{"id":7031,"date":"2017-03-05T19:53:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T19:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/?p=7031"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:36","slug":"piet-mondrian-inspired-bookmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/piet-mondrian-inspired-bookmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Piet Mondrian Inspired Bookmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Enjoy watching your child&#8217;s imagination come to life when they create their own Piet Mondrian Bookmarks. The ideal kid-made DIY gift for family and friends.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7032\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-600.jpg\" alt=\"Kids DIY Gifts Piet Mondrian Inspired Bookmarks\" width=\"600\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-600-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turning your child&#8217;s art into a gift for a loved one is a really special way to show somebody how much you mean to them. Grandparents living overseas in particular will love receiving a bookmark. They are guaranteed to make them smile each time they open their book.<\/p>\n<p>The work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piet_Mondrian\">Dutch artist Piet Mondrian<\/a> is fascinating for kids to look at and have a go at doing themselves. He is well known for his work on a white background, covered with vertical and horizontal line and coloured in using the three primary colours, making it a simple technique for kids to re-create in their own unique way.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s never too early to introduce your kids to the works of famous artists. For more easy ideas check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/kandinsky-for-kids-lines-circles\/\">Kandinsky,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/fun-painting-idea-kids-pointillism\/\">Pointillism <\/a>and<a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/easter-splat-art-painting\/\"> Jackson Pollack<\/a> inspired projects.<\/p>\n<h2>Piet Mondrian Inspired Bookmark Art for Kids<\/h2>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Supplies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>White Card<\/li>\n<li>Ruler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2mbKrYk\">Sharpie Marker Pens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ltyz5i\">Laminating Machine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cCGR5v\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7357\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/E-S-T-.-1-9-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"Free eBook 25+ Kids Painting Ideas\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ahead of the Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I cut out templates for our bookmarks from white card, so that we were all ready to go with the activity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7033\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-1.jpg\" alt=\"Child making a bookmark in the style of famous artist Piet Mondrian\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-1-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each of my kids took full control over the design of their bookmarks. They began by making the vertical and horizontal lines on their bookmark templates with a black marker.\u00a0Next filling in the gaps using the 3 primary colours &#8211; red, yellow and blue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7034\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-2.jpg\" alt=\"Child making a bookmark in the style of famous artist Piet Mondrian\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-Mondrian-2-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For their next set of bookmarks they took creative control over the colours they used to fill in their grids (sorry Piet!). The boys favouring the colours of their favourite football teams and my daughter, well just 3 random colours really. It was great to watch then learn about a famous artist and then put their own stamp onto the project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7035\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-mondrian-3.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Bookmarks for kids to give as gifts\" width=\"600\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-mondrian-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Piet-mondrian-3-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They added personal messages onto the back of each of their bookmarks, before giving them to me to take down to our local business centre for laminating. (One day I will get my own).<\/p>\n<p>Bookmarks are the ideal keepsake gift for birthdays, Christmas, Mother&#8217;s Day and Father&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe and grab your copy of our free eBook.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cCGR5v\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7357\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/E-S-T-.-1-9-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"Free eBook 25+ Kids Painting Ideas\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/kids-painting-ideas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7179\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Painting-Ideas-for-Kids-PIN-1-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Really Easy Painting Ideas for Kids\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&#038;adInstanceId=e7b605a8-c3ec-41c5-8829-0c96ecb4d4dc\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy watching your child&#8217;s imagination come to life when they create their own Piet Mondrian Bookmarks. 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