20+ Homemade Mother’s Day Card Ideas

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Tear paper scraps into small pieces and soak them in water. Blend into a pulp (adult help recommended). Mix in flower seeds gently (about a teaspoon of seeds should be enough).

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Place the paper, water, and seed mixture into the strainer, and strain out most of the water.

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On a non-stick surface, use cookie cutters to press shapes with your seed pulp. If you don’t have cookie cutters, you can always just create shapes with your own hands, too. Let dry completely.

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Once dry, use a toothpick to put a hole in the top of your seed paper and thread yarn or twine through it. Tape it to the front of your card.

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Write a message like “Plant this and watch my love grow!” inside.

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Fold your card stock in half to create a card.

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Arrange buttons on the front to form flower shapes.

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Glue the buttons in place.

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Draw stems, leaves, and a vase or bouquet wrapping.

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Add a message inside your card.

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Fold card stock in half.

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Draw and cut out the outer petals of a daffodil. Lay out the petals on the card, overlapping them slightly. Glue them together.

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Glue the cupcake wrapper to the middle of the petals, creating the center petals of the daffodil.

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Cut or draw a stem and leaves glue to the card under the flower. If you’d like glue a photo of your child to the inside of the cupcake wrapper.

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Gather up an assortment of different types of pasta and try arranging them in the shape of flowers. Brainstorm what color you’d like each flower to be.

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Add some paint to a paint tray or paper plate and paint your pasta. Remember to paint a few noodles green to act as leaves for your flowers. Let dry completely.

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Paint your canvas, card stock, or cardboard whatever color or pattern you’d like. Let dry.

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Arrange your flowers on the canvas. Once you’re happy with how they look, glue them into place. Then use a piece of yarn to create a stem and glue it down. Add the green pasta leaves and glue them down. Let dry completely, then display your pasta flowers!

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Fold your card stock in half to create a card. Arrange the pom poms on the front in the shape of flowers until you’re happy with how they look.

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Glue the pom poms in place. Use the marker to draw stems and leaves. Write a loving Mother’s Day message inside your card.

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Fold your card stock in half to create a card. Use scissors to make small vertical cuts at the end of a straw, about one inch long. Press the strips outward to form a flower shape. Repeat with several straws for different flower styles.

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Squirt paint onto a paper plate. Dip the cut end of a straw into the paint, then press it onto the front of the card to stamp flower shapes.

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Repeat using different colors and straw shapes to create a bouquet of flowers.

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Fold a piece of card stock in half to create your Mother’s Day card. Add a small amount of paint to a paper plate.

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Gently dip your child’s hand into the paint or use a paintbrush to cover their hand.

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Press the hand onto the front of the card with fingers pointing outward. Repeat in a circle to create flower petals. Let dry, then draw or paint a green stem.

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Crumple small pieces of yellow tissue paper and glue them in the center of the handprints to form the middle of the flower. Let dry.

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Write a sweet message like “Happy Mother’s Day!” on the front or inside of the card.

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First, eat some pistachios! Using a damp paper towel, wipe out the inside and outside of a few shells and let them dry completely.

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Paint the shells whatever color you’d like using craft paint or paint pens. Glue them down.

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Using paint or marker, add stems and leaves under your pistachio flowers. Then write a Mother’s Day message to your mom or grandma!

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Print the sunflower coloring page onto card stock, or print on regular paper and glue it onto folded card stock to create a card base.

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Color the page any way you like, leaving the center of the sunflower blank.

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Glue the photo into the center of the sunflower.

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Write a loving Mother’s Day message inside the card to complete your keepsake gift.

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Pick a color of construction paper to be the flower. Have your child press their hand down onto the paper with their fingers slightly spread apart. Use a pencil to trace the outline of their hand, creating a faint line. Cut the handprint out.

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Cut out leaves from green construction paper. Create green curly cue leaf tendrils by wrapping pipe cleaners around a pencil and sliding them off

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Glue down the flower handprint on top of the green craft stick stem. Glue down the green leaves and curly cues behind the craft stick.

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Write a note to Mom on the flower!

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Fold a piece of card stock in half to create your Mother’s Day card. Set it aside while you make the woven heart.

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Use a heart template to trace and cut two heart shapes from different colors of construction paper.

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Fold each heart in half and carefully cut evenly spaced slits along the folded edge, stopping before you reach the outer edge.

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Open both hearts and weave the strips together, alternating over and under until the heart is fully woven.

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Glue the woven heart onto the front of the card. Decorate and write a message like “Happy Mother’s Day!”

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Fold a piece of cardstock in half to create your Mother’s Day card and place it on a flat surface.

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Print out your choice of heart templates, or lightly hand draw one or more heart shapes on the front of the card with a pencil, then trace over the hearts with glue.

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Place the card on an art tray and sprinkle salt over the glue until it is completely covered, then gently shake off any extra salt.

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Dip a paintbrush into watercolor paint and lightly touch it to the salted glue hearts, watching as the color spreads through the design; repeat with different colors to create a bright, colorful effect.

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Allow the card to dry completely, then open it and write a sweet Mother’s Day message inside.

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Fold a piece of card stock in half to create your Mother’s Day card and gather all your supplies.

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Cut out several heart shapes in different sizes using colored paper, with larger hearts for the body and smaller hearts for details like ears, wings, or tails.

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Arrange the hearts on the front of the card to create an animal shape, such as a butterfly, puppy, or another favorite animal.

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Glue the hearts in place, layering the smaller hearts onto the larger ones to build your animal design.

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Add decorations like googly eyes or draw on details with markers, then write a sweet message such as “Happy Mother’s Day!” on the front or inside of the card.

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Fold your card stock in half to create your card. On the front, place your heart templates in a design you like. These will block the paint and create your heart shapes. Use small loops of masking tape to hold them in place. Leave plenty of open space around the hearts for the splatter effect.

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Mix a few drops of paint with water in each cup to make it slightly runny. Dip your brush into the paint, then flick, tap, or run your thumb across the bristles to splatter paint across the front of your card.

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Continue layering colors until you love the look. Let the paint dry completely, then gently remove the heart templates to reveal clean heart shapes surrounded by colorful splatter.

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Open the card and write a sweet message inside, or add a note on the front like “Happy Mother’s Day!” or “I love you, Mom!”

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Fold a piece of card stock in half to create your Mother’s Day card. On the front, draw or cut out a large heart shape.

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Cut tissue paper into small squares. To make them easier to place, gently wrap each square around the end of a pencil to create a soft point.

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Dip the pointed end of each tissue paper piece into glue, then press it onto the heart on the front of your card. Continue filling the entire heart with tissue paper pieces to create a fluffy, colorful design.

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Allow the glue to dry completely. Then write a sweet message inside your card like “Happy Mother’s Day!” or “I love you, Mom!”

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Fold your card stock in half to create your Mother’s Day card. Squeeze small amounts of paint onto a paper plate.

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Take the cardboard tube and flatten it lengthwise to create two creases. Push one crease inward to form the top of a heart, and leave the other as a “V” shape for the bottom.

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Dip the heart-shaped end of the tube into the paint, then press it onto the front of your card to make heart prints.

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Fill the front with heart stamps in different colors and patterns. You can overlap colors or create a border of hearts around the edge.

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Once the paint is dry, write a message like “Happy Mother’s Day!” or “Love You, Mom!” on the front or inside your card.

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Write a message on the front of the card and on the inside too if you’d like.

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Have your child select two colors paint, and squirt a bit of each color onto a paper plate. Dip the marble into the paint and set it on the paper in the box.

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Then, have your child tilt the box around, causing the marble to roll all over the paper, leaving a colorful trail behind it.

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Repeat the process with the other paint color, reloading the marble as needed.

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Let the card dry completely, then give it to your mom or grandma!

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Write a message on the front of the card and on the inside too if you’d like.

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Pick either one color of craft feathers for your card or a variety of colors. Think about the colors the card’s recipient would most enjoy.

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Squeeze a little bit of the glue onto a paper plate or craft paper. Dip the pointy, unfeathered end of the feather into the glue, then attach to the card.

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Repeat the process with the other feathers until you’re happy with how it looks.

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Let the card dry completely, then give it to your mom or grandma!

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Use the pencils, marker, or crayons to write a message on the front of the card and on the inside too if you’d like.

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Squeeze several colors of paint onto a paper plate. Get one pencil with an eraser for each paint color you choose.

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Dip a pencil eraser into one of the paint colors and then dab the eraser onto the card, leaving small polka dots behind.

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Repeat the process with the other paint colors until you’re happy with how it looks.

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Let the card dry completely, then give it to your mom or grandma!

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Use the pencil to create an outline of the word MOM on the card stock. You can also use the painter’s tape to create the letters or to fill the letters in.

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Invite your child to fill the card stock with color using their art tool of choice. The only rule is that they need to leave the letters MOM completely white.

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Let your Mother’s Day masterpiece dry completely, and erase any visible pencil lines before before giving your card.