DIY Pretty - Heart Bookmarks

♥ bookmarks.

                            Here's a little tutorial on how you can create these pretty ♥ bookmarks.

What you will need:

1. A rectangular piece of colored paper (You could even use newspaper or wrapping paper)

2. A pair of scissors

3. Glue stick (Optional)

Step 1. Fold in about 1/4th of your paper inwards.

Step 2. Turn it over and fold into a pyramid shape. Make sure both sides are equal.

Step 3. Turn your semi pyramid shaped paper to the other side. If it looks like the picture to your right then all's good!

Step 4. Now, fold 3/4th of your pyramid inwards.

Step 5. Turn over your paper and you will find two strips of paper jutting out.

Step 6 and 7. Gently press in these two strips of paper to form an expanded cone.

Step 8. Here's where you fold in the other ends of expanded cone inwards to form a semi hexagon, this will be the top part of your heart.

NOTE:  You may instead be able to fold in the ends of the expanded cone to form a semi diamond as well. It all depends on the shape of your paper. If this is the case, keep calm and continue reading. ^-^

Step 9. When you turn over your paper, you can see that your heart bookmark is almost ready.

NOTE:  As I pointed at Step 8, in the case where your heart has pointed/semi diamond tops, you can fold half of it inwards to form a heart that looks like the above one or if you prefer the pointed look to your heart, head to step 10.

Step 10. Cut off the excess paper left on either side.

Step 11 (Optional). You can choose to do this according to your preference, fold the flap of paper inwards and glue it to form a more wholesome shape to your heart. Your ♥ bookmark is ready to use! 

You can use even wrapping paper, newspaper or plain paper and decorate your bookmark however you want to! I drew two little eyes on mine, ended up looking pretty cute!

Enjoy! =)