How to make a bookmark of paper?

Today, paper books are gradually being replaced by electronic media, which is quite natural - progress does not stand still. But there is a certain category of connoisseurs of paper editions, for which it is a pleasure to hold a real book, flip through pages, and smell the ink. And in order for the favorite publication to serve as long as possible, you should choose a bookmark for it. This, at first glance, insignificant trifle significantly prolongs the life of the book, because for lack of a special bookmark, people often fold the pages, pawn it with a pencil or pen, or even simply put the spine down, which leads to the fact that the books quickly lose their appearance. A bookmark can be bought at any office store, but it's much more interesting to do it yourself.

We bring to your attention some ideas on how to make a bookmark of paper with your own hands. With minimal financial and time costs, you will have at your disposal the original thing, which can also become an unusual gift for book lovers.

How to bookmark a heart?

We need only a small piece of paper of any color. Follow the instructions, based on the picture:

1. A piece of paper should be folded in half.
2. Once again in half.
3. Then expand it.
4. The lower part is folded along the center line of the fold.
5. We turn and add the edges of the triangle.
6. We turn around.
7. We bend so that the corner touches the edge of the opposite side.
8. We turn over again.
9. Finger open the bend.
10. We give it the shape of a triangle.
11. Repeat the action on the other side.
12. On both sides we add triangles to the edge.
13. Fold the small triangles so that the tops touch the opposite sides.
14. We rotate and add along the dotted lines.

How to make a beautiful and original bookmark in the form of a flower?

We need:

• paper (it is better to take a special one, for scrapbooking, it is more dense and has a two-sided drawing);
• glue;
• scissors;
• button;
• a piece of satin ribbon.

Progress

1. We make the flower elements according to the drawings.
2. Elements are glued together, in the middle we glue the button. AND make a corner of the paper and use a ribbon to attach a flower to it. The latch is ready.

How to make a cool bookmark of paper and cans from soda?

A bookmark consisting of a half of a metal element is not only original, but also durable. She, unconditionally, requires some skill in working with metal, but the result is worth it.

We need:

• paper;
• bank from soda;
• scissors;
• double-sided adhesive tape;
• metal button;
• mini-vise;
• lace;
• bell.

Progress

1. You should start with preparing a picture for the future bookmark, print it on a regular sheet of paper.
2. Under the size of the picture, prepare a strip of aluminum, cut from a can of carbonated beverage. Corners should be cut off.
3. On the metal element, fix the double-sided adhesive tape in order to glue a paper pattern onto it.
4. In order to reliably fix the pattern, each side of the metal element is bent to the middle as shown in the figures. It turns out that the paper strip is in a metal frame.
5. With a mini-vice, we make a hole in the corners of the bookmark, into which you can pass a string with a bell that will decorate the object. We insert a button in the hole.
6. We insert a lace into the hole and the tab is ready.