Iqra Painted Bookmark {Tutorial}
This Iqra (اقرأ in Arabic) painted bookmark was inspired by the first command Allah gave Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Today we wanted to honor that word by making a bookmark for the books in our lives.
Supplies
White printed paper with اقرأ typed up
Newspaper
Acrylic paint
Paint holder
Sponge brush
String
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| Iqra Painted Bookmark Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Lay down your newspapers to cover your workspace. Cut some notches in your cardboard.
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| Iqra Painted Bookmark Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Tie off your string and put the tied end underneath the notch.
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| Iqra Painted Bookmark Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Pour some paint into the paint container and dip your brush to coat your string.
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| Iqra Painted Bookmark Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Place your string down on your bookmark.
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| Iqra Painted Bookmark Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
Use different colors and move your string around the different notches to try to keep your bookmark in the same location. You’ll have a mess on your hands!
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| Iqra Painted Bookmark Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
You can laminate your bookmark or we actually had an empty plastic cover that we put our completed bookmark into when we were done.
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| Iqra Painted Bookmark Tutorial by A Crafty Arab |
I need to apologize because it wasn’t until after I typed up the directions for this craft that I realized I had spelt iqra incorrectly on the Word doc! I should have a ta marbuta on the last alif to look like this: اقرأ.
Ah well, guess we now have to get messy again.
