Easy to make Valentine’s Day Butterfly Cards {Tutorial}

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My daughter loves doing crafts, so when we agreed she’d make her Valentine’s Day cards for class, she was thrilled.

(I have to admit I did have an ulterior motive because I can never find the right cards. The cards in stores are either too gushy, too small or too expensive. And this way, we get to spend some quality Mommy-Dottie time as well!)

 

I love that we live in the Pinterest day and age, so inspiration is never lacking. While we both voted for the butterfly with a lollipop card, I couldn’t find an organic lollipop with the apt wrapper and shape.

So, we decided to improvise and came up with an adorable Valentine’s Day butterfly card that reflects two things my daughter loves…

butterflies and writing.

 

And guess what?…

We are able to make 24 handmade, love-filled, personalized Valentine’s Day cards for her class within a 5 US$ budget!

 

 

Here’s a quick 5 step pictorial tutorial:

 

Step 1- Easy to make, D.I.Y., Valentine's Day Butterfly Cards (with Tutorial)- Energizer Bunnies' Mommy Reports (2)

 

Step 2- Easy to make, D.I.Y., Valentine's Day Butterfly Cards (with Tutorial)- Energizer Bunnies' Mommy Reports (3)

 

Step 3- Easy to make, D.I.Y., Valentine's Day Butterfly Cards (with Tutorial)- Energizer Bunnies' Mommy Reports (4)

 

Step 4 - Easy to make, D.I.Y., Valentine's Day Butterfly Cards (with Tutorial)- Energizer Bunnies' Mommy Reports (6)

 

Step 5- Easy to make, D.I.Y., Valentine's Day Butterfly Cards (with Tutorial)- Energizer Bunnies' Mommy Reports (7)

 

And voila…

Easy to make, D.I.Y., Valentine's Day Butterfly Cards (with Tutorial)- Energizer Bunnies' Mommy Reports (1)

 

It couldn’t get easier than this!

 

Tell me…

If your child was to make these cards, what cut-out would you use?

(I’m sure my son would do puppies!)

 

 

Marina is a grateful, South Texas-based mom of two daughters and a son (an 18-year-old, 13-year-old and 10-year-old). Her husband, of 22 years, is her best friend and biggest cheerleader. The family loves soccer, basketball, their sweet rescue pup Jingle, good food and traveling!

What tides her through each day? A hot cup of cardamom chai, God's Faithfulness and Philippians 4:13!

12 Comments

  3. These are seriously beyond adorable! I love that they are handmade by mother and daughter!

  4. These are so cute and I love how easy you were able to do them for under $5. It can get easy to get caught up in the “hype” of the day and go overboard.

  5. Anything crafted and hand-made is very special and I love the creativity …beautiful card and am sure Bunny Girl (and Mommy) had a wonderful time making them xx

  6. I’m making these for my daughter’s class but never thought to use the foam butterfies. I was going to cut them out of cards stock. Not any more!!

    1. Oh these are card stock butterflies Sara. They’re pre-cut and come 32 butterflies a pack for a dollar at the Dollar Tree. (I took the easy way out ;>)

  7. These are so cute. I wish that I had known about this craft a few days ago. We were putting together some Valentines packages, and we could have made these. I’ll have to remember for next year.

  8. These are so cute. I wish that I had known about this craft a few days ago. We were putting together some Valentines packages, and we could have made these. I’ll have to remember for next year.

  10. Oh my niece would want a dog and my nephew a…dragon 😉
    This looks amazing btw, nice idea!

  11. I might have my daughter make these for her class this year! Too cute and easy too!

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