Easy Felt Flower Bookmark Craft for Kids (original) (raw)

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These adorable felt flower bookmarks are the perfect spring craft for kids!

They are easy to make at home or at school, use common craft supplies and only take about 15-20 minutes.

I love craft ideas for kids like this because it’s beautiful as well as useful! Your little readers will enjoy using their own handmade bookmarks or gifting them to others.

These no sew felt flower bookmarks make great gifts for Mother’s Day, Teacher Appreciation Week and Grandparent’s Day.

Black and white text on dark lavender background reads No Sew Felt Flower Bookmarks Craft For Kids. Bottom half of image shows an open hardcover book with a felt flower bookmark leaning against it and three felt tulip bookmarks laying down.

Looking for more bookmark crafts? Check out our Monster Popsicle Stick Bookmark and our Felt Rainbow Bookmark crafts.

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Celebrate spring with this easy felt flower bookmark craft for kids of all ages.

This is a simple and fun activity to do at home, as a family, or to include in an art center at school.

Preschoolers and kindergartners can practice fine motor skills by helping to glue on supplies.

Elementary age children can do this craft mostly independently. They can practice their tracing, cutting and gluing skills.

I recommend using felt and foam tacky glue or a hot glue gun for the best results. Regular school glue may not adhere the felt pieces together very well based on our experiences.

Blue and red hardcover books without dust jackets stacked on top of one another. Multi-petal felt flower bookmark sticking out of bottom book and red felt tulip bookmark sticking out of the top book. Purple and orange tulip bookmarks on green popsicle sticks lay next to the books.

If you do not have colored popsicle sticks, the children can color them with crayons or markers.

If using markers, be sure to allow plenty of time to dry. Then, using a piece of paper, press it against the popsicle stick to ensure none of the ink rubs off.

If you need last minute gift ideas, these are quick, easy and make great homemade gifts!

The felt flower bookmarks are lightweight and can easily be added into cards for the perfect surprise for friends and family.

You could also use the template pattern to make paper flowers. The paper will not be as durable for repeated use, unless laminated, but would also be fun for other craft activities too.

These flowers painted on rocks also make a nice addition to the bookshelf or out in the garden.

Felt Flower Bookmark Craft Supplies:

Overhead view of flower template printed out, pile of different colored buttons, green popsicle craft sticks, small red handled scissors, stack of felt squares, and felt tacky glue.

How to Make Felt Flower Bookmarks:

First you will need to print out our printable felt flower bookmark craft template.

Trace the large and small flower petals and/or tulip onto the felt using a washable marker on the back side of the felt. I recommend tracing an extra petal or tulip to use as the backing.

Tracing flower patterns on blue, yellow, and pink felt.

I used 2 large petals and 1 small petal for the flower blossom and 2 tulips for the tulip. If you want a smaller blossom use 2 small petals.

Cut out your traced felt petals and tulips.

Two blue felt petal sections, one smaller yellow felt petal, and two pink felt tulip shapes cut out.

Glue the colored popsicle stick onto one of the large petals or tulips, about ¾” from the bottom of the felt.

White woman's hand gluing green popsicle stick to pink felt tulip shape and gluing another felt piece to the other side.

For the tulip bookmark, glue another tulip onto the top of the popsicle stick, keeping trace marks toward the inside of the flower.

Pink felt tulip glued to a green craft stick.

For the flower petals, glue another large flower petal onto the top of the popsicle stick, keeping trace marks hidden and offsetting the petals for the bottom petals.

White woman's hand gluing yellow felt petals to blue felt flower.

Then glue the small petals on top of the large petals, offsetting the petals once again.

Finally, glue your choice of button to the center.

White woman's hand gluing red button to center of yellow and blue felt flower.

Allow time to dry.

Now you have a lovely tulip or flower blossom bookmark to use or gift!

Purple and yellow felt flower with red button in the center attached to a green popsicle stick leaning against an open hardcover book.

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  1. First print out our printable felt flower bookmark craft template.
  2. Trace the large and small flower petals and/or tulip onto the felt using a washable marker on the back side of the felt. I recommend tracing an extra petal or tulip to use as the backing.
  3. I used 2 large petals and 1 small petal for the flower blossom and 2 tulips for the tulip. If you want a smaller blossom use 2 small petals.
  4. Cut out your traced felt petals and tulips.
  5. Glue the colored popsicle stick onto one of the large petals or tulips, about ¾” from the bottom of the felt.
  6. For the tulip bookmark, glue another tulip onto the top of the popsicle stick, keeping trace marks toward the inside of the flower.
  7. For the flower petals, glue another large flower petal onto the top of the popsicle stick, keeping trace marks hidden and offsetting the petals for the bottom petals.
  8. Then glue the small petals on top of the large petals, offsetting the petals once again.
  9. Finally, glue your choice of button to the center.
  10. Allow time to dry.
  11. Now you have a lovely tulip or flower blossom bookmark to use or gift!

Top half of image shows both styles of completed felt flower bookmarks. Middle section has white and black text on lavender rectangle that says Felt Flower Bookmarks Easy Craft for Kids. Bottom part of image shows finished bookmarks sticking out of hardcover books and laying next to the stacked books.

A. Hager is a lover of books and all things crafty. She enjoys puzzles, board games and puppy snuggling. She is constantly adapting new recipes so her two children with food allergies are able to experience a variety of delicious and fun foods.