Making DIY bookmark tassels is a fun and creative way to add a personal touch to your reading experience! All you need is some colorful embroidery floss, a pair of scissors, and a bookmark of your choice. Simply cut a few strands of floss to your desired length, fold them in half, and loop them through the top of your bookmark. Tie a knot at the top to secure the tassel in place, and trim any excess floss for a neat finish. Before you know it, you'll have a cute and custom tassel adorning your favorite book! This simple craft is a delightful way to show off your personality and make reading even more enjoyable.
Materials:
- Embroidery floss in desired colors
- Scissors
- Hole punch
- Hot glue gun, optional
General Instructions:
For a tassel
Choose one or multiple colors of embroidery floss and wrap a piece of floss around two or three fingers, depending on how long you want your tassel to be.
Wrap the string(s) around your fingers until you have 20-35 strings.
Slip the loop of strings off your fingers and tie a knot at the top of the loop, securing all the strings together. Leave a long tail to use to connect to your bookmark.
With another piece of embroidery floss, tie a knot about ¼-inch to ½-inch below your initial knot. Then cover this knot by wrapping the embroidery floss around the tassel until you’ve got a tight coil of embroidery floss. Secure this string with a tiny dot of hot glue.
Cut your loops of string and trim to make them all even.
Punch a hole in the top of your bookmark, slip the long string through the hole and tie off.
For a pom pom
Wrap the thread around 2 fingers, and increase the number of times you wrap the thread around to 40-50.
Tie the knot in the middle of the loop, leaving a tail long enough to string through the hole punched on your bookmark.
Cut the loops on both sides
Trim to fluff up
For a ribbon addition
Punch a hole in your bookmark
Fold a 3-4 inch piece of ribbon in half, and stick both ends through the hole.
Before pulling all the way through, stick the two ends through the loop of the ribbon and pull tight so the knot slides down to the base of the bookmark.
Trim ribbon edges at an angle
For a friendship bracelet
Gather as many embroidery floss colors as you’d like
Tie 8″ strands of the embroidery floss together and seal to a surface with tape
With the strand on left (white), make a number “4” and tie around the remaining colors up to the top of the main knot 12 different times before discarding it to the right
With the next color (red), repeat the same process 12 times and discard to the right.
Repeat to each color.
When done with the length that you’d like for your tassel, insert all the colors into the hole lunch and secure with a knot
Add beads, include a braid or other wrap, and use multiple colors to add variation