Calling all people looking for a cute, fun, easy, gift idea to give to their book loving friends and family this year! We made these super awesome huge Laminated Watercolor Bookmarks for all our book lover friends and family members, and we might have made some for ourselves too, because we loved making them that much! Who else wants a special watercolor bookmark? Wink!
We added some fun ribbon tassels to some, and left some without. We know not everyone is in the tassely spirit. What do you like better?
SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE LAMINATED WATERCOLOR BOOKMARKS:
- Watercolor Paints
- Watercolor Paper
- Paint Brushes
- Masking Tape
- Board to tape Watercolor Paper to
- Water
- Laminator
- Laminator pages
- Hole Punch
- Ribbons
STEPS TO MAKE LAMINATED WATERCOLOR BOOKMARKS:
Step #1: Cut your Watercolor Paper into about 2 1/2 inch wide strips.
Step #2: Tape the edges of the paper strips down onto a board with easy to remove tape (Masking Tape). Make sure to cover the whole length of all the edges of the bookmark. so that the water color paint cannot get onto the edges of the paper.
Step #3: Paint your bookmark with Watercolor Paints. I got the kids to paint pictures, designs, and words, for the special people in their lives!
Step #4: Let the painting completely dry before carefully removing the tape from the edges of the paintings. Just go slowly and you shouldn’t rip any of the paper.
Step #5: Write something thoughtful on the back of your bookmark… or just a lovely whom it is for, and whom it is from!
Step #6: Then Laminate your beautiful creations. Make sure there is about an inch between each bookmark, so that the lamination will stick! Like this…
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Step #7: After they are laminated cut your book marks out leaving about a 1/4 inch of lamination around the edges and 1/2 inch lamination at the top of the ones that you want to add your ribbon tassels to! Like this…
Step #8: Use a hole punch to make a hole in the lamination at the top of your bookmark.
Step #9: Thread your ribbons through the hole and tie them in a knot to secure them to the bookmark. Then trim them to your desired length. And DONE!
We left some without tassels too!
This fun easy gift idea was well loved by the people we gifted them to this year. And we love ours too! I think we need to make some more because I have noticed that when putting the kiddos to bed, we often don’t finish a whole book before they want to go to sleep. So we need to bookmark all the books!!
I hope this tutorial inspires you to get creative in making some beautiful laminated watercolor bookmarks. They make a great gift idea, especially for those friends and family members who live far away, because they are so easy to mail!
Until next time, enjoy making watercolor masterpieces, and creating beautiful things everyday!
XO JCL
