![]() 2.5 x 8 inches or 6.3 x 21cm does the trick. I start by creating my design using custom sizing. ![]() If you want wider bookmarks, you can drop it down to four per sheet. I usually attempt to get 5 bookmarks out of a piece of A4 card. It’s a little short, so I don’t get maximum use of the paper and I have to do more cutting. ![]() ![]() Now, because I print on A4 cardboard, I don’t use the bookmark template in Canva. There are two different ways you can do it. It’s a bookworm or school librarian’s dream.īut, something I get asked about a lot is how to create double sided bookmarks. If you’ve never used Canva before, try my getting started tips here.Ĭanva has a bookmark template and as many designs as you could possibly hope for. Just one of the reasons Canva is so incredible. Use your school email to sign up for an account that gives you access to all the feature for free. If you work in a school library, don’t forget to check out Canva for Education. Since I started using Canva, my bookmark game has significantly increased. I used to search online for free printable bookmark designs, and while this did find me some great deigns, I was limited in what I could use. The students love picking out a new design, it prevents the dreaded dog earring of pages and they are easy to tie into special events. I’ve always printed bookmarks to have at the circulation desk. While you can buy beautiful bookmarks to give out to students, perfect for author visits, book week or special events, I find that most readers, especially the younger students, go through too many bookmarks for me to be able to afford to keep up a steady supply. I really think leaving it as plain cardstock will be fine for just the 1 month! If you don’t want to punch your bookmark, then you could also laminate it and then use a marker to mark off the days.Making double-sided bookmarks with Canva two ways – with templatesĪre the students in your school library bookmark mad? Mine are. But, if you don’t have one, then don’t stress. You can download the PDF below! Just print them at home on cardstock and then cut out! To make it more durable, we did put them through our home laminator. Lunchbox Jokes for Every Season and Holiday.Looking for some more fun printables to help your kiddos? Check out: My Nathan is really excited about this new system! He likes to visually see his progress, plus he really likes having a fun bookmark! I already know I will be designing some others in the near future! When the bookmark is full, then they earn a reward! So, they can punch a spot for every 30 minutes they read. You could also give each punchcard a time value. For example ice cream date, go swimming, $5, etc! If he can read 20 of the 30 (or 31) days a month, then he’ll earn a reward. I initially designed the bookmarks to have 20 spots to punch (or sticker, or mark off, etc)! I designed it that way thinking that it would last for approx one month - that’s spots for them to read 5 of 7 days a week for 4 weeks. You ultimately can use it however you want, but I have two ways that I am going to try. School is in full swing around here! Things have been good, even homework time has been amazing thanks to our new Homework Station! The only item I’m getting any resistance from with my 2nd grader is getting his reading minutes in! I wanted to help give him some incentive and motivation to do his reading, so I designed these cute Printable Bookmarks with punches on them! These Printable Punchcard Bookmarks are the perfect way to help your kids track their reading and help motivate them to learn to love to read!
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