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One of my teachers taught me this in a craft activity. Incredibly easy to make, and quite pretty too ;)
Use either paper or an old Christmas card or any old card x)
And my explaining isn't so good so hopefully the pictures help.
It takes either 5 to 10 minutes, once you get it though you can easily do it in five minutes rather than 10...

Posted by Anye from Blackpool, England, United Kingdom • Published See Anye's 2 projects »
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  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 1
    Step 1

    I'm using a Christmas card, but you can also use colored/patterned paper!
    Snip off the cover of your card.

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 2
    Step 2

    Fold your cover in half.

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 3
    Step 3

    Cut along the crease.

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 4
    Step 4

    Get one of the halves and fold that in half.

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 5
    Step 5

    Get your ruler and draw a line on the outside, make sure it's wide! - But not to wide! ;D (I'm rubbish at explaining >_>)

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 6
    Step 6

    Now draw steep diagonal lines from the line to the crease.
    And they should be very steep and not flat.

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 7
    Step 7

    Cut along the diagonal lines but don't go past the biiig long line ;D
    (Yes, I don't know what to call it >_>)

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 8
    Step 8

    Open it up after your done!

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 9
    Step 9

    Hold it so the arrow things face down and then fold each other arrow thing up so its fold one up, miss one, fold one up and the ones you fold up should go under the ones you haven't.

  • How to make a paper bookmark. Plait Bookmarks - Step 10
    Step 10

    Yay! Your bookmark should end up looking something like this, if not, better!

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Steph.
Steph. · Reading, England, GB · 212 projects
That looks amazing! Well done ^^
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Anye
Anye · Blackpool, England, GB · 2 projects
Yup, that's Northern Lights XD
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Kirsten B.
Kirsten B. · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 40 projects
I really like this, I think I'll make one for my mom. She reads alot and is always losing bookmarks.
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Betty K.
Betty K. · New York, New York, US · 17 projects
this is awesome... much nicer bookmark then the old train ticket stub i've been using... ps if that's His Dark Materials you're using the bookmark in at the top pic then good choice in book and bookmars!!
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Michelle Ames
Michelle Ames · Hilton, New York, US · 17 projects
Great job - and the directions are spot on!
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Caty C.
Caty C. · Cartago, Cartago, CR · 11 projects
That's really nice, most try it.
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Cat Morley
Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects
This looks really cool, I want to make one for my mum. She's a librarian, so she gets through a lot of bookmarks.
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