Paint Chip and Pom-Pom Bookmarks - colbertmaind1949

There is nothing that makes me happier than seeing my children enjoying a good book! Healed,almost nothing. A simple craft project that has a great purpose is also unitary of my favorite things! Today's craft project of Pom-Pom Bookmarks (which can atomic number 4 for your kidsand you) is but that: simple and completely functional.

Nonnegative, anything is lovely with a pom-pom affianced thereto, conservative? Report and paint cow dung bookmarks, with a oversewn pom-pom betrothed, are so adorable to consider, you will want to hand these out every bit gifts or favors. Just cook foreordained to keep some for yourself so you can cozy-up with your favorite narrative and stigmatise your place when you take a break!

kids craft paint chip paper and pom pom bookmarks

In order to learn how to make these bookmarks? Great! Let's lead off.

Paint Chip &adenosine monophosphate; Pommy-Pom Bookmarks

DIY for Kids Paint Chip Paper and Pom Pom bookmarks

doodle bookmarks

Supplies for Blusher Chip & Pom-Pom Bookmarks:

Newspaper publisher (Expression Paper, Craft Paper, Add-in Hackneyed Wallpaper) and Rouge Chips
Hole Puncher
Scissors
Yarn
Markers operating theatre Crayons (optional)

1. Cut a rectangular strip of paper. The size doesn't really matter only should nearly about 3 inches wide by 7 or 8 inches long.

steps 1 and 2

2. Cut a small triangle (upside down "v" shape) on same short side of the rectangle to form the bottom of your bookmark. This is really an optional step and smaller children may need help from an adult. This step makes the bookmark look Sir Thomas More ribbon-like.

At this point children can draw on the bookmark Beaver State even drop a line their names.

doodle steps

3. Next punch two holes (one rightist following to the other) at the top of the bookmark.

steps 3 and 4

girls punching holes

You can also use paint chips to build your bookmarks but remember to cut away the portions of the "chip" that may suffer wording on it.

paint chip bookmark steps

4. Now you are ready to take your pom-poms! To serve this gently wrap yarn around two fingers and preserve wrapping until you have wrapped a pretty thick bundle. Normally between 25 to 35 wraps wish do the trick. Snip turned the yarn keeping the wrapping close to two fingers then gaucherie the wrapped yarn dispatch of the fingers.

pom pom steps 1 and 2

5. Your yarn will look wish a bit bundle of yarn in circles. Around this "dress circle" in the center tie down a longer piece of yarn tightly.

pom pom steps 3 and 4

6. Snip the loops on either side of meat of the snapper tie to form your pom pom. Prune if you wish well to work a thicker looking pom pom.

pom pom steps 5 and 6

7. Thread the hourlong yarn ends through each of the punched holes on the said position then connect in the back into a ravel or a bow.

steps 4 and 5

finished steps

You are finished and your pom-pommy bookmarks are complete! Now you can keep making them with interminable possibilities of color combination in both your paper (operating theatre paint chip) choices and your yarn color.

paint chip pom pom image 2

Now pop off and grab your favorite book because you have upright made the best bookmarker on the satellite to dungeon your place!

Caroline

Caroline Urdaneta is a clothes designer of creative family projects, a crafter, tinkering painter and mother of 4 children. She created an idea-based digital work over at Caroline Gravino Productions, for commercial brands to use video on their websites and social media outlets.