fantastic ways to craft them evoking imagination and creativity of the young ones. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Prasanna, I am glad you like the post. it means a lot to me.
DeleteYou are so creative ! The snowman bookmark is cutest
ReplyDeleteLoved the different ideas. A great way to keep children engaged and at the same time help them explore their creative side.
ReplyDeleteI generally tend to make my book marks from wedding cards.
Hey recently my daughter and I did a bookmark taking help from a YouTube video. Bookmarks are easy activities to keep a kid engaged. Will try out the above ideas. Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I remember making such bookmarks in my childhood days.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for this useful article. I like it. cool white vs neutral white
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