Make It Pretty Wednesdays: Cute Christmas Cards That Kids Can Make!

My kids like to make their own cards… or more accurately, I like to have my kids make their own cards for occasions. I feel it makes birthday wishes and other events that much more special! And how sweet is it when a little one can’t wait to hand you something they spent time and creativity doing? Love that!

My kids and I just spent the most wonderful hour making Holiday cards together! They love using my stamps. And the end result is REALLY cute!

Here is what you will need:

• Card stock, for cards and for stencil
• Precision cutting knife (Fiskars craft knife selection can’t be beat if you are looking for a new precision tool.)
• Stamps & ink
• Buttons
• Glue Dots® Removable Dots
• Glue Dots® Craft Dots
• Glue Dots® Pop Up Dots

Here is what we did:

Cut out cards in the size you would prefer. We did 5.25″ X 5.25″ as I had some extra square envelopes in my stash! Also, draw a tree shape on a piece of card stock slightly smaller than your card.

Cut out the tree shape using your precision knife. I did one for each kiddo!

Using Glue Dots® Removable Dots, place Glue Dots around the edge of the cut out tree stencil.

Adhere to cards, placing tree wherever you would prefer!

1. 1. Let the kids stamp like crazy! I had them use a retired Stampin’ Up mini holiday set. I encouraged them to use green ink for the tree and brown for the trunk… but you know, they have their own wonderful creative agenda!

1. 1. Peel off the fantastically removable stencil (thank you Glue Dots!) and you have a lovely tree!

1. 1. And now… BUTTONS! Using the Glue Dots® Craft Dots, have your child trim their tree with buttons. My little guy is still pretty young, so I lined up the button and squished it on the glue dot strip. He peeled it off easily and stuck it on the tree himself!

1. Use a Glue Dot® Pop Up Dot to add a cute little snowflake or star to the top and have the kids sign their names! How cute are these?!

What other fun shapes would this stencil idea work with? A multi-colored party hat for birthdays? We are going to do a few more tree cards for my kid’s teachers! I know… a month early but it’s good to check things off the list!

I wrote this blog post while participating on the Glue Dots® Design Team.