# 10 Mother's Day Card Ideas > Ten easy handmade Mother's Day card ideas, including tulip and handprint painting, thumbprint gardens, pop-up hearts and blow-painted cards, plus a bonus gift for mom. Most are simple enough for younger kids to make. - URL: https://www.funlittles.com/10-mothers-day-card-ideas/ - Ages: 2–8 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium - Time: prep none, activity varies - Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class - Skills: fine-motor, creativity, art-exploration ## Safety - Supervise toddlers closely with glitter, sequins and other small embellishments. They are choking hazards if mouthed. - Use washable, non-toxic kids' paint, and wash hands after handprint and thumbprint painting. ## Ideas - **Tulips Mother's Day Card**: Cards made from our ever popular tulips art project. - **Glittering Hand Print Card**: We made these as holiday cards, but they work for any occasion, especially Mother's and Father's Day. - **Glittering Heart Card**: Uses the same sparkly salt mixture, but instead of a handprint, two hands make a heart. We made it for Valentine's, and a heart works beautifully for Mother's Day. - **Spring Tree Mother's Day Card**: A card made from a spring cherry tree art project. - **Pencil Shavings Flower Cards**: A homemade card from the past. When we were growing up, flowers made out of pencil shavings were very popular. - **Fruit Mesh Bag and Q-tip Stamping**: An easy Mother's Day card stamped with a fruit mesh bag and Q-tips. - **Garden Scene Thumbprint Card**: A homemade Mother's Day card with a thumbprint garden scene. - **Pop-Up Card**: A fold-up card with a pop-up string of hearts. - **Blow Paint Heart Card**: A blow-painted heart turned into a handmade card. - **Out of This World Gift for Mom**: Not a card, but definitely something cute to make mom. Make this seriously out of this world craft with leftover plastic eggs. ## Tips - Most of these Mother's Day card ideas are not elaborate, and even younger kids can make them. - A few are easy art activities that turn into homemade cards easily. Some weren't made for Mother's Day but still work perfectly for the occasion. - Handprint cards are always a cute way to show mom or dad or grandparents your love. ## The original post by TurkeyMom (2020) For any occasion, *handmade cards* by kids shows so much love and thought. Especially on Mother's Day which mom wouldn't love to receive a cute handmade card from their kiddos? Such memories and treasures for years to come.Here are ***10 easy handmade Mother's Day card ideas***. Most of these Mothers day card ideas are not elaborate and even younger kids can make it. A few ideas are easy [**art activities**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/art-projects/) for kids that can be turned into homemade cards easily. Some are not specifically made for Mother's Dy but still would work perfectly for the occasion. **[Tulips Mother's Day Card](https://www.funlittles.com/spring-art-tulip-painting/)** by Fun Littles Cards made from our ever popular tulips art project. **[Glittering Hand Print Mother's Day Card](https://www.funlittles.com/homemade-christmas-cards/)** by Fun Littles We made these as holiday cards but these work for any occasion especially Mothers and Fathers Day. Handprint cards are always a cute way to show mom or dad or grandparents your love. **[](https://www.funlittles.com/homemade-christmas-cards/)** **[Glittering Heart card](https://www.funlittles.com/valentines-day-cards-for-kids/)** by Fun Littles This essentially uses the same sparkly salt mixture to make these gorgeous card but instead of handprints we used two hands to make a heart for Valentine's. Heart will works beautifully for Mother's Day. **[Spring Tree Mother's Day Card](http://www.housingaforest.com/spring-cherry-tree/)** by Housing a Forest [](http://www.housingaforest.com/spring-cherry-tree/) Card made from a spring art project [**Pencil Shavings Homemade Cards for Moms**](https://www.funlittles.com/homemade-mothers-day-cards-pencil-shavings-flowers/) [****](https://www.funlittles.com/homemade-mothers-day-cards-pencil-shavings-flowers/) This is one of those art projects or homemade cards project from the past. When we were growing up flowers made out of pencils shavings were very popular. **[Fruit Mesh Bag and Q tip Stamping](http://www.craftoart.com/2011/05/mothers-day-card-fruit-mesh-bag.html)** easy Mother's day card by Craft To Art [](http://www.craftoart.com/2011/05/mothers-day-card-fruit-mesh-bag.html) **[Garden Scene thumbprint](http://youaremysunshine5.blogspot.com/2012/05/homemade-mothers-day-card-by-peeps.html) [Mother's day card.](http://youaremysunshine5.blogspot.com/2012/05/homemade-mothers-day-card-by-peeps.html)** [**Pop Up Card**](http://www.craftoart.com/2012/02/i-love-you-more-book-pop-up-string-of.html) by Craft to Art [](http://www.craftoart.com/2012/02/i-love-you-more-book-pop-up-string-of.html) Blow paint **[handmade card](https://www.funlittles.com/valentines-day-cards/) by Fun Littles** **Thanks for reading** Not a card - definitely something cute to make mom. Make this seriously out of this world craft with left over plastic eggs. **[Out of the world Mother's day gift for mom](https://www.funlittles.com/mothers-day-crafts-upcycle-a-cd-for-an-out-of-this-world-gift/)** [ ](https://www.funlittles.com/mothers-day-crafts-upcycle-a-cd-for-an-out-of-this-world-gift/) **Thanks for reading!** **Want more art projects?**