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When I was an adult before I had kids, I always bought my mom a card. It was nice, but now that I’m a mom, I know how much a handmade card from my kids means rather than a store-bought one.

All the moms in your life will smile when they see the little prints in this handmade card. It is inspired by an awesome book in our Usborne Store called Fingerprint Activities.

There are so many inspiring pictures to make with your fingerprints, and this book makes it easy to duplicate and experiment with a built-in stamp pad.

Fingerprint Mother’s Day Card

First, I made this printable with 2 different Mother’s Day cards. One says, “I made a flower with my finger and thumb. So you will have these memories for years to come.  I love you.” This could be for any Mother in your life.

The other says, “If I had a Flower for each time I thought of my Mother, I could walk in my Garden Forever…” Just click on the image below to download.

We made prints with the tips of our fingers for the flowers and then added details with a black pen. The butterfly is made by printing the whole finger for the front wings and the tips of the fingers for the back wings.

We tried a bird and a bee and some flowers of our own. It was a lot of fun, and now we have special cards for our Mothers!

If you’re looking for more Mother’s Day Card ideas, you might also like this hand and foot print Mother’s Day card!

More Book Activity Ideas!

Rebecca at Line Upon Line Learning

Lauren at Mama’s Learning Corner

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All you need to make this card is a piece of cardstock paper, a paper heart cut-out, tape or a glue stick, a pen or marker, and whatever you choose to decorate it with. Here is how we did it!

Easy Kids Craft: Pop-Up Greeting Card

First, take the piece of cardstock paper and fold it in half widthwise. Be sure to line up the edges and press firmly to create a good crease.

Then, unfold it and fold it in half lengthwise, again pressing firmly.

Now, draw two lines centered between the edge of the paper and the widthwise crease and have your child cut along the lines. Depending on how large your cut-out heart is, these lines will need to be 1-2″ apart and 1-2″ long. Ours were 1.25″ long and 1.5″ apart.

The cut lines will create a flap. Push that flap toward the inside of the folded paper and crease the edges. Now, fold the paper down widthwise so that the back of the pop-up flap is covered. We taped ours down to make the card a little more sturdy.

Next, we taped a heart onto the pop-up flap, and I chose to write “Happy Valentine’s Day” on the front and “Jesus  You! And so do I” on the inside of our cards because, as I mentioned above, I wanted to use this in a lesson with the kids about showing Christ’s love to others. You could always write “I You” instead. Next, I had my son sign his own name. Grandparents just eat that stuff up.

Finally, it’s time for your little one to embellish their card with whatever they’d like – crayons, markers, glitter glue, etc. My kids opted to decorate their cards with stickers. They are excited to put them in the mailbox next week!

And yes, that is my daughter in a dirty camo shirt – God gave her a down-to-earth country girl heart, just like her mama, and she loves playing outside, getting dirty, and taking bows out of her wild, curly hair. No sense trying to cover that up for the sake of a blog post…

Valentine’s Day always reminds me of this verse: “We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). Janine has used that verse with her kids to create a Valentine’s Day Bible Craft, and she also offers a free printable of hearts with Bible verses about love on them for craft time with your kids as well. Be sure to check those out! You could even use those free printable hearts on the front or back of your pop-up Valentine’s Day cards. They fit perfectly!

I hope this card inspires you to encourage your children to share God’s love with others this Valentine’s Day.  Do you have any more simple ideas for kids or families to spread the love of Christ on this holiday? Please comment below!

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A tradition started a couple years back.  My daughters make handmade Christmas cards in a stack.  There easy, you’ll see, and fun to do.  There’s no reason your children can’t make up a few.

Line up your supplies all in a row!  Card materials are listed below.  There are directions included to guide you through, but you can make them any way you want to.

Handmade Christmas Ornament Cards

You’ll need cardstock, scrapbook paper, scissors and glue; cardboard, coloring supplies, sequins or glitter too.  There’s just one more thing; don’t forget!  Print off this ornament template and you’re all set!

Cut those ornaments out to start.  Then decorate until they look smart.  Audrey used strips of colored paper and tin, glued sequins on, then held it up with a grin.

Next it was Emma’s turn to decorate, she thought blue and green would look great!

Maybe some pink would make it complete.  So she drew some designs and made it look sweet!

The final step was to make the card pop.  So, we added some cardboard and glued the ornament on top.

They’re made from the heart; people will know it’s true.  So they’ll look great, no matter what your children do.

Start a new tradition this year, and spread a little Christmas cheer.  With a handmade card that is so easy to make, you can’t go wrong for goodness sake!

Need more ideas for a handmade card?  The one we made last year isn’t too hard.

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Merry Christmas!

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This month start a new tradition and teach your children one of the most important values you can.  Try making these simple DIY thank you cards as a family and show appreciation to people in your community.

Simple DIY Thank You Cards

Materials:

Cardstock or pre-folded cards

Different colored scrapbooking/construction paper or washi tape

Regular scissors and edgers

Glue

Coloring supplies

Printable “Thanks” Tags

It’s crazy how easy these are to make!  First, if you’re using a full sheet of cardstock, fold it in half with the short edge together.  Cut the sheet in half and fold it in half again on the short edge to make your card.

Next, have your children cut long strips of different colored paper and use kraft edgers to make a decorative cut on one end of the strips.  To make this even easier, you could cut lots of strips ahead of time and just have your children do the decorative edge.

Glue the strips with the straight edge lined up with the top of the card.  To make this part even easier, you could use washi tape!

You can print these free “Thanks” tags by downloading the template below.  Cut them out ahead of time or have your children help.

Glue the tags over your paper strip collage and Voila!  Heat up some hot chocolate and make a bunch with the whole family.

Now that you have your cards, make sure you put some in your bag.  When you are out and about this month, have your children give the cards to people in the community like your waiter, cashier, or someone who says something nice to them at the store.

You could also plan a special delivery to the fire or police station; even the family doctor.  These little gestures of thanks go a long way in making someone’s day better and instilling values in your children!

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Materials:  

Construction paper or card stock,
Scrapbook paper
School Glue
Glitter Glue from CraftProjectIdeas.com
Coloring supplies
Stencils (optional)

This homemade birthday card is simple:

Fold your paper or card stock in half to make your card base.  Have your children cut scrapbooking paper into a large rectangle for a birthday cake and small strips for candles. Glue down your pieces to make a birthday cake.  Have your children “frost” the cake and “light” the candles with glitter glue.  Finally, use stencils or just write your birthday message.

Once I showed my 5-yr-old daughter this technique she came up with her own designs for the inside of her card.

I loved making these cards with my children because they weren’t just meaningless crafts that you want to throw away right after they’re done.  Not only was I excited to hang them up, but it also created an opportunity to talk about expressing our love for others and being generous.

Making lots of handmade birthday cards also makes remembering birthdays a breeze.  We can do a few month’s worth of cards in advance and have them addressed and ready to go.  We simply put them in a special drawer with some of our best crafts that we send to people on their birthday.

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First, you will need these supplies, plus some tape would be wise.

Turn the paper around and rub left to right.

 Add some sparkles to make it merry and bright.

“Wow Audrey, that card looks great!”

 Inside of the card I let her decorate

There you have it, don’t you see?

A Christmas card with a beautiful tree!

Do you like to make Christmas crafts with your kids?

Would you like to buy these? I am taking bids.

Just kidding.  We had so much fun making our cards that my daughter wanted to make even more!  And that’s fine with me, then I don’t have to buy any.  The only problem you might have is keeping a creative kid in the house.  I did!  Audrey wanted to search for all different kinds of leaves to make different leaf patterns.  I think it would be fun to try pine needles or ferns.  You could even cover the card with your leaf patterns and place a festive holiday greeting over it.

Do you have any Christmas traditions?  I would love to hear about it. Please leave a comment below.

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