Dog-Ear Envelope Bookmark - Arts, Crafts and DIY

64 Comments

Some people bend the corner of a book's page to mark where they are (this is called dog-earing a book). Librarians do not like having their books dog-eared! You can avoid annoying your librarian by making a simple bookmark from the corner of an old envelope.

Material

1 old envelope (junk mail)
scissors
markers or crayons

Method

Cut the corner off a clean edge of the envelope. It should be about 1 to 2 inches wide.
Then draw 2 half circles under the nose to make the mouth.
Draw two droopy ears on the sides.
Colour the ears. You now have a cute bookmark.

Notes

You can adapt this craft to make other bookmarks using different pictures, including flowers, butterflies, cats, or any other image you like.

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- kjgarner
- 27 Mar 2014
  8:19 pm

64 Comments

- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2020
    2:37 pm
My daughter loved these so much. She’s just made all the characters from Bluey

- - MrsA said
  - 27 Jan 2019
    9:38 am
So cute and clever!

- - mom111059 said
  - 21 Jun 2018
    1:15 pm
I wonder what other animals could be made as well. Thanks.

- - mom111059 said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    11:08 am
I want one. It looks amazing. Thank you for sharing.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 25 Oct 2016
    9:20 pm
A quick and easy idea that the littlies could help with.

- - mom109229 said
  - 28 Sep 2015
    9:02 pm
This is a great idea. Very cute too!

- - Kell said
  - 22 Jun 2015
    4:28 pm
this is very cute .Thanks for sharing

- - mom57522 said
  - 13 Jan 2015
    9:59 pm
What a super, quick, cute idea.

- - mom93821 said
  - 24 Nov 2014
    6:42 am
Thanks again for sharing; these are fun to make.

- - tam_watters said
  - 06 Nov 2014
    9:18 am
MOM has become my go-to place for kindergarten art lesson ideas. This is a perfect example!

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Nov 2014
    10:54 am
this is a cute way to have a bookmark. it’s not boring at all
- mom94125 replied
  
  07 Oct 2015 , 11:01 pm
  cheers for posting this. can make all types of animal bookmarks
- - mom93821 said
  - 05 Oct 2014
    8:25 am
Clever and cute idea. Different colours would be nice too!

- - ginoula5 said
  - 04 Aug 2014
    10:20 am
great idea for this cute bookmark, thanks

- - mom57522 said
  - 03 Aug 2014
    9:23 pm
This is a super cute idea!

- - mel_phillips said
  - 31 Jul 2014
    4:31 pm
How cute is this fellow! Thanks for sharing!

- - maureen3 said
  - 27 Jul 2014
    3:25 pm
very original and cute thanks

- - maureen3 said
  - 25 Jul 2014
    4:58 pm
so original thanks for sharing

- - no1ladydj said
  - 24 Jun 2014
    12:30 am
Good way to use something that you’d probably throw out. I often use a clean tissue to mark my place in whatever book I’m reading, but then if I’m caught needing a tissue, I pull it out of the book without thinking, and then I’ve lost my place. I like to idea of using the corner of an envelope.

- - 3timesamum said
  - 07 Jun 2014
    3:31 pm
So simple and clever. The kids are going to love these.

- - lou3 said
  - 07 Jun 2014
    9:56 am
Great fun for kids