Mother’s Day bookmarks make a creative DIY gift idea for Moms who love reading. See how to craft my personalized Birthstone Bookmarks for Mom that are like birthstone jewelry for books.
“Mom, You’re a Gem” bookmarks idea
My cute “Mom, You’re a Gem” Mother’s Day bookmarks printable template features colorful paper gems representing each family member’s birthstone. Add paper gems to represent family birthdays. Plus, I’ll show you how to make a cute paper tassel to save her place in her current read.
Printable Mother’s Day bookmarks idea for Mom
My easy Mother’s Day bookmarks are available in two sizes, perfect for all kinds of families. Whether it’s Mother’s Day or her birthday, these family birthstone bookmarks are a quick and creative DIY gift idea to make for Mom.
It’s like birthstone jewelry for book lovers
You know the popular birthstone jewelry gifts for Mom? These Birthstone Bookmarks are like that, but for books. ASTROBRIGHTS Paper asked me to design a DIY gift idea for Mother’s Day. My mom is an avid reader, and family birthstone jewelry is a popular birthday and Mother’s Day gift idea, so I melded the two ideas together to make you this creative family birthstone bookmark craft that you can make for all of your favorite moms.
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Easy DIY Mother’s Day gift idea for Moms who love reading books
Make this Mother’s Day a real page-turner with my DIY bookmark for moms who love to read. My personalized Birthstone Bookmarks makes a perfect Mother’s Day DIY gift idea for book-loving moms. Pair your handmade bookmark with a new book or gift certificate to give a book-themed gift to Mom.
Creative Mother’s Day bookmark for Mom
Looking for a creative gift idea for a Mom who loves reading books? Make her my personalized Birthstone Birthmarks that are like birthstone jewelry for books. Download my free printable bookmark template and type family names to customize a bookmark with birthstones that represent her family members. My bookmark is a thoughtful and unique gift she’ll cherish every time she opens her favorite book.
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Printable bookmark template for Mother’s Day
You can make family birthstone bookmarks for Mother’s Day for your own mom, or a mom friend, or grab the kids to make one together for yourself! Download my printable bookmark template at Astrobrights.com and print onto your chosen colors to surprise Mom with a sentimental handmade gift that’s useful, too!
Supplies for making Mother’s Day bookmarks:
- Kathy’s printable family birthstone bookmarks PDF editable template – Download at Astrobrights.com
- ASTROBRIGHTS Spectrum cardstock pack and Champagne Pearl™ Metallic Finish cardstock pack
- Good paper scissors and optional craft knife, metal ruler, and self-healing mat
- Glue stick
- Double-sided tape
- ⅛” hole punch
- Embroidery floss
How to make easy bookmarks for Mom for birthdays and Mother’s Day
Step 1: Download my Birthstones Bookmarks free printable template
Download Kathy’s birthstone bookmarks free printable template at Astrobrights.com. I designed two sizes of bookmark templates: 2” x 6” bookmarks for 1-3 family members and 2” x 8” bookmarks for 4-6 family members. To add any additional family members, you can always make reversible bookmarks that include birthstones on both sides, or make more than one bookmark to include all family members.
Step 2: Personalize Mom’s bookmark with names of children, grandchildren, and other family members
My free printable bookmarks template is editable, which means you can type into the editable fields to personalize family names.
Open my free bookmark template into Adobe Reader rather than a web browser (editable PDFs can be fussy in web browsers), type names of Mom’s family — children, grandchildren, and other family members — into the fields.
Step 3: Print Mother’s Day bookmarks onto colorful cardstock paper
Print bookmarks onto either shimmery Champagne Pearl™ Metallic Finish cardstock paper (cut large sheets to fit your printer) or your mom’s birthstone color. I recommend using cardstock paper weight for bookmarks for sturdiness.
Step 4: Add colorful paper birthstone gems for family members
Print paper gems onto the Astrobrights paper colors that matches your chosen birthstones and cut out a gem for each family member. Glue gems onto the bookmark. Add your mom’s birthstone color to the O in MOM. You can use any extra gems to decorate the backs of your bookmarks or embellish gift wrapping paper or handmade Mother’s Day cards and birthday cards.
You can personalize Mom’s bookmark by adding an ASTROBRIGHTS paper color to represent the birthstone months of her family members:
- January Garnet – Rocket Red™
- February Amethyst – Planetary Purple™
- March Aquamarine – Lunar Blue™
- April Diamond – Champagne Pearl™ for colored bookmarks or Solar White for Champagne Pearl™ bookmarks
- May Emerald – Gamma Green™
- June Alexandrite – Outrageous Orchid™
- July Ruby – Re-Entry Red™
- August Peridot – Vulcan Green™
- September Sapphire – Blast-Off Blue™
- October Tourmaline – Pulsar Pink™
- November Topaz – Galaxy Gold™
- December Blue Topaz – Celestial Blue®
Have fun and be loose with this Mother’s Day craft. Choose birthstone colors for Mom, children, grandchildren, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, step-children and grandchildren, spouses, whatever family members you wish, or even simply Mom’s favorite colors. There are no rules, just love for Mom!
Step 5: Make cute paper tassels for your Mother’s Day bookmark
Print my tassel template onto cardstock paper. Using good paper scissors, cut very thin strips on the long edge, leaving ¼” uncut along the edge. Affix strong double-sided tape to the uncut edge and peel back the tape to expose the adhesive.
Next, fold an 8” piece of embroidery floss in half and place the cut edges onto the left edge of the sticky tape.
Tightly roll the tassel from left to right, capturing the embroidery floss inside.
Step 6: Tie paper tassel to Mom’s handmade bookmark
Punch a hole into your handmade bookmark using a ⅛” hole punch.
Tie the paper tassel to your birthstone bookmark by putting the embroidery floss through the hole. Then feed the tassel through the hole and pull to tighten.
Step 7: Give your Mother’s Day bookmark to Mom paired with coordinating book-ish gifts
You can pair this handmade bookmark with book-related gifts like a new book, or a book store gift certificate, reading light, or a cute mug for warm drinks to sip while she enjoys reading her latest book.
Be sure to pin my ‘Mom, You’re a Gem’ Mother’s Day bookmarks
And see more of my Mother’s Day DIY gift ideas including a paper MOM wreath for Mother’s Day.
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