I’ve been a bit behind in cards & gifts to my friends and family having babies and birthdays. The other day I was at the store and I almost bought a card. My older sister buys the best funny cards, but the ones I buy are never funny to anyone but me.
I told Camille the names of some of the people that we had stuff to mail to and asked if she wanted to make the cards for it. She loves participating making and giving gifts so she was really happy about it.
We’ve been practicing her cutting, so she cut strips of watercolor paper to be 4 inches tall by 10 inches wide.
After she cut them, she painted all the strips with watercolors (orange, red and yellow this time):
We hung them up and let them dry (it didn’t take too long). I then helped her fold them in half and cut rounded corners on all the cards.
She finished each one with some beautiful pastel colorings & I tied raffia around the front of each holding it firmly on there with a touch of glue.
She loved making them & I love how her little personality went into these. I posted some cards that she made a while back, and I noticed the way we made these are a bit more messy. There are spots of watercolor all on the inside of each cards. I love it! 
Also, because she’s learning to cut not every line is completely straight. It would really frustrate her if she got off the straight line I drew. I asked her if she wanted to stop and she said no way. So, I just encouraged her that it didn’t matter, it was only a guide & to try to get back on the line. She did and they look wonderful.
The next step… to get all these beauties in the mail.
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I LOVE these!
Those are beautiful! You two did a wonderful job. I wish I was the recipient of one of them
I know what you mean about the funny card thing. I can go to a card shop and laugh out loud by myself in the aisle and then when I give it to someone it’s still me, laughing out loud by myself. Go figure.
Happy Wednesday!
I love getting hand made cards but ones from little hands are the absolute best! I’ll take them over a hallmark any day.
these are so very beautiful.
the rounded edges and raffia are just the right touch.
love it.
These are so sweet and so pretty. You have a great little artist there
Those cards are beautiful — you could sell them!
Love them!
What a great surprise to get in the mail. Way to go, girlies!
They are beautiful cards and so much more meaningful when they are made from the heart.
thank you for the kind comment you made at Gardenmama – it has made me smile so much. xx
These cards are so cute, and much more meaningful than store bought cards!
I love them! I was going to design my 5 year old’s invites, but this might be a better idea! What a great thing to do together!