Some weeks ago we celebrated Victoria’s birthday with a kids’ party at our place. A party means guests and thus invitations to make. I thought it would be fun to make our own birthday cards as a crafts activity with the kids, rather than buying a pack in the supermarket. So I collected some colored paper, balloons, washi tape and some more decorative items I found in the house and off we were.
At first Victoria wanted to make cards with princesses, so I cut out a card on which I drew a princess for her to color. Victoria was very happy, but my motivation to draw princesses on 10 birthday cards was quite low. So while she was busy drawing I made an alternative easy version. When I was done and Victoria saw it, she was so excited about it that she “demanded” all cards to be like that and she totally forgot about her princesses. So here is what we did …
It all started from the idea to do a card with a balloon so that the kids would have double fun and they can have some playtime with the balloon. With washi tape I covered the sides as to create a frame and then stuck the balloon in the middle. On the free corner on the top I stuck a flower as decoration and in the opposite corner I drew a 5 with some sparkly glue. I printed out the details of the party on a small piece of paper which I stuck to the back side, with some washi tape again to stay in the same style.
If you wonder where we got the flowers from, we recycled them from a flower necklace which Victoria got on a previous kids’ party.
I don’t know if the kids had fun receiving the cards and playing with the balloons. What I do know is that Victoria was extremely excited to take the cards to school and that it was fun to make our own easy birthday cards.
Update: If you want to see some other easy to make birthday cards, have a look at these fairy themed birthday cards you can also do with the kids.
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