(Mine is on the left and (8yo) Laura's on the right)
1. Select some stickers. We used gold-edged butterflies.
2. Place stickers on a piece of black card.
3. If you want, at this point you could lightly draw a border around the edge of the bookmark as a guide to where you will leave the edges blank.
4. Using good-quality pencils (we used Prismacolors) and working on a soft even surface such as a magazine, colour around the stickers using the colours and shapes found in the stickers as a guide.
Don't forget to keep your digital pet nearby in case it wants something to eat.
5. Admire your finished bookmarks. These remind us of stained-glass windows. The way these pencils show up so richly on black is just beautiful.
by Laura
4 comments:
They look beautiful Laura...
Wow, I have a couple of thoughts here;
1) Those turned out great! I want to make those with my kids.
2) LOL we usually have virtual pets nearby too!
3) I really want to make that pencil case! Is there a pattern somewhere or did you invent it? LOVE it! All the kids need colored pencils for school and my husband sketches - he'd love it too.
Your bookmarks are gorgeous. I can hardly believe they are made using pencils. I am going to try your idea with my girls, they will love it.
What a simple, fun, brilliant idea! And they could even be given as gifts to teach kids the joy of giving! I'm going to have to do this with my 5-year-old son who loves to color and to give gifts!
Thanks for sharing,
Sharon
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