DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Pie Corner Bookmark

These corner bookmarks are an adorable addition to any reading collection. They are simple origami paper crafts, and children can add a creative touch to their bookmark. Creating a cute pie-themed bookmark is a great craft to suit a food or pi day theme! Or you can make this adorable craft just for fun!

We have included instructions for creating a corner bookmark from scratch below, as well as a template version for an easier craft.

Materials:

• if making from scratch, coloured paper (pie filling colours like red for cherry, yellow lemon, purple for blueberry, etc.),
• if making from scratch, brown and white paper for the pie crust and whipped cream,
• if using the template, printer and paper,
• crayons or something else to color with (for b&w print version)

Instructions:

• Cut or fold & rip a piece of A4 paper in half. (I find that using half a paper makes a better size bookmark because it works for a variety of book sizes.)

• Turn the rectangle of paper into a square, click here for instructions.

• Valley fold paper from corner to corner, making a triangle.

• Fold the left bottom corner of the triangle up to the top corner. Do the same with the top corner.

• Glue the folds into place; the paper should look like a diamond now.

• Turn the paper over. Fold the bottom corner (only the top layer of paper) of the daimond up to the top corner.

• This part is a bit tricky: unfold the fold you just made and fold it in the opposite way. You will have to fold it underneath and it will create a little pocket.

• Now time to decorate your pie!
  • Cut out little strips of brown paper and glue them to the bookmark in a lattice pattern. You can trim the edges of the paper strips or glue them around the other side of the bookmark. Then cut out and glue on a fancy crust!
  • OR, glue on a fancy crust and then cut a swirly shape out of white paper and glue it onto the pie to create a dollop of whipped cream!

Craft Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Lattice Pattern Pie   (color)  or   (B&W)

Whipped Cream Pie   (color)  or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions