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. 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. Now trace your child’s hand as shown below, so that the wrist is on the fold side (when cut out you’ll get a mirrored hand).

Join my crafting Facebook group where you can show us what you’re making, ask questions, and learn from others!Step 7: Open up the butterfly body and run scissors along the front of the antennae to help them curl forward a bit. You can also use your fingers to curl them slightly. 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

Mother’s Day is around the corner and handmade Mother’s Day cards are one of the most special gifts you can give mom! We love this personalized Mother’s Day Butterfly Art because it’s personalized with your child’s photo. 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.Your butterfly now becomes a card. Simply open up the wings to reveal the message on the inside. You can personalize the butterfly card further by writing additional messaging on the inside of the card. Related: 3D Hot Air Balloon Card 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.

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! 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. Text On Inside of Card Says: "Hope every moment of your special day creates memories that will last a lifetime. Happy Mother's Day" 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.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. We’re sure Mom, Grandma or even Auntie would love to receive one of these adorable butterfly cards! Share With Us Because the wings are the only part that will open, write the messages near the edges of each wing, like in the pictures. 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 After attaching, let's duplicate the card blank twice. This card blank will eventually go behind the butterfly cutouts on both cards when we start assembling.

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.Step 8: When your painted butterfly wings are finished drying, use scissors to cut them out. Then fold the wings in half along the dotted line shown on the template with the painted side facing out. With a different colored paper, cut out a body and head and glue to the outside of the butterfly. Glue on some googly eyes.