Handmade Card Ideas for Mom's Day ♥

Teacup Card

By: Claudine Casault

Difficulty: Easy

Age: 4 and up

Parental supervision is recommended

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Free Mom's Day Printables

Make Mom feel good with a cup of tea!

What you'll need:

• Cardstock paper (White)
• Lace material
• Artificial flowers
• Pearl beads
• ¼" ribbon (colored)
• Colored paper ( ½ x ½" square-shaped)
• Double-sided padded tape
• Glue or glue gun
• Thread (colored)
• Scissors
• Pencil and ruler
• Pattern
  

How to make it:

Step 1:

1. Trace out the template onto cardstock.
2. Cut out with scissors.
3. Glue lace material on front of card ½" below top edge.
4. Glue ¼" wide ribbon over top edge of lace and across back of card.
5. Create a small bow with ¼" ribbon and glue on top of ribbon.

Step 2: Teacup

1. Place padded tape along the bottom of teacup and adhere teacup to bottom.
2. Place padded tape on back of the teacup and glue to center of lace.

Step 3: Tag

1. Cut 2" piece of thread and glue a ½" square of colored paper to one end.
2. Glue the other end of ribbon to inside of teacup.

Step 4:

1. Glue (1) pearl in the center of flower heads.
2. Glue a flower onto bottom right of teacup.
3. Glue a flower on top of bow on front of card.
4. Loop a small piece of ribbon and glue on back of card.
5. Glue a small pearl bead on loop.

Final Card:

• Front image
• Back image
  

Tips:

• You can substitute the lace with other material.
• You can substitute the white cardstock with other colored cardstock.

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Idea #2

Gardening Mother's Day Card

By: Bonnie Schiedel

Difficulty: Easy

Age: 4 and up

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Is it a card? Is it a gift? It's both! This easy-to-make card lets little ones display a seed package of pretty spring flowers that you can plant together.

What you'll need:

• Green cardstock cut to 5 ½" x 8 1/2"
• White cardstock cut to 5 1/4" x 3 ¾"
• One orange envelope (new or used)
• One yellow envelope (new or used)
• Green ribbon, about 14" long
• Adhesive such as double-sided sticky tape, glue stick, liquid glue or mini glue dots
• Paper trimmer or scissors
• Craft scissors with scalloped edge

How to make it:

1. Fold green cardstock in half.
2. Glue white cardstock to front of green cardstock.
3. Use the craft scissors to snip two corners from the yellow envelope and two corners from the orange envelope. The corners should be between 1" and 1 ½".
4. Fit the envelope corners onto the corners of the seed package.
5. With the seed package still in the corners, glue the envelope corners to the white cardstock.
6. Tie the ribbon around the spine of the card.
7. Write, stamp or glue your Mother's Day greeting inside.

Tips:

• Instead of a seed package, you can use a gift card, special photo or individually wrapped packed of mom's favorite tea.
• If the price is displayed on the front of the seed package, place a small sticker over it.
• Choose paper colors that complement the seed package colors.
• This is a wonderful and easy way to use old envelopes. Or, stop in at a store with a large card display and ask if they have unwanted envelopes. Sometimes customers prefer a plain white envelope and leave the bright ones behind (this orange envelope was supposed to go with a Halloween card.)

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Hi girls,

More and more I find myself wanting to make cards instead of buying them:) Don't you think cards are getting expensive in the stores? Whenever I find a really pretty one that I like, or a super cute kids card, I turn it over to find that it is $4-5.00!!

Hope these ideas inspire you to do the same ♥

Noelle~