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Bunny Bookmarks

Several years back, while planning activities for an after-school program, I stumbled upon the  brilliant idea of turning the corner of envelopes in to monster bookmarks. This was way before Pinterest and I unfortunately do not remember the the name of book were I first saw the idea. 

Big Buddy has just started asking for stuff to help him keep his place in books, so I knew this was a craft he'd enjoy making. With Easter so close, though, I decided to have them make bunnies instead of monsters. 




Our Supplies: yarn/string, googly eyes, small foam pieces, pink and white card-stock, white glue, scissors, envelope, and markers/pencils


Step 1: cut off corner of envelope. 


Step 2: cut out ears from pink and white card-stock. Since my children are still young I drew the ears for them.


Step 3: glue smaller pink ears on to white ears.


Step 4: glue bottom of ears to back of the envelope corner. 


Step 5: cut four even piece of string and crisscross them on  bottom of the envelope corner for the bunnies whiskers


Step 6: put a small dap of glue on crisscross whiskers and cover with a foam square. If you don't have foam squares card-stock would also work. 



Step 7: use glue to adhere goggly eyes.


Step 8: use markers/pencils to add a mouth, teeth, or cheeks.


Step 9: let everything dry and then stick your new bookmarks into your current reads. 

books we are currently enjoying:  The Velveteen Rabbit and The Borrowers

One of my favorite things about this craft is that the envelope corner is the the only necessary item.  With a few supply changes and a bit of creativity you could create all sorts of animals/creatures. The mom, of the girl I babysit for, also pointed out to me that these work great as finger puppets. 

If you are looking for more homeschool or craft ideas please check our homeschool page. 

Lots more great kid friendly ideas can also be found at these link parties: Link and Learn, Weekly Kid Co-op, Montessori Monday, After School, Hip Homeschool Hop, Preschool Corner, For the Kids Fridays, and Show and Share Saturday. 
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