Bookmarks

I got a call about a week ago from my Mother-In-Law telling me that my 9 year old niece just dropped the bomb that she needs a craft item to donate to the school for a fundraiser of some kind, that same week.  Knowing that I'm a crafter she called me to see if I could help out. :)  My niece had her heart set on bookmarks (maybe it was her mind that was made up, and not her heart set on) . .  I wonder if the teacher made suggestions of what the children should make, and bookmarks stuck . . . I'm secretly hoping all the children aren't bringing in bookmarks.  Oh well that's neither here nor there. :) 

So bookmarks it is . . . hmmm, bookmarks . . . I perfer the kind that have magnets and really hold your page (you know, so you don't loose it or the bookmark) BUT I had to think like a kid here, so what kind of bookmarks do kids like?  I remember loving bright fun colors and anything shiny or glittery (wait I have grown up haven't I?  Guess some things never change!)  Anywho, I also remember thinking that things that were laminated were really special.  Plus with kids, a laminated bookmark may last a little longer, right?

So this is what I came up with . . . 


I took scraps of patterned paper (approximately 2"x6") and backed them with white cardstock to 'thicken' them up.  Then I ran them through my xyron to laminate them, punched holes and set eyelets to make them tough, then threaded some fun funky ribbons thru each one.  

Here's a better shot of them . . . 

If you were keeping track of them, there's 31!  She needed 30 and I made one extra for her! :)
I sure hope she likes them, and more importantly I hope whoever is shopping at this event likes them too!