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Make Your Own Handmade Designed Watercolor Cards

Watercolor cards finished

My kids love to paint, draw, color, craft; you name, they love it!  All of it!  Painting is one of their favorite things to do.  Since we have spent more time than normal indoors this summer, we have spent a lot of time crafting.

Watercolor card kids

With my niece visiting this past week we spent an afternoon crafting.  We did several simple things but they all enjoyed painting!   With watercolors I am never worried about their clothing or my table.

With only a few simple supplies needed we made patterned watercolor cards that were as unique as each child.

You will need:

  • White Cardstock
  • Envelopes
  • Watercolor Paints
  • Hot Glue Gun

Direction to Make Your Own Watercolor Cards

Watercolor designs

To begin you want to create a design on the cardstock with your hot glue.  We added stars and swirls to a couple of pieces of cardstock.  All the glue to dry completely.  Remove any excess strings that result from using hot glue.

watercolor painting 2Now turn your kiddos loose to paint the paper!

Watercolor cards 3

They can add as much or as little as they would like but it looks so much nicer if they fill the area you will use for the cards.

watercolor card 4

Once they have finished painting the sheet, allow it to dry fully.

Watercolor Design Peeled

Gently peel away the hot glue and you will be left with a solid white design below the where the glue was.

Cut your card down to a size that you have a matching envelope for.  You can either cut it to be a folded card or just a single piece card.

Although it is a very simple process, it is a great way to get your children involved in creating something special!  They now have a custom, unique handmade card that they can proudly say they made themselves.

The difficult part is figuring out who they will want to send their creations to!

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Comments

  1. Ellen Christian says

    July 14, 2013 at 1:02 pm

    What a neat idea & a great way to keep the kids busy!

    Reply
  2. Lindsay @ Laughing Lindsay says

    July 13, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    Aww! This is an awesome idea! I love how cute and easy it is. I kind of want to make my own card now.

    Reply
  3. Sarah BB @ East9thStreet says

    July 13, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    My daughter will LOVE this! Every time we go by the card aisle in a store, she wants to buy one.

    Reply
  4. Anastasia @ eco-babyz says

    July 12, 2013 at 12:58 am

    That looks great, my 4 year old would love it! Pinning it 🙂 I love that it’s easy and doesn’t require much prep from me!

    Reply
  5. Danielle says

    July 11, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    How fun! My kids love painting and I’m sure they’d love to make their own cards.

    Reply
  6. Jamie @ Roubinek Reality says

    July 11, 2013 at 12:49 am

    What a cute idea! My kids would love doing these!

    Reply
  7. Aeryn Lynne says

    July 10, 2013 at 9:08 pm

    What a cool project! I’ll have to remember this the next time my nephew wants to paint. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Kathleen Kennedy-Leon says

    July 10, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    this is a great project—my kids will love it–I will have to try it this weekend–thanks for sharing

    Reply
  9. Debi@ The Spring Mount 6 Pack says

    July 10, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    My kids would love to do those kind of cards for family.

    Reply
  10. Jenn says

    July 10, 2013 at 5:01 pm

    Beautiful cards! Love it!

    Reply
  11. Joyce@MommyTalkShow says

    July 10, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    Am I a bad mom since I don’t have a glue gun?
    Ok, that’s on my shopping list!

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      July 10, 2013 at 4:49 pm

      Absolutely not! I have the same one I had as a teenager so mine is ancient but still works! I use it all the time and can’t imagine what I would do without it!

      Reply
  12. Tiffany C. says

    July 10, 2013 at 3:40 pm

    I love this idea. We are definitely doing this tomorrow. I think I have everything I need.

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      July 10, 2013 at 4:51 pm

      After we also made some with sayings and initials although those were more difficult!

      Reply
  13. Leanne says

    July 10, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    So adorable! I’m definitely going to be trying this!

    Reply
  14. Kerri (TheMaven) says

    July 10, 2013 at 3:15 pm

    These are so cute! Love how creative you are!

    Reply

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