Recycled Bookmarks

I was surprised when I saw a lot of craft activities related to bookmarks, for example, cross-stitching, embroidery, crocheting, quilting, and so on. Bookmarks also come with all shapes like hearts or ovals besides traditional rectangle. Bookmarks can be very easy to make, just cut rectangles or so difficult. However, I like making bookmarks because they are small projects to start learning a new craft. Even my baby can make some. She is developing her hand muscle by using scissors.

In this picture, she cut triangles from used and one-sided paper. I draw the lines for her to cut. She tried to cut them straight. Then she glued hearts I cut on, traced some words. And voila, she had some bookmarks to gift her teachers on Valentine's Day.

And I also made some recycled bookmarks from one-sided paper by folding them. Youtube has a lot of tutorial showing you how to origami heart bookmarks. Here a corner heart bookmark and here.

 

Bookmarks I made

Red Ridinghood Cape

My daughter wanted me to make her another cardigan, but RED. I remembered seeing a Red Ridinghood cape pattern from Red Heart yarn website. I bought 2 skeins of  Red Heart With Love on sale in Walmart. Perfect for this project.

There is one problem. I am not always following instruction. Always for every projects. I don't know why. While I was making this cape, I also changed. I made it longer.

And here is this.

 My daughter is happy with it. When she is bigger, I can move the button hole lower. So, this cape is used longer. Love it.

 

Try it on