Scary Mouth Pop-up Card for Mothers Day

Make a Mouth Pop-up Card. When you open the card, the mouth opens! You can make your card look like a bird, a shark, or a big-mouth monster. This is a very easy project and a lot of fun.

Things Needed

• 2 pieces of paper (colored card-stock works great)
• Scissors
• Paste
• Crayons and/or markers

Method

1. Fold a piece of paper in half. Cut a line about 2 inches long (5 cm) about the middle of the crease.

2. Fold back each of the flaps to make 2 triangles.

3. Open up the card.

4. Lay it down like a V.

5. Push one of the triangles up and pinch the edges together above the card.

6. Repeat with the other triangle.

7. Close the card and push down on the folds to make them well-creased.

8. When opened, you have a pop-up mouth.

9. Fold another piece of paper in half (a different color looks great).

10. Glue this new card to the outside of your pop-up card. Don't glue near the mouth area or it won't open! Let the glue dry.

11. Draw a scary animal around the mouth and finish decorating your card.

12. For variations on this card, don't cut a straight line - cut a wavy line or a zigzag for scary teeth. You can even make more than one mouth for 2 monsters or a two-headed monster. This pop-up area also looks a lot like a bird's beak or a shark's mouth.





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Butterfly Card for Mother's Day

A colorful butterfly card made from construction paper. This card is great for birthdays, Mother's Day, or other occasions.

Things Needed

• Construction paper
• Hole punch
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Pencil
• Markers or crayons
• Optional: Glitter glue or glitter

Method

1. Fold two pieces of construction paper in half, making two card shapes.

2. Put the two folded cards together (one inside the other).

3. Along the fold of one of them, draw half a butterfly.

4. Keeping the two cards together, cut along the line you just drew. You will now have two butterflies.

5. On only one of the butterflies, fold it in half again and draw a smaller butterfly within it.

6. Cut along the line you just drew.

7. Using the hole punch, make a series of holes along the edges of the two pieces you just cut.

8. Glue one of these pieces onto the larger, uncut butterfly.

9. Flip the large butterfly over, and glue on the other cut piece.

10. Cut a black or brown body for your butterfly. Glue it onto the inside of your butterfly.

11. You now have a nice butterfly card. Write a message on your card.

12. Optional: Decorate your butterfly with crayons, markers, glitter glue, or glitter.




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