Mother's Day Card with Surprise Heart

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With Mother's Day right around the corner, it is nice to have a special way to tell Mom how much you love her. This loving hands card is an easy card to make. The kids have fun making it and decorating it. And the creative folding and cutting reveals a surprise heart between the hands when you open the card.



Supplies:

Card Stock or construction paper
Markers or crayons
Scissors

Instructions:

Fold a piece of paper in half. Place your child's hand on the paper with the thumb and first finger touching the fold.
Create a slight curve in the child's hand between the thumb and first finger to create "half" of a heart. Trace the hand. Cut out the hand. Decorate.
Open the card to reveal the surprise heart between two hands.
Happy Mother's Day!! 


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