Mother's Day Card

Show her you care with a homemade Mother’s Day card! Use arts and crafts supplies to create a custom and colourful Mother’s Day card—or one for any occasion!

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Supplies:

  • Crayola Construction Paper
  • Crayola Scissors
  • Crayola Markers
  • Crayola Washable Stamper Markers
  • Crayola No-Run School Glue
  • Crayola Glitter Glue
  • Cardstock

CIY Staff Tips:

  • Experiment with different colours or patterns of construction paper, cardstock, and glitter glue for your DIY Mother’s Day Card.
  • DIY card making goes beyond Mother's Day! Take inspiration from this craft for other holidays, birthdays, or just because.
  • For more DIY Mother’s Day cards, gifts, and decorations, see all of our Mother’s Day craft ideas.

Steps:

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Step 1

Fold construction paper sheet in half in landscape layout.

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Step 2

Horizontally cut 2 strips from cardstock sheet with scissors. Glue strips on outside of construction paper, one bordering the top and one bordering the bottom.

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Step 3

With a broad line marker, draw a flower on the back of a cardstock sheet. Cut out and glue onto center of construction paper.

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Step 4

Draw, then cut out a circle on construction paper. Glue in center of flower.

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Step 5

Take glitter glue tube and write out “MOM,” outlining the center circle of the flower to be the “O” letter.

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Step 6

Accent the top and bottom borders with glitter glue. Let dry 3–4 hours.

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Step 7

Write a message on the inside with broad line markers, then accent using stamper markers.

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Step 8

Give to mom on Mother’s Day!

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