I have a thing about turning down the pages of a book to mark your place. I can’t do it! I will use ANYTHING as a bookmark not to fold down the page. So what happens when my pet peeve meets a nine year old avid fisherman who like to read? Update: he is now 16 years old and still obsessed with fishing!
I get to be creative! George is obsessed with fishing…he even started his own blog! So the obvious subject for bookmarks for him had to be fish.
I started with scraps of watercolor paper and my inexpensive set of watercolors
to create a flounder, a trout and one that I’m pretty sure I made up!
I added all the details with these Micron pens
and this white gel pen
…both of which I can’t seem to live without these days.
I cut the fish out with scissors and then laminated them (using this laminator
) so that they would last longer in the hands of a nine year old. All three fish fit in a standard 8.5×11 laminating sheet. I then cut the fish shapes out again from the sheet.
I poked a small hole in the fishes’ mouths with a book awl
and attached my faux lures with a jump ring. The “lures” were made with left over beads and fishing line.
I am so happy with the results and love that it is something unique I could give to George to encourage him to keep reading.
You can find more of my ideas for bookmarks here and here. Reading is an obsession for me and I love when others share the same passion!
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” Mason Cooley
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