Valentine Candy Cards

Cut out paper hearts are decorated with Hershey's Kisses for Valentine's Day with crafts n coffee.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsncoffee.com/2012/01/20/easy-valentines-day-crafts-conversation-heart-candy-crafts/

Interactive Christmas Cards

Sparkly sequins turn an Xmas card into a shaker toy with craft project ideas.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftprojectideas.com/index.php/how-to/seasonal-projects/christmas/688-christmas-tree-shaker-card

Handprint Turkey Card

The traditional turkey hand print turns into a card with melissa and doug.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://blog.melissaanddoug.com/2013/11/12/easiest-ever-handprint-turkey/

Mother's Day Newspaper Card

Tell Mom she's the best with this free pdf printable from Martha Stewart.  She leaves places for a drawing, and spaces for kids to write in all the things they love about her. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the template here:
http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2011Q2/msl_0511_mdnewspaper_card.pdf

Mother's Day Flip Card

Post it notes are staggered to make a cute Mother's Day card.  Wayward girls crafts adds a sweet message and drawing to each Post it. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.waywardgirlscrafts.com/2011/04/two-quick-and-easy-mothers-day-cards.html

MOM Mother's Day Card

Relief paint against a white mom cut out to make a neat Mother's Day card even the youngest toddler can do.  The educator's spin on it share this video to show you how.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.theeducatorsspinonit.com/2013/05/easy-mothers-day-craft.html

Hygloss shared a cut out version that shows Mom how wow she is using construction paper and stickers.  Kids fold the paper in half, write mom in block letters so they're touching one another and the fold of the paper, cut out the letters and decorate.

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Paper Card Vase

Turn a Valentine's Day card into a vase with this inventive idea from delia creates.  She also makes poppies to fill the vase using red tissue paper and green pipe cleaners.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.deliacreates.com/2011/04/handmade-mothers-day-card-and-belleza.html

Finishing his race's card uses a V for the vase and for Valentine's day.

Get the instructions here:
http://finishinghisrace.blogspot.com/2011/02/letters-h-v-valentines.html

Hanukkah Cards

Tin foil and crepe paper and sparkles make Hanukkah cards.  Scrumdillydo cuts out festive shapes of cardboards and has a window to the kids' creations. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://scrumdillydo.blogspot.com/2011/12/homemade-holidays-tinfoil-festive.html

Flower Petal Cards

Scrumdilly do has a neat way to take flower petals and turn them into butterfly cards.  Looks like the trick to keeping the petals fresh looking is to flatten them dry under a book.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://scrumdillydo.blogspot.ca/2012/04/flower-petal-butterflies-part-one.html

Tissue Paper Petal Cards

Etsy has a very cute way to make a a card out of tissue paper petals.  The nice thing is the tissue paper won't wilt or brown.  All you need is tissue paper, glue and a blank card.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here
http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/how-tuesday-petal-card/