Just about every bookstore consumers shop and visit have freebie bookmarks next to the cash registers, in displays and added to bags at the time of purchase. Create art!
This is a kid friendly project parents may want to prepare ahead of time for. If there’s a long weekend ahead, a school vacation or a summer vacation looming ahead on the horizon, adding this to a list of activities to keep children creating will benefit all who are involved.
Supplies needed for this project:
Some basic instruction:
- Spread newspaper over your work surface.
- Decide on a theme for your bookmarks. Do you want them to be collages? Do you want them to have poems on them? Do you want them to be specific paintings?
- Place all your materials in easy reach, including the small containers of water to wash brushes with.
- Scan through magazines cutting out interesting images and text. Cut or tear everything out, then set it aside.
- If you’re working with a lot of light colored images or papers, consider covering over the bookmark with construction paper to create a base and prevent images and text from showing through.
- Depending on the theme you’ve chosen for your bookmarks determines how this next step will be completed. If you’ve decided to collage on the bookmarks, consider utilizing as many different forms of media in your pieces as possible. You might want to also try using watered down acrylics for your stamped images to add extra interest. Think outside the box with your creations. If you’re working with numerous painted or glued layers, be sure to dry the piece completely before moving on the next step.
- Punch a hole on the top of the bookmark in the center.
- Seal everything with gel medium to prevent any weighty elements from falling off.
- When the piece has completely dried, thread fun fibers through the hole and tie it off.
NOTE: Be sure not to work bookmarks up with too many elements, otherwise it won’t be useful and will be too bulky inside the book.
Additional ideas for bookmark altering:
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