This post is for those of us who love crafts!
At a camp once we made bookmarks and added pictures of the children. Now days everyone can take a picture and print it out almost instantly on their computer. Students love to have pictures taken and this might be a fun item to send home at the end of camp.
Print the PDF on card stock. Do not laminate at this point. Cut out inside the frame along the straight red border with an Exacto knife. It works better to start at each edge of each side and cut to the middle. If it looks a little rough, you can clean it up with small scissors. In fact, you might be able to cut the inside with scissors.
After the inside is cut, you might see some white of the card stock, so take a red Sharpie and color the white edges. Mine matched the red ink almost perfectly. Then put your photo behind the opening and move it around until you get the best view. Trim the photo larger than the opening and glue. Sign and date the back. Now you are ready to laminate or cover it with clear adhesive paper. Remember, most home printers use ink that will run when wet, so it is important to laminate them in some way. In the summer, perspiration on your student’s hands are enough to smear the ink, and you don’t want them messed up before they get home!
If you want to get fancy, before you laminate make a backing for your bookmark with another piece of white paper and glue it to the back. Punch a hole at the top and tie a ribbon at the top. A tassel would be nice, but they are hard to find unless you order them on the internet.
