Bookmark Template
Blank printable bookmarks to design.
This blank printable bookmark template gives students from kindergarten through grade 6 a narrow, ready-to-cut card they can decorate and keep in any book they are reading. Each sheet prints several bookmark outlines per page, making it an economical choice for whole-class projects or take-home activities. Students draw, color, write a favorite quote, or stamp a design — turning a plain slip of paper into a personalized reading companion. Teachers use bookmark-making sessions as a low-prep warm-up, a literacy celebration craft, or a calm early-finisher activity. Parents can print a sheet at home and sit alongside young readers as they design together. Because the template is completely blank, there are no distracting prompts — the child's own creativity and reading life fill the space.
Learning objectives
- Encourage ownership of the reading habit through personalization
- Practice fine motor skills via coloring, drawing, and cutting
- Connect art and literacy in a single short activity
- Reinforce a current reading title or author by labeling the bookmark
- Build classroom community with a shared bookmark-making project
- Give students a functional keepsake that travels with their book
How to use this template
- Download the PDF and print on standard letter or card stock for extra durability.
- Cut along the dotted border lines to separate individual bookmark strips.
- Write a name, book title, favorite quote, or decorative text on the front.
- Illustrate with crayons, colored pencils, or markers — laminate if desired.
- Place in any book as a reading tracker or simply as a decorative marker.
Classroom & home ideas
- Launch a reading unit by having every student design a bookmark that represents the book's theme before they begin reading.
- Run a class bookmark swap — each student makes one and trades with a peer as a friendship-and-reading gift.
- Use as a Book Fair or library-visit craft; students take their finished bookmark to choose their next book.
- Have students write their reading goal for the week on the back of the bookmark as a daily visual reminder.
- Create seasonal sets — fall, winter, spring — and rotate them as classroom décor on a string display.
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Frequently asked questions
How many bookmarks print per page?
The template fits four standard bookmarks (2 in × 7 in) per letter-size page, with crop marks to guide cutting.
What paper weight works best?
Regular 80 gsm copy paper is fine for one-time use. For bookmarks that last the school year, print on 160–200 gsm card stock or laminate after decorating.
Can kindergartners complete this independently?
Yes, with light teacher support for cutting. Pre-cut the strips and let them focus on decorating; it is a great fine-motor activity even for the youngest students.
Is there a version with a hole for a tassel?
The blank template leaves that choice to you — simply hole-punch the top and thread yarn or ribbon through before or after decorating.
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