{"id":1767,"date":"2015-08-24T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homanathome.com\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2024-02-13T18:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:13:04","slug":"cute-as-a-button-bookmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homanathome.com\/2015\/08\/cute-as-a-button-bookmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cute as a Button Bookmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A hair tie, a length of ribbon, and a button are all you need to make a super cute and extremely effective bookmark. This project is awesome – it’s easy enough for kids, and depending on your choice of materials, can be sophisticated enough for adults.<\/p>\n
I spent 5 years as an Language Arts teacher at the best middle school in the world<\/a> (Go Snow Leopards!). One of the librarian’s biggest complaints, coming in second after “Why can’t they return their books?” was “Why must they dog-ear pages?”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The point of that little anecdote is this: use a bookmark! Not only does it bling up your book (and let’s face it, some book covers could really use a little bling), but it can save the sanity of a librarian near you.<\/p>\n A note about length:<\/strong> I suggested a 14 in length of ribbon for this project. This works well for most books in the library, but if you’re trying for something like a textbook, it might be too short. You can change the length of the ribbon up to match the book you’ll be using it on. Just make sure your ribbon is 1 inch longer than you need the bookmark to be in the end.<\/p>\n Start by hot gluing the elastic to one end of the ribbon, about 1\/2 inch from the end.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Place a line of hot glue just about the elastic, then fold the end of the ribbon over the elastic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next, go the other end of the ribbon. You’ll want to fold that end over and hot glue it. This keeps the ribbon from fraying.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On this same end, you’re going to hot glue your button. I picked a cute little bumblebee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You’re done! To use your bookmark, loop the ribbon over the book, then hook the elastic around the button. This is what it looks like from the inside:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Ribbon Braided Bookmarks<\/a><\/p>\nMaterials<\/h3>\n
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Instructions<\/h3>\n
Looking for more cute bookmarks? Check these out!<\/h2>\n