With a different colored paper, cut out a body and head and glue to the outside of the butterfly. Glue on some googly eyes.

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 Watch the video in this post to see how to make this pretty butterfly art. INSTRUCTIONS Step 1. Print out our template Step 2. Size your child’s photo and cut around so it will fit nicely on the bottom left of photo. Ours was around 3″ Glue that down. Step 3. Use your butterfly punch to cut out many colored butterflies Step 4. It helps to arrange your butterflies first and THEN glue down one by one. Step 5. Give to mom as a card or hang up inside a shadow box for art! I love the look of the .8 size gel pens (which is what I use in this tutorial), but any size pen will work. Your design will look a little different depending on your pen size. Cutting Machine Step 5: Cut out the butterfly body template. Fold it in half along the dotted line in the middle. The folded edge is the bottom of your butterfly body.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

To Assemble the cards, take the card with the butterfly design, and glue the card blank behind the card with the cutout. Text On Front of Card Says: " For a Beautiful mother on Mother's Day. This is the perfect day to say how grateful I am to have such a loving and wonderful Mom like you." Help children prepare for Mother's Day using this wonderful butterfly Mother’s Day card. It is the perfect template for children to decorate and make their own butterfly, using painted or cut out handprints. There is a really cute poem you can add to it also (print off and add an insert card or hand write and include inside the card): 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.This resource contains several versions of the card so children may choose an alternative special person to give the card to. 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. 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. We have plenty of other Mother’s Day resources for you to use alongside this butterfly Mother’s Day card. They are fantastic for adding a special personalised touch to gifts for the special people in children’s lives. You can find a few of our favourites below. The four quotes are Butterfly Kisses for Mom, Happy Mother’s Day, I Love Grow-WING with you. Happy Mother’s Day!, and Mama You Make Me Soar.

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. Making homemade cards is such a fun activity for any age. You can make a unique greeting card for every possible occasion like celebrations, birthdays, holidays, anniversaries or simply just to brighten someone’s day unexpectedly and let them know you are thinking of them. 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. 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.Flowers are great, candy is too, this year, give Mom something new! Our wind up flying butterflyer fits perfectly inside this beautiful 5x7 greeting card. It's so pretty, there's not a mom on the planet who wouldn't love it! Make a memory with your Mom that will last a lifetime with our super special Mother's Day card and wind up flying Butterflyer to put inside (Both Included). This colorful butterfly card has the message “You make my heart flutter” inside making it a great card to give to someone you love. Grab our card template, your crafty supplies and get ready to make someone’s heart explode with joy when you give them this sweet butterfly card.