DIY & Creative Mother’s Day Card Ideas for Kids: Make a Tissue Paper Flower Card!

Sourcing for a thoughtful and creative Mother's Day craft that your children will be proud to make? This Bouquet of Flowers Card is a beautiful handmade card full of love, color and creativity! It's a fun, simple exercise for toddlers and pre-schoolers and it provides a meaningful keepsake that any mother would treasure. This craft combines learning via play with a touch of elegance. With just a few art supplies and some tissue paper, your child may make a beautiful Mother's Day card that develops important skills along the way.

Materials Needed

Here’s what you’ll need to create your Mother’s Day bouquet card:

• A4 size beige cardstock (folded in half for the card base)
• A5 size white cardstock
• Pink tissue paper
• White tissue paper
• Purple chenille stick (pipe cleaner)
• Scissors or corner cutter
• Green marker
• Purple marker
• Black marker or pen
• Glue stick or white glue

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Create the Card Base

1. Fold your A4 beige cardstock in half to create a sturdy card base. This will be the background for your floral masterpiece.

Step 2: Prepare the White Cardstock

Step 3: Draw the Flower Stems and Leaves

1. Using a green marker, draw several stems starting from the bottom of the white cardstock going upward.
2. Add a few leaves to make it look like a fresh bouquet.

Step 4: Create the Pink Tissue Paper Flowers

1. Cut your pink tissue paper into 15cm x 4cm rectangle
2. Scrunch the tissue papers into little balls. These will be the flowers in your bouquet! The more you add, the fuller your bouquet will look.
3. Glue them closely together near the top of each stem to create a colorful floral arrangement.

Step 5: Add Decorative White Tissue Wrap Holder

1. Take two pieces of white tissue paper and use a purple marker to add dot patterns on them.
2. Layer them on top of each other, pinch the center and tie a purple chenille stick around the middle to form a small bow as a mini bouquet.

Step 6: Assemble the Bouquet

1. Glue the mini bouquet over the pink tissue flowers. Let it partially cover the tissue paper flowers underneath to give a layered 3D effect. The chenille stick adds a lovely texture and ties the bouquet together beautifully.

Step 7: Add a Heartfelt Message

1. Stick on a "Happy Mother’s Day" tag below the bouquet or help your child write the greeting using a marker. Let them sign their name for an extra personal touch.

Here is the tutorial video link: https://youtube.com/shorts/LNX-jXZ_KFk?si=zb7SjFexJ5UQN7sG

Benefits of This Mother's Day Craft:

This Mother’s Day card isn’t just beautiful; it helps kids grow in so many ways:

• Fine Motor Skills: Help refining hand strength and control by scrunching tissue paper, gluing small items and drawing
• Creative Expression: Kids choose colors, placements and patterns to personalize their design.
• Early Childhood Education: Emphasizes foundational learning through phases, layers and patience.
• Emotional Connection: Crafting a gift for Mom encourages empathy and thoughtfulness.

Ways to Extend Learning

Want to take this easy craft even further? Here are a few ways to enhance your experience:

• Encourage color exploration by allowing children to play with various tissue colors or construct rainbow bouquets.
• Literacy Boost: Encourages early writing abilities by having children dictate and write messages within cards.
• Incorporate early math skill into the activity by counting the number of tissue flowers used.
• Use this opportunity to talk about different types of flowers and where they grow.
• Create a little gallery to display children's handmade cards for an art show. They can explain their artwork to family and friends.

Conclusion

This Mother's Day Bouquet of Flowers Card is an excellent way for children to honor the most important woman in their lives with something very heartfelt. It's a project that strikes all the right notes by combining preschool crafts with genuine emotional value.

Whether you're a teacher seeking for a simple classroom activity or a parent looking for meaningful Mother's Day crafts, this project is ideal. When children present their homemade card, they will beam with pride and mothers will feel incredibly privileged to receive such a precious keepsake.

Looking for more kids' craft ideas or simple activities that promote early childhood education? Check out more tutorials on our blog!

***Please note that the above craft activity require adult supervision. If you have other mother's day fun craft ideas for kids, we'd love to hear them! Do comment below! 👇🏻

Happy Mother's Day and Happy Crafting!