How to Make Bookmarks
Bookmarks can be both functional and fun. Preschoolers love to help make them. Bookmarks can be personal.ized by adding stamps, stickers, or pictures to give you a special reminder each time you open your book. Bookmarks can make reading more interesting!
Things You'll Need
- Card stock
- Stamps
- Glue stick
- Single hole punch
- Decorative ribbon
- Personal pictures
- Decorative hole punches
- Scissors
- Stickers
- Contact paper
- Decorative string or yarn
Instructions
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Get different colored cardstock. Cardstock is thicker than a plain piece of paper. It will help with the stability of the bookmark.
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Cut the colored cardstock paper into rectangles, approximately 2 by 4 inches. This size can vary depending on the planned decoration for the bookmark.
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Decorate the cardstock with stamps, stickers and/or personal pictures. Special notes and poems can also be added. Use a glue stick to add pictures and poems.
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Use scissors to cut two pieces of clear contact paper and put the bookmark in between. This will help protect the bookmark and keep the pictures and poems from slipping.
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Take a hole punch and put a hole at the top of the bookmark. This can also be done with different shaped hole punches to add a bit of decorative style.
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Embellish the bookmark with decorative string or yarn. This will help you locate the bookmark easier in the book.
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Tips & Warnings
Cardstock comes in pastels, bright and neon colors.
Bookmarks can be made by preschoolers for teacher appreciation day.
Adults can make bookmarks for gifts, adding that personal touch will make them extra special.
Decorations can be theme-oriented: dinosaurs, flowers, pets, animals, hobbies.
Specialty ribbon or string for the top of the bookmark can be purchased at most stores.
Glitter or jeweled dots are difficult to place on the bookmark and then cover with the contact paper. You may need to help the preschooler do this.
Glitter is a glass product and should be handled with extreme caution especially by preschoolers. If glitter gets in their eye it can cause injury
