BOOKMARK VOLUNTEER PROJECT

One of the most important indicators of a child’s educational success is having books in the

home and being read to as a child. Children need books to develop reading fluency, open their

eyes to the world beyond their neighborhood, and fuel the imagination. The bookmarks you

make will be appreciated by children who will be receiving books from the Kids’ Book Bank.

WHEN YOUR BOOKMARKS ARE COMPLETE SEND TO:

Kids’ Book Bank, Colleen Watt, Volunteer Coordinator

3635 Perkins Ave. Suite 1E, Cleveland, OH 44114

TRY OUT THESE BOOKMARK PATTERNS

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MORE BOOKMARK IDEAS

Stained Glass Bookmarks

Make these easy bookmarks from cardstock decorated with tissue paper or crepe paper for a

stained glass or tie-dyed effect.

SUPPLIES NEEDED

• White cardstock or construction paper • Tissue paper or crepe paper • White glue • Decoupage medium (e.g. Mod Podge) • Plastic placemat or plastic wrap • Yarn, leather string, or ribbon • Scissors • Hole punch

STEPS

1Cut a long rectangle.

Cut out a long rectangle for your bookmark's base

from white cardstock or construction paper. Mine is

7 inches long and 1¾ inches wide.

2Cut colored tissue into small pieces.

Cut two or more colors of tissue paper into small

irregular-shaped pieces.

3Cover your work area.

Put your bookmark on top of a plastic placemat or a

sheet of plastic wrap.

4Mix white glue with water.

Mix 3 parts white glue with 1 part water.

5Dip a piece of tissue in glue.

Dip one piece of colored tissue into the glue

mixture.

6Place the tissue on the bookmark.

Shake off the excess glue before placing the

piece of tissue on the bookmark. Smoothen the

edges with your finger or with a paint brush.

7Place the next piece of tissue.

Choose a different color of tissue and dip it in

the glue mixture. Place it on the bookmark,

partially overlapping with the first piece.

8Fill the bookmark with tissue.

Continue gluing overlapping pieces of colored

tissue until you have covered the entire

bookmark. The overlapping parts create a nice

stained glass effect.

9Trim the excess tissue.

Once dry, peel off the bookmark from the plastic

wrap or placemat. Trim the excess tissue at the

edges of the bookmark.

10Tie a ribbon or string on top.

Your bookmark will naturally be a little curled at

the edges because the cardstock had previously

been soaked in glue. This can easily be

remedied by pressing your bookmark in between

the pages of a heavy book or you can glue

another piece of cardstock (same size as the

first) at the back of your bookmark. Finally, punch

a hole near the top edge and make a tie from

yarn, ribbon, leather string or thin paper twine.

Color Card Bookmark

Here’s a great way to use up those old color cards you might have hanging around.

Choose your color card, add a small hole to the top, thread a ribbon through and tie a bead on the end of it.

If you have a decorative hole puncher you can use it to punch out holes for even more decoration. Really simple but cute.

O R I GA M I S H A R K B OOK M A R K

• Origami Paper (the 6-inch x 6-inch size)

• White Cardstock

• Scissors

• Craft Glue (the clear drying kind)

• Googly Eyes

O R I GA M I S H A R K B OOK M A R K D I R E C T I ON S

1. Choose the color of the shark you want to make. I chose a light blue.

2. Turn your square origami paper diagonally and fold over so each corner is touching each other. Forming a large triangle (see box 2 below).

3. Take the two pointed sizes and fold them up to form another smaller triangle (see box 3 below).

4. Open up the two sides you just folded and take the top piece of paper and fold it down until it touches the point at the bottom. (see box 4 below)

5. Take the two sides and fold them into the pocket you created in step 4. (see box 5)

6. Turn the entire paper upside down and you will have your basic shape finished.

7. It’s time to decorate! First, start by cutting out teeth using your scissors and white cardstock. Then cut out a triangle for the mouth using another sheet of origami paper. I used a light pink.

8. Glue the teeth onto the inside of your face. This is also the time to glue on your googly eyes and mouth piece.

9. All that is left to do is cut out a few triangles for the fins. Glue these on and you are done with your Origami Shark Bookmark!

HARRY POTTER FELT BOOKMARK PROJECT

• Craft Felt– Cream, Gold, Burgundy and Walnut • Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Glue – Fine Tip

• Dimensional Fabric Paint – Black

• Glitter Glue – Gold

• Scissors

• Ruler

• Permanent Marker – Fine Tip

• Computer and Printer

1. Trace patterns on felt with fine tip

permanent marker according to

directions included on pattern sheet.

2. Attach two cream circles together with

glue to create the head and then attach

the hair to the top of the head.

3. Fringe the bottom edge of burgundy

rectangle with scissors but cutting

narrow sections.

The bookmark template above is not to scale.

4. Attach Harry’s head to the top of the

burgundy scarf with glue.

5. Attach gold rectangles to scarf with

glue. Overlap the first rectangle on the

bottom of Harry’s chin, and then leave

¾” burgundy sections between each of

the five remaining gold rectangles.

6. Draw glasses on Harry’s face with black

dimensional fabric paint. Two circles

with a curved line attaching the circles.

Let dry.

7. Draw Harry’s lightning bolt scar on the

forehead with gold glitter glue. Let

dry.