Red Panda Bookmark Craft
If your kids tend to read several books at one time, a craft project like this red panda bookmark might come in handy. It’s a common sight in our household to have several books lying around. Science books. A couple of Nancy Drew mystery stories. A history book. One or two of the Narnian Chronicles. And of course, the kids often stop in the middle of a story, and they need a bookmark.
Projects like this cute papercraft red panda bookmark are the perfect craft for home-schooling kids and avid readers. They can also make a fun project to go along with a summer reading challenge.
Fun Facts about Red Pandas
Before we begin, here are some interesting facts about red pandas to expand your arts and crafts time into a fun lesson:
Okay, let’s get started on the red panda bookmark craft!
Supplies for Red Panda Bookmark
- 7 Bold plus Bright Colors on Heavyweight Paper: Great value from the playroom to the classroom. Every sheet is 9×12 inches. You’ll get 100 sheets of white, 90 each of light blue and yellow, 80 each of bright green, hot pink, bright purple and yellow-orange paper. Simply put, there’s more of the colors you use and less of the ones you don’t and that means less waste and more creativity.
- Teacher Loved & Parent Approved: Every Textured Sheet of paper cuts and folds without risk of unwanted cracks and tears. The ultimate paper for all your arts and crafts at home and school. Arts and crafts projects deserve color and quality you can count on like these.
- We put kids first: At Colorations so every batch of heavyweight construction paper is perfect for stockpiling crafts supplies for a rainy day, school project or the next kids party at your house. Durable, affordable and the best choice for parents & teachers everywhere.
- Colored Paper for Every Age & Craft Activity: Encourage kids to get creative with construction paper that can be used with everything: markers, crayons, colored pencils, chalk or paint. Take projects to a whole new level with paper that begs to be colored and drawn on any time. BONUS: It’s chemical free paper to keep kids safe.
Instructions for Red Panda Bookmark
Step 1:
Select white, orange, and brown craft paper for the red panda bookmark craft. The template includes the head, inner ears, outer ears, eyebrows, body base, tail, upper paws, and lower part of the face. Trace the template patterns on the selected colored craft papers and cut them out nicely.
Step 2:
Glue the lower part of the face on the bottom part of the head cutout and glue the inner ear cutouts on the outer ear cutouts.
Step 3:
Glue the ear patterns on the top side of the head pattern.
Step 4:
Glue the eyebrow cutouts along the top part of the head, above the face part.
Step 5:
Use a light brown sharpie to add the 2 striped parts on both sides of the face part. Use a pen to trace the eyes.
Step 6:
Fill the eyes using a black sharpie; and also draw the nose and mouth of the papercraft red panda pattern.
Step 7:
Take the upper paw cutouts and attach them along the open side of the body base.
Step 8:
Attach a thin part along the open side of the upper paw, keeping the rest of it free from glue. Use a dark brown sharpie to add stripe pattern on the tail cutout.
Step 9:
Glue the tail on a side of the body base pattern.
Step 10:
Glue the head pattern on the top side of the body base pattern.
Step 11:
To use the papercraft red panda pattern as a bookmark, slide a page under the paws; keeping the page between the body base and the paws.
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if you thought this red panda bookmark craft was fun, here are a few more creative crafts you can make with your homeschool class: