15 Birthday Card Craft For Kids

Introduction

We’ve rounded up the best birthday card ideas so your child can make a masterpiece for their friends and family. Easily find projects here that are perfect for any age, from preschoolers to tweens (and even some teens!). With these unique birthday cards, you’ll be able to help them create something they’ll cherish forever. You can also browse our many other kinds of craft projects like spring crafts, holiday crafts, summer crafts and more fun ideas!

Pop-Up Birthday Card:

Materials Needed:
2 pieces of paper (one for the inside of your card, one for the outside)
Pencil, eraser and ruler or circle punch (optional)
Scissors and glue stick or tape runner (if using tape runner use a piece of paper between your fingers)
Step 1: Draw your design on one side of your first piece of paper leaving at least ½ inch from each edge. Use pencil first so you can erase mistakes easily before they are permanent! Then draw out any details you want to include in this layer such as lines, shapes and shadows. Next draw out a cutout shape where it will fold over on itself like an envelope flap would if it were folded along its length rather than width. This will be used later when making sure your pop up looks right once folded into place on top of itself but not yet glued down fully yet since there’s still more work to do with this layer before we get there!

Birthday Snow Globe Card:

Cut a piece of white cardstock to fit the envelopes you are using.
Use a pencil to lightly sketch an outline of what you’d like on the front of your snow globe card. I’m making a Christmas tree, so I drew one with a pencil and then used scissors to cut it out.
Glue your paper snowflake inside of the circle you drew and let it dry for about five minutes before continuing on with step 4 below.
Use an ink pad or marker pen to write across the top edge: “to:” along with their name at the end (ie “to: Jenny”). Then use another inkpad or marker pen color; write inside that box something festive like “Merry Christmas!” if this is for someone’s birthday during December or January or say something else appropriate such as “Happy Birthday!” if they’re celebrating their special day soon (like this weekend). If they have pets or children who need cards too, write their names here too!
Write any other messages inside this box as well such as “I’m so excited to see everyone again soon!” This will be hidden once we cover our snowglobe up though so don’t worry about making it perfect just yet!
Now we can decorate our snowglobe using glitter glue! Pour some into a small container (or use what comes in its original container) then dip each end of pipe cleaner into it until coated well enough where no more liquid drips off when pulled out vertically from its position horizontally lying down flat against whatever surface we’re working on (such as table tops). Once both ends are covered sufficiently enough where there aren’t any drips coming off anymore from either end after pulling them vertically away from said surface

Happy Birthday Card From a Toddler:

What you need:
card stock in your child’s favorite color. (If you’re doing a bunch of cards, get the colored kind that comes in sheets instead of the white copy paper.)
scissors
glue or tape

Easy Happy Birthday Cake Card:

Make a cake card.

This is the easiest way to make a card that looks like a cake, and it’s quick enough that you can make one for every special occasion! All you need is an 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheet of cardstock, scissors, glue stick, and either glitter or confetti (optional). Cut out two circles from the sheet of paper: one needs to be 4 inches in diameter, while the other needs to be 3 inches in diameter. Glue them together! If you’re feeling fancy, sprinkle some glitter over your finished product before sending it along its merry way!

Hugs & Wishes On Your Special Day Card:

What You Need

One sheet of colorful cardstock paper
A glue stick
Scissors to cut out the card and envelope shapes

How To Make It

Choose your favorite color of cardstock paper and cut out a 5 x 7 rectangle for the front of your birthday card. Then, use this same size as a template to cut out two more rectangles from another piece of colored paper—one for the inside front cover and one for the inside back cover.
Cut out four small squares from another piece of cardboard or light weight poster board, each measuring 2 inches by 2 inches (5cm x5 cm). These will be used later to create windows on all sides around your birthday message when you fold up your card! 3. Using a double-sided tape runner or glue stick, adhere strips onto both short ends of these small squares so they’ll stay firmly in place while they’re being folded up into windows later on in this project! 44

Birthday Star

Materials:

5 pieces of cardstock (20 x 20 cm)
Scissors
Glue, glue stick or tape.

How to make the Birthday Star: Cut out a star from the five pieces of cardstock and fold them in half. Stick them together at the top with glue, using your fingers to pinch them in place first. Let dry before opening up and decorating however you want!

Where to find instructions for how to make this craft: Click here for instructions on how to make this craft!

Time it will take you to complete this birthday card craft for kids: This birthday card craft for children should take around 10 minutes if everything goes according to plan but because kids are not always known for their precision and attention span, feel free to add an extra 5 minutes just in case!

Age group most suitable for making this birthday card craft; The best age group would be 6 – 8 years old as they have good fine motor skills but are still able choose their own colours etcetera so they won’t get bored too quickly whilst making this simple yet beautiful piece from scratch!

Personalisation tip(s): You could personalise by adding more glitter or putting stickers on top instead of just drawing on it yourself with markers.*Storage Tip(s): Store in an airtight container away from sunlight and heat as both these things damage paper over time which can cause cracks along edges where it has been folded together previously which may damage other parts like colouring etcetera if left unchecked long enough.”

Dry Erase Birthday Board

This is a great craft for kids of all ages, and it’s easy to make.

All you need is:
a large piece of white paper or poster board
a black marker or pen (you could also use a dry erase marker here)

Rainbow Polka Dot Birthday Card

Materials:
Cardstock (two pieces)
Colored pencils, crayons, markers or paint (optional)
Tools:
Hole punch (optional)
Directions:
Fold your cardstock in half, then cut the folded paper in half along the fold line. You should now have two square pieces of paper with a crease running down the middle of each one. This will be used as a guide to draw a rainbow across both sides of each square piece of paper using either colored pencils or markers if you’d like to decorate them with rainbows too! You can also use paint or coloring pages if you want more rainbows than just those drawn onto these cards themselves! If you’re using paints instead of markers then we recommend using paper towels under your work surface because they tend to drip quite easily while painting on this project 🙂

Ice Cream Cone Birthday Cards

First, cut out a piece of paper that will be the cone’s base. You can use any color you want, but it’s best to keep it as plain as possible so that there’s plenty of room for decorating. After that, make sure the patterned paper has some kind of border around it since this will be used later on.

Next, use an ice cream scooper-shaped punch or another shape cutter that works well with cookie dough (like a piping bag) and punch out several cones from your chosen patterned paper. Make sure they’re uniformly sized and don’t overlap too much when put together! Next up are the sprinkles: pick up a sheet with small holes in it (or just use tissue paper) and fold one side over so it creates two flaps facing opposite directions along its length; then get ready to punch through those flaps using whatever shape punches you have available—the possibilities are endless here! To finish off this adorable birthday card craft project we’ll need more holes along these lines – so once again take out those hole punches and do what needs doing until all sides look nice and evenly spaced together like an actual ice cream cone would on top of its serving dish 🙂

Toy Story Buzz Lightyear Birthday Card

This Buzz Lightyear birthday card is so cute that you’ll want to make one for all your friends and family. It is made with a simple silhouette of the character, but the added touches like an alien background and stars make it special.

The template can be found here:

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Foil Embossed Balloon Animals

Here’s how to do it:

Cut out the shapes for your balloons, ribbon and card from foil or thin paper. You can cut them out with scissors, or you can use a stylus (a special tool made for cutting paper) if you want to make sure they’re perfect! Make sure to leave extra room around the edges of each shape so that there will be plenty of room for embossing powder on both sides of your card.
Sprinkle some embossing powder on both sides of each shape and press firmly with a stylus until the powder is completely stuck down and no more loose powder can be seen anywhere in the surrounding area of your stamps/shapes/etc.
Use another stylus (or maybe even just a finger!) to roll over all those pretty little lines until they’re nice and crisp again 🙂

Make that special day even more memorable with handmade birthday cards.

Making cards for your loved ones is a great way to show them just how much you care. You can make a card that is unique, personal, easy to make and fun to give. It’s also inexpensive, easy to mail and helps you save paper! What’s not to love?

Conclusion

Your kids will love making cards with their own hands and seeing the joy it brings to their friends’ faces. The following 25 birthday card ideas are a wonderful way for your children to express their creativity and make someone’s day extra special.