Kids will have a blast creating this simple butterfly card for Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day or any special occasions. The art technique of paint smashing is a fun addition for kids and it adds colorful and beautiful details to the butterfly wings of this easy diy card.

The four quotes are Butterfly Kisses for Mom, Happy Mother’s Day, I Love Grow-WING with you. Happy Mother’s Day!, and Mama You Make Me Soar. Step 3: Place a few dots of tempera paint in the middle crease of the paper and then a few dots of tempera paint on one half side of the paper. We’re sure Mom, Grandma or even Auntie would love to receive one of these adorable butterfly cards! Share With Us This not only makes a gorgeous card but you could also place it in shadow box and hang up as art for years to come!To help your children celebrate Mother’s Day have a look at our helpful What can I do for Mother's Day? Video PowerPoint. Or this Mother's Day Describing Words Sheet which will help children learn new vocabulary and help them with their spellings. We just love our butterfly punch it makes it so easy and uniform to punch out many at once! It’s a great tool for fine motor skills too. Yes of course you can! This Mother’s Day Footprint Butterfly card will be a great addition to your Mother’s Day celebrations. There’s plenty of space inside for your children to write a heartfelt message or to draw a meaningful picture!

Get our new Mother's Day Card and your choice of our world famous, wind up flying butterfly. You get both for one super low price! Text On Inside of Card Says: "Hope every moment of your special day creates memories that will last a lifetime. Happy Mother's Day" Next, we need to change some basic cut lines to score lines. To do this, go to your layers panel, and select the lines that run down in the centers of the cards and envelopes. Help children prepare for Mother's Day using this wonderful butterfly Mother’s Day card. It is the perfect template for children to decorate and make their own butterfly, using painted or cut out handprints. What this does is it cuts the top layer out of the bottom layer leaving you with a card that now has the butterfly design cutout and slots for an insert card.We have plenty of other Mother’s Day resources for you to use alongside this butterfly Mother’s Day card. They are fantastic for adding a special personalised touch to gifts for the special people in children’s lives. You can find a few of our favourites below. The Mothers Day card SVG files are 4.25″ x 5.5″ so you can use them with your Cricut Joy, Explore or Maker machines. But they will also work will a Silhouette and other similar cutting machines. Mother’s Day Card SVG Templates Then, fold the side pieces in and fold the half circle over the top. You're going to repeat this folding process to the other envelope that isn't sliced. Finished Mother's Day Cards and envelopes The symbol of butterfly kisses and the butterflies forming a heart is also symbolic of a mother’s love for a child and vice versa. Plus butterfly art in general is so pretty.

Step 10: Turn the butterfly around to the other side of the wings. Add glue to that side of the wings at the bottom and glue the other side of the body to the wings, fully connecting the butterfly body and wings together. This butterfly craft is a simple and cute handmade card that Mom or Grandma will love getting for Mother’s Day! You will want to make sure children don’t use too much paint or get too close to the edge of the paper or it will seep out when you smash your card closed. This resource contains several versions of the card so children may choose an alternative special person to give the card to.

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washable tempera paint (We used Crayola washable tempera paint received from our friends at Oriental Trading. All opinions expressed are 100% my own.) Looking for another cute butterfly craft? Try these Footprint Butterfly Keychains! These are perfect for a gift! Flowers are great, candy is too, this year, give Mom something new! Our wind up flying butterflyer fits perfectly inside this beautiful 5x7 greeting card. It's so pretty, there's not a mom on the planet who wouldn't love it! Make a memory with your Mom that will last a lifetime with our super special Mother's Day card and wind up flying Butterflyer to put inside (Both Included). If your cutting machine does not have the scoring option, you can fold the cards by hand or with a scoring board and stylusafter you cut it. The scoring feature is really useful when making paper crafts like cards and boxes. So, if you don’t have a Scoring Stylusor Scoring Wheel(Maker only), I definitely recommend getting one. How to Score with Your Cricut There is a really cute poem you can add to it also (print off and add an insert card or hand write and include inside the card):

Decorate the handprint wings. We have made these cards with pom poms as shown and also with fingerprint painted spots. You could also do rhinestones, craft foam or any other craft decoration for the wings. Teachers and educators could use this card in the classroom to help children prepare cards for their mothers or other special people in their lives. Alternatively, this butterfly Mother’s Day card could also be used at home. The best part about this craft is it’s handmade with love and comes with an adorable keepsake of your child’s handprint. These would make perfect cards to make in preschool or a daycare for Mother’s Day. Handprint Poem – Mother’s Day Poem from Child This colorful butterfly card has the message “You make my heart flutter” inside making it a great card to give to someone you love. Grab our card template, your crafty supplies and get ready to make someone’s heart explode with joy when you give them this sweet butterfly card. Of course you can make up your own quote and don’t need to use our printable. We just like to make it as easy as possible when we can 🙂

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Because the wings are the only part that will open, write the messages near the edges of each wing, like in the pictures. Place the wing cutout above the white butterfly cut out and staple twice in the middle of the butterfly body. Step 4: Fold the card in half again along the crease and carefully smash the paint in between the two paper halves to transfer the paint all over your paper. Open up your paper to inspect it and decide if more smashing needs to be done. Join my crafting Facebook group where you can show us what you’re making, ask questions, and learn from others! If you would like to use your Cricut Explore or Maker to score your Mother’s Day cards for you (recommended), follow the steps below.