Photo Magnet Bookmarks

Bookmarks are a nice gift for anyone who likes to read, but they make an especially good gift for Mother’s Day! All it takes is a couple household items, your handy-dandy Glue Dots^®, and a few of your favorite family photos. And with just a little help and supervision, the kids can lend a hand and make your bookmark even more meaningful!

MADE BY: SAMANTHA TAYLOR | TIME: 20 MINS
LEVEL: BEGINNER | SIZE: SHORT = 2” X 3” | LONG = 2” X 6”

Supplies:

• Glue Dots® All Purpose Dots
• Small photos (about 2.5” x 1.75”)
• Patterned paper
• Thin magnet
• Scissors (optional, for long bookmark only)
• Flat stickers (optional, for embellishing)

Directions:

1. Cut and score patterned paper. Then, fold the patterned paper in half along the score line.
        Long style: cut to 2” x 12”, score at 6”
        Short style: cut to 2” x 6”, score at 3"
   
   
2. Cut photos to 2.5” x 1.75”. Attach photos to the outside of the bookmark with Glue Dots® All Purpose Dots. Use two photos per bookmark; one photo on each side.
   
   
3. Cut magnet into 2” x 0.25” strips and attach to the inside of the bookmark with Glue Dots® All Purpose Dots. Put one magnet on each (inside) side of the bookmark.
   
   
4. For the long bookmark, use scissors to cut a fishtail into the end.
   
   
5. Finally, add those personal embellishments!
   

Glue Dots® All Purpose Dots are great for a variety of surfaces, making them perfect for the different surfaces in this project. To make it a fun activity fun for the whole family to enjoy, ask older kids to help pick out photos and cut papers for this project, and have the younger ones place Glue Dots® on the magnets and add the embellishments!