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Crafts for Bibliophiles --- projects added 6/17/24: Colorful Owl

A collection of directions/templates for making your own creative bookmarks and other book crafts at home.

To make this bookmark, you will need to print the Colorful Owl Template sheet below. You will also need several small pieces of felt (two bright colors - shown as pink and green - plus black, white, and yellow or orange), 6-10" of ribbon, a pair of scissors, and craft or hot glue.

"Colorful Owl" Bookmark

Download and print this supplemental file to complete this project:

Directions

1. Trace and cut out all pieces of felt according to the template.

2. Glue white eyes to the owl head.

3. Glue the chest piece to the owl belly.

4. Glue the pupils (black circles of felt) to white eye pieces.

5. Glue the beak between and slightly below eyes.

6. Glue one end of ribbon to the back of the completed owl piece.

7. Align and glue the second owl piece to back of first piece with one end of the ribbon sandwiched between.

8. Align the two hearts and glue them together with the bottom ribbon edge sandwiched between.

 
* project contributed by Miriam M. *