How to: 3 easy birthday card crafts to do with toddlers
I am not a crafty mum. I don't like the mess and I am often too busy for the prep. However, as my daughter loves crafting with mummy I came up with these really easy card crafts - all you need is white card, coloured paper, scissors, a glue stick and about 15 minutes of time. I've done three very simple birthday card designs which are: a birthday cake, a party hat and a bouquet of flowers - craft away!
I chose to do birthday cards as we recently hosted a kids birthday party ourselves and received homemade cards from some of our small guests - they were just the sweetest so I wanted to share the love. To help me make these, this post was sponsored by The Works, who offer a wide variety of arts and crafts material alongside other kids products!
You might also be interested in Christmas cards - see my similar toddler friendly take on easy Christmas cards here! The designs are Christmas tree, a stack of gifts, and poinsettia.
You need:
For these cards you will need the following. I have also linked some products I would use, and some are affiliates.
You need:
For these cards you will need the following. I have also linked some products I would use, and some are affiliates.
- A pack of white cards in envelopes (US Amazon / UK Amazon / The Works)
- A pack of paper in multiple colours (US Amazon link / UK Amazon / The Works)
- A glue stick (US Amazon / UK Amazon / The Works)
- Child-friendly scissors (US Amazon / UK Amazon / The Works)
You need to cut:
Explanation of the design:
My favourite is the birthday cake card. All you need is to is cut some shapes like in the above pictures, number of the candles optional! Prepare large ellipse shapes (I also snipped the ends - see pics) in different colours, short rectangular shapes for candle sticks, and small yellow and orange triangles for flames. Glue the cake layer shapes (ellipses) on top of each other, then the candle sticks, and finally the yellow and orange triangles for flames. We were going to birthday party for a three year old so we did three candles.
- For the birthday cake: Large ellipse shapes (I also snipped the ends - see pics) in different colours, short rectangular shapes for candle sticks, and small yellow and orange triangles for flames.
- For the party hat: One large triangle, several small circles of various colours
- For the flower bouquet: Several green long and thin rectangles, few green triangles for leaves and lots and lots of small triangles in one uniform colour as petals, and small yellow circles for flower centers.
Explanation of the design:
My favourite is the birthday cake card. All you need is to is cut some shapes like in the above pictures, number of the candles optional! Prepare large ellipse shapes (I also snipped the ends - see pics) in different colours, short rectangular shapes for candle sticks, and small yellow and orange triangles for flames. Glue the cake layer shapes (ellipses) on top of each other, then the candle sticks, and finally the yellow and orange triangles for flames. We were going to birthday party for a three year old so we did three candles.
The party hat was the easiest, especially for little toddler hands. With just one big triangle and lots of little circles to glue she got the gist of it straight away. Glue the triangle first, then the small circles, and glue one circle to be the pompom of the party hat.
The flower bouquet is simple, but effective, and I think this would work on lots of other occasions too, such as for a Mother's Day card, or perhaps a Thank You card. First glue the long thin green rectangles to be the stems, then add small green triangles as leaves, and finally, glue small coloured triangles as petals. This can be done quite haphazardly, as you will glue a lot of them so the flowers look nice and full. Finally, add a small yellow circle in the middle of the flower.
It was fun making these. My daughter loved it, and with a bit of gentle direction she managed to glue the right bits roughly in the right places, making the cards look more like a real birthday card and less like a modern art project. I was also chuffed that she understood what these were meant to be - pretty much as soon as we got half way through she exclaimed loudly that she was making a cake (or a party hat, or flowers). And bless, she started singing "Happy birthday to you" while making the cake. On a personal note, the snob in me thinks these look quite good for toddler crafts.
There are a few further ideas I think I might use to spice up our card crafting next time. I found glitter glue sticks online which might make it a bit more festive, and you could also use a variety of crepe papers or tissue papers too. Sky is the limit!
And as a reminder, here are the products that are needed for these cards:
And as a reminder, here are the products that are needed for these cards:
What did you think of these cards?
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