Printable Bookmarks for Kids

April 12 is DEAR Day, otherwise known as Drop Everything and Read, a concept made popular by Beverly Cleary’s Ramona books. (It’s April 12 because it was her birthday.)

Reading is worth celebrating all the time, and I thought it would be fun to help encourage kids to read more and to celebrate DEAR Day by sharing some printable bookmarks you can use with your kiddos in the library space in your classroom or at home.

If you want to learn more about Beverly Cleary and her books you can do so on her website, or learn more about DEAR Day from Reading Rockets.

Parties Made Personal has a massive collection of printable bookmarks for kids and adults alike to print and color. There are 13 pages of bookmarks in all, with themes ranging from weather to ice cream, space to bugs. I love the cactus ones!

Artsy Fartsy Mama has some super cute unicorn bookmarks for kids to print and color. You’ll want to break out the glitter crayons or gel pens for these to add a little sparkle.

Skip to My Lou has a collection of reading themed bookmarks to print and color. I Like to Read Past My Bedtime is my favorite because that’s still me.

Have a fan of Baby Yoda (“his name is Grogu,” as Din Djarin would remind us) in the house? Grab these bookmark printables from Rock Your Homeschool.

Printablee has some reading themed bookmarks as well as some with geometric doodles and flowers you can color, great for kids and adults.

Make DEAR Day or any day more fun by building a reading fort (or just pile pillows on the floor), grabbing your favorite snacks and reading books (silently, of course!) together.

Looking for even more printable bookmarks for kids? Check out this collection I gathered a couple of years ago.

[Photo: Artsy Fartsy Mama.]

Last month I shared a collection of beach crafts that used items from the beach like seashells and sand. This month’s collection is all about beach animals and things you might see at the beach that don’t require beachy materials to make. In fact you’ve probably got what you need to make most of these beach crafts in your house already.

How about paper plates? With a paper plate you can make this cute watercolor seashell from The Educator’s Spin on It, or an adorable seagull like this one from Glued to My Crafts.

Add some white beans and you can make paper plate sand dollars like Crafts by Amanda. Or use a paper plate as a frame for a sweet beach scene like this crab and turtle one from Artsy Craftsy Mom, which includes a downloadable template and instructions to make it super easy.

Or grab a paper plate and some bubble wrap to make a jellyfish like this one from Happy Toddler Playtime. If you have paper bowls instead of plates, you can also make a jellyfish from one of those, like Natural Beach Living did.

Use your stash of craft sticks and googly eyes to make crabs, fish, sharks and more with this craft idea from The Keeper of the Cheerios.

I love this little crab made with a cardboard tube from Hunny I’m Home. With this same idea I’ll bet you could make lots of different creatures.

Grab some construction paper to make the loopy tentacles on this watercolor jellyfish from Craftsy Hacks. Or make a stained glass jellyfish like this one from Life Anchored.

Make easy puffy paint to make these fun fluffy starfish from I Heart Crafty Things, or use cupcake liners to make cute little crabs (also from I Heart Crafty Things).

Turn an old pool noodle into some super cute fish with this tutorial from Happy Toddler Playtime.

And if you’ve got some leftover yarn lying around, make pompoms and turn them into turtles like these from Craftsy Hacks. (And check out my post on different ways to make pompoms if you need a refresher!)

Have you read?

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