Hi Friends,
We made a cute, useful, and multi-purpose Mother’s Day Card with Mini Yarn Hanging. It’s a fun activity you can make with your kiddos using twigs, yarn, and some paper. Check out the Mother's Day card below, a peek into our early Mother’s Day celebration.
*Click on the photos for a closer look.
What You'll Need
(2) Heavy Weight Sheets of Construction Paper or (1) Card Stock (in your choice of color)
Glue
Pencil/ Pen
Small twig
1 Pipe cleaner (in your choice of color)
Yarn in Various Colors or Just One
Scissors
Crayons
Toothpick/Pushpin
The Steps
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CARD
Glue 1 paper on top of the other; skip this if you’re using cardstock, then fold the paper in half.
Before writing out your message, make sure you will have enough space for the yarn hanging, which will create the “H” in the word hanging.
Decide what message you’d like:
“Mom, thanks for Hanging with me”, “Mom, I love Hanging out with you”, “Mom, Hanging out with you is the best,” or any other combination that includes the word “HANGING” in it.
Draw a large H with the brown crayon, and add colored lines hanging from the H, then finish writing the rest of the message, much smaller.
This will allow the recipient to see the hanging on the card, even when the gift is removed from it.
MINI YARN HANGING
Snap a section of twig long enough to cover the middle section of the “H”. Set that aside.
Figure out how long you’d like your hanging to be, then double the length plus a tiny more for wrapping, and repeat with different colors.
3. Fold one strand or a few in half, and place the loop/s under the twig, then feed the end/s THROUGH the loop, pull the ends tight, and continue adding yarn.
4. Once your hanging is complete, trim the ends if you’d like or leave them as they are.
5. Lastly, cut a strand of yarn, and knot it at each end to hang it.
MESSAGE & ASSEMBLING
Finish writing your message if necessary and your personal note on the inside.
Use a toothpick or pushpin to create 2 small holes on each side of the H.
Cut (2) small pieces of pipe cleaner to attach your hanging, then feed them through the holes. Lastly, twist the ends tight to hold your gift securely.
THAT’S IT!
My mom didn’t ask for much, just for all her kids to be together on Mother's Day. Unfortunately that wasn’t going to be possible, so we celebrated early. I wrote my mom a note thanking her and then had my kiddos add a little something too, I think she liked it :)
Happy crafting, friends, and Happy Mother’s Day!
Amanda and Naomi
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