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4 Mother’s Day Card Ideas

Mother’s Day is coming up, and it’s the perfect time to celebrate all the moms in your life! Here are some ways to make a mother feel special on this Mother’s Day.

Handprint Card

What you will need: 

  • White paper (cardstock works best) 
  • Crayons 
  • Scissors 

Instructions 

  1. Fold a piece of white paper in half 
  2. Trace your hand on the edge that is folded
  3. Cut the hand tracing out leaving the folded edge uncut
  4. Color the hands and decorate the outside
  5. Write a message inside

 

“Showering You With Love” Card

What you will need: 

  • Colored and white paper 
  • A cupcake liner 
  • Scissors 
  • Crayons 
  • Glue 

Instructions: 

  1. Fold a piece of paper in half. 
  2. Cut your cupcake liner in half, and if you do not have one, cut a semicircle out of paper
  3. Glue the cupcake liner to the center of the page, and using a black marker or crayon draw a “J” to make the handle of the umbrella
  4. Cut miniature hearts out of colored paper and glue them around the page
  5. Taking a black marker or crayon write the message: “Showering you with Love” 
  6. Decorate the outside of the card, and write a message on the inside 

Flower Card

What you will need: 

  • Colored or white paper 
  • Crayons 
  • Scissors 
  • Glue  

Instructions: 

  1. Fold a piece of paper in half. 
  2. Using another sheet of paper, out four large hearts and one small heart 
  3. Color the hearts, and glue the four large hearts to the center of the page with the points of the hearts facing one another in the center
  4. Take the small heart and glue it in the center of the four large hearts to create a flower 
  5. Decorate the outside and write a message on the inside of the card

Balloon Bouquet Card

What you will need: 

  • Colored or white paper 
  • Crayons
  • Scissors 
  • A black marker 
  • Glue 

Instructions: 

  1. Cut out 15 small hearts and color them different colors  
  2. Write one letter on each heart to spell out “HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY” 
  3. Glue the hearts onto the top of the page
  4. Taking a black marker, draw a line coming from each heart all the way down towards the bottom of the page
  5. Decorate the card, and write a message on the back
-Emily Daigle, Youth Services Clerk