DIY bookmark craft with stained glass

I’m pretty sure you’ll like today’s DIY bookmark craft. I was looking for a stained glass craft idea, but also for a Japanese craft for kids, and I kind of wanted to create a handmade gift… 

So there we have it:  a DIY bookmark craft with cellophane stained glass and a Japanese landscape!


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Stained glass DIY bookmark craft

For this bookmark craft you will need*:

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Steps:

1. Print the bookmark artwork on plain paper, and the frame template on colorful cardstock for printers. If you don’t have cardstock that fits your printer, print the template on regular paper and use it as a stencil to cut out the cardstock.

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

2. Place the transparency foil over the bookmark artwork and trace the image onto the foil with a black permanent marker. Set aside with the ink facing up. 

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

3. Trace the shapes in the illustrated transparency foil onto colorful cellophane sheets. Cut out the shapes of cellophane for the stained glass.

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

4. Glue the cellophane pieces onto the back side of the illustrated transparency foil. Don’t glue them on the side with the marker’s ink, because the glue might mess the ink. Use only a thin layer of glue.

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

If you want to make this bookmark craft with younger kids, you can make it simpler: cut small pieces of cellophane and glue them randomly. I chose only a few colors for this method because I thought it looked smoother.

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

5. Cut the bookmark design along the outlines.

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

6. Cut out the frames from the colorful cardstock. I used a craft knife, but scissors are fine too.

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

7. Glue the foil to the frames. One frame will be at the back of your bookmark and the other will be at the front. Be sure to position both frames with the hole mark at the top of the bookmark.

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

8. Punch a hole in the top of the bookmark and add a ribbon.

Make a DIY bookmark craft with stained glass from cellophane. This tutorial has it all: a DIY bookmark, a Japanese craft for kids and a lovely handmade gift.

All done! You have your own DIY bookmark with stained glass and Japanese landscape.

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