Easy DIY Felt Bird Paperclip Bookmark

I love birds…and I love to read, so making this felt bird paperclip styled bookmark fed both of my passions. If you love to read or know someone who does, this felt bookmark DIY is for you.

These little birds sit atop a paperclip, which can be used to hold your place in whatever you are currently reading.

Adorable felt birds that clip on books to save pages

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What Type Of Felt Is Best?
Can You Sew With Felt?
What You Need To Make These DIY Felt Bookmarks
How To Use The Free Printable
DIY Felt Bird Paperclip Bookmarks
Materials Needed to make one felt bird paperclip:
Instructions:

What Type Of Felt Is Best?

You can find felt at your favorite hobby or craft store or online. There are different thickness levels. A thinner felt is best for these DIY felt bookmarks. These would make wonderful DIY Mother’s Day gifts!

Can You Sew With Felt?

Yes, actually, you have to do a bit of sewing and glue for this project. When you sew felt, you just have to be careful not to pull too hard on the thread, or it may cause a hole in your felt.

What You Need To Make These DIY Felt Bookmarks

You will need a few craft materials for these bookmarks, including:

Felt
Jumbo Paperclip
Scissors
Printable Bird Template
Hot Glue Gun
Needle And Thread

Craft supplies needed to make felt bird bookmarks

How To Use The Free Printable

You will want to use this free printable bird template to make it easier. To use this, just click on the link, and you will be taken to a new window to view the PDF. Once on the PDF, you just click print and then use that to create the bird outline on your felt.

(PDF) – Download the FREE printable template for birds

It’s a really simple project, and it's so much fun. These make lovely homemade gifts for Easter or any other upcoming special occasion! Make them part of your family’s Easter traditions every year.

DIY Felt Bird Paperclip Bookmarks

Video tutorial:

Materials Needed to make one felt bird paperclip:

Felt sheet or scraps (any coordinating colors of your choosing): tonal colors for each bird, orange, black
Jumbo paperclip, 80mm, silver
Fabric scissors
Printable Bird template
Glue gun with clear hot glue sticks
Sewing needle and matching thread

Instructions:

1. Print off the template.

2. Using fabric scissors, cut 2 pieces of the small circular eyes in black felt color.

Cut out the paper template, that'll guide you later.

3. Using fabric scissors, cut 2 pieces of the triangular beak in the orange felt color.

Cut felt into circles for eyes and triangles for beak

4. Using fabric scissors, cut 2 pieces of the wing pattern in a coordinating tonal felt color.

5. Using fabric scissors, cut 2 pieces of the large bird pattern in the main felt color.

Printable template makes cutting out pattern pieces easy

6. Preheat the hot glue gun.

7. Position both sides of the bird pattern facing opposite directions.

Lay out birds to easily match up for gluing

8. Add glue to the back side of the wing just along the top and outer edges as shown and press in place onto the bird. Repeat on the reverse side.

9. Add glue to the back side of the beak and press in place. Repeat on the reverse side.

10. Add glue to the back side of the eye and press in place. Repeat on the reverse side.

Add wings to each bird and glue into place

11. Flip the birds so the wrong sides are facing up, and glue the main bird pieces together.

12. Trim any excess felt edges that are misaligned.

Make sure bird halves are perfectly aligned and trim off excess felt

13. Choose a back side since both sides of the bird are the same. Position the jumbo paper clip on the backside of the felt bird underneath the wing.

Slide paperclip under the wing on one side

14. Using a matching thread color and sewing needle, attach the top section of the paper clip to the felt, taking care not to stitch through to the other side. The stitching should not be visible on either side. Secure in place.