These felt animal bookmarks take minutes to make and are so fun for kids! You can make 9 different animals with our free pattern (glue or sew). Horse, chicken, pig, hippo, giraffe, narwhal, dog, chipmunk, or a goat. Which one will you make first? This post contains an affiliate link.
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Ruby was browsing her copy of SEW WITH ME and saw the cute little penguin bookmark inside. She asked if she could make animal bookmarks just like it for Christmas gifts this year!
I thought that was a brilliant idea. We started brainstorming what animals we should make and decided to glue the bookmarks together instead of sewing them to save time. Side note: you can purchase a copy of our kids sewing book, with 60 projects, here.
Felt Animal Bookmarks
These little bookmarks slip right into the spine of the book with the head sticking out of the top, and a cute little felt shape sticking out of the bottom. We came up with fun little shapes to match each animal. Ex: horse + apple, pig + corn, chicken + egg, etc. You can get creative and come up with your own or use our free pattern.
Make 9 Animal Bookmarks with our pattern
Our collection of animals may seem random, but each one was selected based on the favorite animal of the recipient.
For your viewing pleasure, we present...
Giraffe, hippo, horse.
Pig, narwhal, chipmunk.
Goat, chicken, dog.
Supplies for Animal Bookmarks
- free pattern (click to open)
- felt scraps
- craft eyes
- hot glue/gun
- scissors
- ½" ribbon (12" lengths)
Scroll down for step by step photos, but here's the gist: hot glue the details to the front of each face. Glue outer details like ears, fins, and horns in between the front and back circle. Glue a ribbon in between the two circles to use as the bookmark. Glue the corresponding shape to the bottom of each ribbon (sandwiching the ribbon in the middle of the front and back shape pieces).
Animal and Corresponding Shape:
- Narwhal + star
- Pig + corn on the cob
- Dog + bone
- Horse + apple
- Giraffe + leaves
- Hippo + heart
- Chipmunk + acorn
- Goat + apple
- Chicken + egg
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Felt Animal Bookmarks
Felt Animal Bookmarks
Equipment
- scissors
- hot glue gun
Materials
- felt scraps
- animal bookmark pattern pieces print out and cut
- craft eyes
- 12" ribbon
Instructions
- Decide what animal you'd like to make and cut out the pattern templates.
- Cut out the pieces you'll need from felt scraps.
- Hot glue details to the front circle.
- Sandwich any pieces like horns, ears, fins etc. in between the front and back circle. Hot glue into place.
- Hot glue ribbon onto the back circle.
- Glue the front circle onto the back circle, sandwiching the ribbon and in between.
- Trim ribbon to be the length that you'd like your bookmark to be. 10-12" works for most chapter books.Glue the bottom detail (apple, star, heart, corn, bone, leaves, etc) on each side of the ribbon at the bottom of the bookmark.
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