How to Make a Paper Corner Bookmark
- 1). Cut a 4-inch square of paper from a piece of scrapbook, wrapping or other colorful paper. Use a paper trimmer or a ruler to make the lines are perfectly straight, if desired. If the lines of your paper corner bookmark aren't straight, it won't fit as securely on the corner of a book page. This can lead to it falling off and you losing your place in the book and your bookmark.
- 2). Make two folds in the paper, creasing sharply. First, fold one corner of the square up to meet the opposite square, with the wrong sides of the paper facing and the right sides looking out, if you're using patterned paper. Then fold this triangle in half again.
- 3). Unfold the triangle. Smooth out the creases as much as possible.
- 4). Cut out one of the triangles created by the creased folds in the square. If you have a particular design you want to be the main image visible on your bookmark, cut the opposite triangle -- the one its tip is touching. You will now have a shape resembling the back of an envelope, without the flap.
- 5). Fold the two triangles down behind the base triangle, forming a single small triangle, creasing heavily. Unfold the top flap. Place glue or double-sided tape on it. Fold it down smooth again.
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