Page Corner Bookmarks

these cute little monsters will nibble on your books and keep your place

Posted by TallysTreasury

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This project is cute and imaginative, easy to make, and could be a great little gift to slip inside a card. Encourage reading! Encourage crafting! Encourage monsters!

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You Will Need (6 things)

  • Pretty Paper of card stock weight OR a combination of plain cardstock and pretty, decorated lighter weight paper
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Mechanical Pencil
  • Glue Stick
  • Page corner monster bookmark Template

Steps (10 steps, 30 minutes)

  1. 1

    Cut out the body template piece - the square-with-two-triangles-attached shape.

  2. 2

    Trace this template onto your pretty piece of card stock (or onto the plain piece of card stock that you intend to decorate), and cut the shape out.

  3. 3

    Using your ruler and the tip of your mechanical pencil with no lead showing, score a line (drag the tip firmly along the paper so it makes an indent) along the edges of the square that connect to the two triangles.

  4. 4

    If you want, cut a square of pretty paper slightly smaller than the one you used for your template and glue it onto the square portion of your shape.

  5. 5

    Fold one triangle inwards along the line you scored, so it covers the upper half of the square.

  6. 6

    Apply glue to the underside (the side still facing up) of the second triangle...

  7. 7

    ... then fold that glue covered triangle over onto the first triangle.

  8. 8

    As in step 4, if you’ve used plain card stock and want to glue fancy paper on top of it, cut a triangle out of your fancy paper that’s slightly smaller than the folded-over triangles of the bookmark. Glue the smaller triangle on top of the larger, folded-over ones.

  9. 9

    Cut out the eye and teeth pieces from card stock and glue them in place (the teeth get glued behind the long edge of the folded-and-glued triangles).

    Try making up other monstrous features, like horns or wings or long forked tongues. Cut out different features to make a bookmark that looks like a cat, or an elephant, or an iguana.

  10. 10

    Use by slipping over the corner of the page you wish to mark, like a pocket.