My name is Amanda and I blog over at Multi-Testing Mommy and Canadian Moms Cook. I love to blog, bake and craft up things like these Paint Chip Bookmarks!
For my daughter’s recent 8th Birthday Party, we had an “unslumber-slumber party” where the girls dressed in their pjs and we had pizza, crafts and a movie. The slumber part was that they pretended to have a slumber party but at the actual time they would have gone to bed starting giggling, chatting and keeping each other up all night, they went home! Brilliant idea, I thought!
During the party we made these simple bookmarks out of paint chip samples. While we made these for my daughter’s birthday, they would just as much fun for boys choosing colours and designs that they like best.
Paint Chip Sample Bookmarks
Materials Needed:
- paint chip strips
- embroidery thread
- fancy/fun hole punches
- stickers, fancy punched out shapes (from the paint chips) or fancy jewels if desired
- white glue if using fancy jewels
Directions:
- Select a paint chip strip.
- Punch a hole at the top of the paint chip for your fancy embroidery thread “tassel”.
- Cut a few short strands of embroidery thread (in one or various colours).
- Fold strands in half and put top of fold through the hole at the top of the bookmark and loop the ends through the fold of the embroidery thread.
- Decorate bookmark as desired with stickers or fancy jewels.
There you have it – a super fast and easy craft that encourages children to read and a fun little take home favour from the birthday party.
Thanks for reading!
~Amanda aka @MultiTestingMom
This is a great idea for using paint chip cards. I have a collection of them because I love looking at painting ideas for my home. I love reading and books…what not to love? Plus it looks easy too! Thank you!!
I know right? I bring home tons of those cards every time we do a new room! lol
Great idea
Love Amanda’s blog. She’s always got neat craft posts!
agreed! so glad she agreed to guest post!
Awww…thanks guys 🙂
This is a great idea. I’m a reader AND a compulsive hoarder of paint chips (I’ve been making my own chalk paint), so this is a great recycling idea.
nice and easy and simple! thanks!
Very cute idea. I always take a bunch home when I’m repainting.
What an easy idea.Will be adding this to each of the books I have bought for Christmas!
easy peasy craft to do, the grandkids would enjoy this
fun activity for the kids
THis is very clever – I often just use scraps of paper.
So simple! I love it!!
That actually is an awesome idea. it would be cool with the camera booth pictures too, if they still exist.
what an awesome idea; must tell my niece about this for her daycare crafts.
What a fun craft idea!
This is a great craft or a rainy day.
great idea, easy and something they can use afterwards 🙂