This 2 minute craft tells you how to make a bookmark of yourself!
![](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/VL-Book-cover-Template-81-e1710778898844.png?resize=1038%2C2250&ssl=1)
You will need:
– A printed picture of yourself with your arm in the air as if you are holding a balloon
– A pencil
– Crayon / Colouring Pencil
– Card / Cereal box
– Glue
– Sellotape
– Scissors
– String/Ribbon about 5 inches long
– Help from a grown-up
![](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3-e1710779227239-669x1024.png?resize=669%2C1024&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/4-e1710779243530-650x1024.png?resize=650%2C1024&ssl=1)
1. Glue your picture to a piece of card/cereal box and cut around yourself
![](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/5-e1710779379466-715x1024.png?resize=715%2C1024&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/6-e1710779417652-782x1024.png?resize=782%2C1024&ssl=1)
2. Draw, colour (or use coloured card) and cut out a balloon shape on another piece of card
![](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/7-e1710779670406-668x1024.png?resize=668%2C1024&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/8-e1710779696214-669x1024.png?resize=669%2C1024&ssl=1)
3. Sellotape one end of the string/ribbon to the back of the balloon and the other to the back of the picture of your hand in the air.
![](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/9-e1710778920643-513x1024.png?resize=513%2C1024&ssl=1)
Use your new bookmark next time you read!