Origami Bookmarks

by CraftyPaws | Jul 8, 2015

A crafty friend, Nae Nae (YT: Renea Villanueva) is hosting a challenge asking folks to make bookmarks for kids in her community who are participating in a summer reading program. Encouraging a young reader is something that I feel can help change a person’s life so I knew I was going to participate, and I wanted to try to make some special bookmarks.

I researched (ok, watched — LOL) a whole bunch of YT videos and decided to try making some origami bookmarks for the kids. I made heart corner bookmarks, heart bookmarks, bulldog bookmarks, and a cat bookmark (this last one kind of looks more like a pig or a large shrimp (?) to me — hahaha). I hope the kids who receive these bookmarks enjoy them. Who knows? Maybe one of them will decide to read a book about origami. I had so much fun, and I got to use up some very thin papers from my scrap box (bonus!).

Just a couple of origami tips: use thin paper and take your time with your folds to make them as exact and sharp as possible (a bone folder is super helpful). Here are the links to the tutorials I followed for each type of bookmark. I hope you’ll give these a try, and encourage a young reader in your life.

Corner Heart Bookmark
Heart Bookmark
Bulldog Bookmark
Cat (Neko) Bookmark

A tutorial on the Minion bookmarks will be shared tomorrow. 🙂

This is a video sharing all of these bookmarks:

The bulldog bookmarks are being entered into the following challenges
Simon Says Stamp Furry Friends Wednesday Challenge
Time Out Nature with an Option Twist of Animals Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge

The group of bookmarks is being entered into the following challenges
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a great crafty day! WOOF

17 Comments

Lorraine Collett on July 10, 2015 at 6:19 am

These are fabulous bookmarks and a great video, thanks for joining in the challenge at 613 Avenue Create this week.
Lorraine DT
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Leanne E on July 10, 2015 at 3:17 pm

Thanks for entering our challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this is so awesome, great video and all the different book marks. Awesomeness!

Leanne DT
LPCF!
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Desire Fourie on July 11, 2015 at 12:31 pm

These are beautiful folding projects with wonderful attention to detail and perfect for our 13th ‘ANYTHING GOES’ challenge. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Good luck.
Hugs
Desíre
{Lil Patch of Crafty Friends DT Member}
{Doing Life – my personal blog}
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- CraftyPaws on July 13, 2015 at 9:55 pm
  
  Thanks so much Desire! It was fun to make these, and I hope the children who receive them will enjoy them. 🙂 tf stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
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Desire Fourie on July 11, 2015 at 12:31 pm

These are beautiful folding projects with wonderful attention to detail and perfect for our 13th ‘ANYTHING GOES’ challenge. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Good luck.
Hugs
Desíre
{Lil Patch of Crafty Friends DT Member}
{Doing Life – my personal blog}
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- CraftyPaws on July 11, 2015 at 12:42 pm
  
  Thanks so much for a super fun challenge and for stopping by. I really appreciate your sweet comment. Big hugs, Kristina
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Ohhh Snap on July 11, 2015 at 2:27 pm

These are adorable!
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- CraftyPaws on July 13, 2015 at 10:01 pm
  
  Thanks so much! Hope you give some a try. They are really fun. 🙂 tf stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
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Sara S. on July 14, 2015 at 9:54 am

How super fun! I love the idea of bookmarks for a good cause, and these are adorable. Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. We are looking forward to seeing you again in the next challenge.
Sara
TTCRD DT
FP3 {My Blog}
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- CraftyPaws on July 14, 2015 at 10:14 am
  
  I hadn’t tried origami in years. These were great fun and I love the idea of children enjoying reading more with these little bookmarks. 🙂
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Rae Ann on July 15, 2015 at 12:37 pm

Love the idea of making bookmarks for the kids. These are so adorable, I know they will love them.

Thank you for joining us at Li’l Patch of Crafty Friends for our challenge.
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- CraftyPaws on July 16, 2015 at 1:39 pm
  
  Thanks so much! I love helping out in crafty challenges for a good cause. 🙂 Thanks for a fun challenge and for stopping by my blog! I really appreciate it! Hugs, Kristina
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Lisa Kind on July 17, 2015 at 9:39 pm

These are adorable! My students would love these and maybe read more! Thanks for taking the Time Out to play with us!
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- CraftyPaws on July 18, 2015 at 3:35 pm
  
  Thanks so much for a fun challenge and for stopping by! If we can encourage more young people to read, I think the world will be a better place. 🙂
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Michelle P. on January 8, 2017 at 4:39 am

They’re all so cute! I think the ‘cat/shrimp’ looks more like a pig lol
But they’re all really cute
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- CraftyPaws on January 8, 2017 at 11:41 am
  
  Yes, that cat origami did not turn out, but as a bookmark, they all worked. Plus it was fun to try something new-to-me while making things for kids. 🙂
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