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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

Students who are in school or people who like to read have relatively high requirements for bookmarks. Just taking a piece of cardboard and inserting it into a book as a bookmark will affect everyones reading mood. Therefore , if you like to do handmade DIY, you might as well make beautiful bookmarks by yourself, so that in the New Year, you can use your own handmade bookmarks as New Year gifts to friends who also like reading. . Some bookmarks are made using the origami method, while others are made directly from cardboard and then drawn. The bookmarks we make here are made using another method, that is to say, using a utility knife. Carve it on the cardboard and finally make a cute little animal-shaped bookmark.

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

The paper used as the bookmark needs to be hard cardboard

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Let’s use it first Draw the shape of a bookmark with a pencil

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

To make a bear bookmark, you need to draw the bear’s head

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Then draw the same two U shapes as hands, with the same position and height

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

Cut along the outermost side

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

The engraving begins

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

The positions of the eyes and nose are carved out

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

Go ahead and carve the U shape

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

Then you can use the positions of the two hands as part of the card page

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You can write text or draw patterns on the bookmark

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

The cute bear bookmark is ready

Chapter 12 Steps:

Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

Then let’s make a little bunny bookmark

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

Bookmarks for various small animals can be made using this method

Chapter 14 steps:

Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

Isn’t this kind of kitty bookmark also very cute?

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

Cardboard of various colors can be used to make bookmarks

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Tutorial on making cute animal-shaped bookmarks as New Year gifts

This bookmark looks very It is beautiful and cute, but its production method is also very simple, which is very suitable for everyone to create their own. In addition to the shapes of these small animals in the tutorial, if you have other requirements, such as during the New Year, When making bookmarks for the zodiac signs of the new year, you can also create them independently, and then successfully make cute paper art bookmarks.