Bookmarks as a Group Project

Our Fiber Artist group meets at a library.  It is easy to get to, free to use and more welcoming than a church or someone’s home.  We occasionally try to give back to the library by raising money for their Friends of the Library group which funds many of their programs.  This month we made book marks for the library to give out.   Now to be totally honest we do get public credit for these bookmarks which help us advertise our group. 

As I was making my bookmarks which I geared toward kids, I thought this was a great idea for a scout group or a Sunday school class to do as a simple public service project.  It wouldn’t have to be for a library, it could also be for a class like maybe a first grade class where they are just starting to read.  Or it might also be a great introduction to collage for some afternoon art class.

We started with card stock cut in 2 ¾” strips and decorated them with stickers and ribbon and sequins.  A couple of us added words to encourage reading.

Another member brought some ribbon and a hole punch and added a little bow at the top of their book marks.

Instead of plain card stock you could cut strips from scrapbook paper or wall paper sample sheets.

It was a lot of fun and didn’t take much concentration so we were able to visit and tell stories and talk about books we were reading.  Think of how encouraging this would be for the group making the bookmarks to read more.  Maybe even allow them to keep one of the book marks they made and have them bring it to the next scout or class meeting with a book they are reading. 

 ©2019 Cheryl Fillion