Recycled bookmarks

How to turn scraps into bookmarks. Turn leftover scrap paper, scrap booking paper, cardstock etc and turn them into beautiful bookmarks!

Waste paper recycled to handicraft paper and finally upcycled to make bookmarks

Unique bookmarks with real fern. Botanical bookmarks. These nature book marks are a great botanical and natural gift for readers and teachers or bookworms. One bookmark dimension: 21 cm. x 5 cm. ( 8 inches. x 2 inches.) These bookmarks are made from several different types of paper. The papers with dried real fern are my own creation. I have created a special method of producing paper with dried flowers, plants. My paper is thin but strong and has good light permeability. That way the fern…

Cut strips 1 1/2" x 6" in size and string a ribbon through a top to create a bookmark, as done here.

"If you do a lot of reading, it seems you can never have enough bookmarks. These are not only decorative and easy to make, but they also upcycle cereal (or similar) boxes into something practical. They are completed within minutes with printed paper and paper napkins and you will only have to wait for them to dry before you can use them. The bookmarks would make wonderful gifts to include in a card for anyone who enjoys reading, too."

Use a few supplies you probably already have on hand to make funny face bookmarks for back to school. Kids will love to make and to receive these!

Every once and a while someone donates a bunch of bookmarks to my little free library and I always get a kick out of them. I think it’s a nice touch. This idea for transforming recycled candy…