Red Ted Art - Make crafting with kids easy & fun

Cute & Easy Crafts for Kids

  • Home
  • START HERE
  • Preschool Crafts
  • Easy Kids Crafts
  • Paper Crafts
  • Free Printables
  • About
  • Join Our Newsletter
  • Cookies, Privacy Policies & Disclosure

20 Card Making Ideas for Kids

May 11, 2012

The kids and I love Card Making. As I have a rather pragmatic streak, I find that making cards for relatives and friends is a great way to have a creative session with the children AND to have a good “use” for the resulting craft. We do keep a lot of artwork, but we can’t keep everything. So this is a great way to make someone smile, as well as getting crafty! We usually have to make at least one extra card to keep for us!  And Red Ted usually insists on posting it to himself too! Luckily he gets a lot of “regular” mail from Granny too! (If you are specifically looking for some Valentines Day Cards for Kids, we have a whole page dedicated to those! Do browse them too!),

So.. the benefits of having a card making session:

  • a chance to get crafty,
  • a chance to practice our writing,
  • a trip to the postbox (you can talk about the value of stamps too) AND
  • we make someone happy

Such a great activity, especially during the long holidays, when the kids miss their friends!

20 Card Making Ideas for kids - a great way to get crafty and spread a little creative joy among family and friends. Make these lovely cards with the kids and then get some Writing Practice in too

Here is an eclectic mix of card making ideas for you!

You will find, that as the list progresses you will see that the cards get simpler and simpler.  The list is in “reverse chronological order”. We first started card making when Red Ted was little over 2yrs old – i.e. card Nr 20 is one of the first cards that Red Ted and I made.

You can make your cards easier or simple adampting to your child’s age.

I think our favourites have been the Sunflower Cards, the Potato Print City Scape and the Robot cards! But why not see for yourself?

Which is your favourite?

Note – We will regularly add new Homemade Cards for Kids to make! So do check back for more!

Spring and Easter Cards for Kids to Make

 fingerprint cards pop up card

Cutest little Cotton Wool Bunny Cards for Toddlers

Fingerprint Chicks

Super simple pop up Pop Up Card

 

Adorable Chick & Egg Woven Cards (with free printable)

We also have the cutest little BUNNY in Woven Basket Card Version

You can now browse our FULL Easter Card collection here:
Easy Easter Cards to Make

Birthday Cards for Kids to Make

Birthday Cake Pop Up Card

Christmas Cards for Kids to Make

Many of the Christmas Cards would also make great Thank You Cards for kids to make in the New Year!

   Easy Penguin cards to make with preschoolers

Easy Cork Print Snowmen

Puffy Paint Snowglobes

Penguin Potato Print Cards

christmas cards christmas cards Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards

Recycled Magazine Cards

Decoration & Card in One

card making card making Santa Stars

Thank You Cards (from Wrapping Paper)

Gingerbread house

Santa Stars

 Super Simple Cookie Cutter Cards

And Christmas Card DIYs for older kids –

  Paper Quilling for Beginners make an Christmas Wreath - perfect as Quilled Earrings or for Greeting Cards (11)

Pop Up Snowman Cards

(More advanced) Quilled Merry Christmas Cardsx

 Easy Pop Up Card DIY - emoji get well soon designs - these pop up cards are SO SO SOOO easy to make. Love that you have one technique, but so many occassional designs to choose from! Paper Quilling for Kids and Beginners - Emoji Greeting Card hallow-pop-up-cards-diy

Pop Up Emoji Cards 

Paper Quilled Emojis

Adorable little Pop Up Cards for Halloween (complete with printable joke list)

Love Cards and Mother’s Day Cards for Kids

kids card making  upcycled cards Valentines Cards

Flower Cards

Valentines/ Mother’s Day Card

Valentines Card

We also adore this super cute POP UP Dress Card! Just darling!

You can now browse our full Mother’s Day Card collection here:

Easy Mother's Day Cards for Kids

General Card Making Ideas for all occassions

fingerprint cards potato printing card making for kids

7. Sunflower Fingerprint Cards

8.  Potato Print Cards

9. Sand Art Cards

monster cards card making card making

Monster Cards

Robot Cards

Ink Stamp Printing

Card making  card making card making

Pirate Cards

Easy Teddy Card

Kids Art

  easy-origami-penguin

Cutest little Origami Penguins – these double up nicely as Greeting Cards or Thank You notes

and finally… How To Make a Simple Paper Envelope (no gluing or cutting!)

Have fun.

Make someone smile.

Send your Homemade Greeting Card!!

We also have an AMAZING set of Valentine’s Day Greeting Cards for Kids to make – these can be made for Valentine’s or someone special’s Birthday!
14 Valentine's Day Cards for Kids to Make

If you are looking JUST for Christmas Cards for Kids to Make, check these out:

Christmas Card Ideas for Kids

Enjoy!!

«
»

Filed Under: Card making, Get Crafty 14 Comments

Comments

  1. Deborah J. Stewart says

    May 12, 2012 at 4:01 am

    So many super cute ideas all in one place!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      May 12, 2012 at 7:19 am

      Thank you! Yes, we have been making these over two years now and thought it would be nice to pull them together!

      Reply
  2. Vanessa says

    June 15, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    I love the gingerbread houses. I think they’re my favourite. Convincingly made by kiddies yet with a pro finish thanks to the tidiness of stickers. Can’t wait to make some (hopefully this Christmas)

    Reply
  3. Angelina says

    November 13, 2013 at 10:33 am

    You gave me some wonderful ideas and i loved in. I was in terested in the gingerbread houses.

    Reply
  4. Jhony says

    December 18, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    Really interesting and these are easy to make for kids too. Thanks

    Reply
  5. Irene Woodward says

    March 9, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    I will be making the easter eggs for coming days for my grandchildren a their friends.
    Irene Woodward in Buenos Aires . Argentina

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      March 10, 2018 at 10:54 am

      Wonderful!! Enjoy

      Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    December 11, 2018 at 1:05 am

    No special but please make for like of class8.

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      December 11, 2018 at 5:47 pm

      Hi, not sure what you need?

      Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Simple Christmas Cards for Kids to MakeLife At The Zoo says:
    November 8, 2012 at 2:13 am

    […] it simple and they will look lovely. Over on Red Ted Art, I have a round up of lots more different Card Making Ideas if you fancy a peak! As well as some Wrapping Paper ideas (click on the images): […]

    Reply
  2. Great crafts & recipes for Christmas | Tots 100 says:
    November 21, 2012 at 11:09 am

    […] these Reindeer Handprint Christmas Cards are perfect for toddlers to have a go at or there are 20 Card Making ideas for kids over at Red Ted […]

    Reply
  3. Penguin Fingerprint Cards (Thank you cards) by Red Ted Art — Bonbon Break says:
    December 3, 2013 at 6:16 am

    […] With the Christmas season all but over, it is time to turn to “thank you cards” for friends and family. This can be a chore for the children… so why not make it a little more fun and creative by making your thank you cards? Red Ted Art, shares these cute little Penguin Finger Print cards with. Or pop over for over 20 Card Making Ideas for Kids. […]

    Reply
  4. How to Make Stained Glass Kids' Art With Fall Leaves | My Kids' Adventures says:
    January 29, 2014 at 12:32 am

    […] windows. Use your stained glass as a colorful addition to craft projects and gifts. Include them in greeting cards or use small ones as […]

    Reply
  5. Cut and Keep These Fun Paper Crafts for Kids | Your Organic Child says:
    October 21, 2017 at 4:51 pm

    […] Christmas, someone’s birthday, or a new baby in the family. You can also encourage the giving of cards just because, as a sweet way to show affection. There are all sorts of things the kids can do when […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Recipe Rating




Welcome!

Welcome

Hello! I am Maggy and I love all things crafty and sharing my craft ideas and how tos.

The aim of this site is to provide easy, do-able and fun crafts for all ages.

Categories

Archives

Crafty Blogs

Copyright © 2021 · Website Design By Jumping Jax Designs

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. These cookies feedback information to our analytics and advertisers. We track views of the site - which pages are visited, whether you are a regular or returning visitor to help generate a more personalised experience. You can switch cookies off or follow the READ MORE link for more and information on how to.OkRead more