Creating Corner Bookmarks

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Do you read as many books as we do in our homeschool? If you’re like us we have several being read at a time. One family read aloud, one fiction, one historical…well you get the idea. To hold our place we like to use corner bookmarks. They are easy but oh, so cute and useful.

Cut a piece of scrapbook paper or cardstock 6×4 inches. You can make 6 corner bookmarks from one 12×12 inch sheet of paper or cardstock.

On the back, measure the middle of one 4 inch side at 2 inches. On one 6 inch side mark every two inches. From the marks on the 4 inch and 6 inch sides draw lines to make a square in the corner.

Using a ruler line up the corner of the marked 4 inch side with the 2nd 2 inch mark on the six inch side making sure it also hits the corner of the square. Draw a line from the corner of the square to the corner of the paper. Cut away as labeled in the photo.

Your piece should look like this. Two are shown here, one with the pattern side facing up.

Fold the paper as shown using the remaining 2 inch mark as a guide on where to fold. You should create one long line with the fold and the diagonal cut.

Bring the diagonal part over. Match the corners up and crease.

It will look like a basic house shape

Fold up the bottom. Glue the bottom flap. Glue the top flap to the colored part of the cardstock only. You want the triangle part to be open so it slips over the corner of the page in your book.

You’ve made a basic corner bookmark!

Now embellish any way you want. These would make some fun, easy gifts for any bibliophile in your life! We will be making several matching sets to give as simple, useful Christmas gifts this holiday season.

As a side note, I LOVE the old illustrations found at Clipart ETC . The illustration of the two girls reading can be found here: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/28400/28485/young_girls_28485.htm

Montserrat Wadsworth is completely devoted to her wonderful husband, Joseph, and their eight children (seven girls and one boy!). They live on a 4,000 acre alfalfa farm nestled in a small Northern Nevada valley. They’ve been homeschooling for 11+ years. Montserrat enjoys, photography, cooking, crafting, chocolate, and sloppy goodnight kisses. She strives to live each day as God would have her do following Mary’s biblical supplication, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.” (Luke 1:38) You can find her at her blog Chocolate On My Cranium.