Crafty Readers

Reading is important for learning! Reading helps us expand our imaginations and learn more. Kids around the world learn to read from their teachers and sometimes from parents. Tutors at Compassion centers also help kids learn to read. Follow along with this craft to make a reading-buddy bookmark! Once you learn how to fold the bookmark, you can decorate it however you want. Below are directions for decorating it like a Compassion Explorer mascot.

SUPPLIES

4” square piece of craft paper
crayons or colored pencils if you’re coloring your bookmark
extra paper to make ears, noses, etc.
scissors
tape or glue

FOLD IT

Fold your paper in half, point to point. Unfold.
Fold in half again, this time with the other points. Unfold.
Place your paper like a diamond. It should have lines up and down and side to side.
Fold the bottom half of the diamond up to form a triangle.
With the same part of the paper you just folded up, fold the point down, over the front of paper. The point should just touch the bottom edge of the triangle.
Fold the bottom left corner to meet the top corner. Press.
Repeat with the bottom right corner. You should now have a smaller diamond.
Inside the small diamond, you will find a pocket. Tuck and fold the top corners of the diamond into the pocket.
You’re finished! You should have a diamond with one flat half and one thick half. Now it’s time to decorate your bookmark to look like your favorite Explorer mascot!