This printable card craft is the perfect easy Mother’s Day craft for kids to make at home or at school. It’s ideal for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary age children.
It is easy, inexpensive, and makes a wonderful homemade gift.
While this is intended to be a card, the removable tissue paper heart can also be used as a suncatcher. I love that it feels like giving two gifts in one!
Not looking for Mother’s Day gifts? This homemade card can also be used for Father’s Day and Grandparent’s Day.
Looking for more projects like this? Don’t miss our watercolor resist Mother’s Day card and our tissue paper mod podge picture frames!
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I Love You To Pieces Printable Cutout Card and Suncatcher Craft
This heart suncatcher craft card uses just a few common craft supplies and only takes about 20-30 minutes to complete.
Do this craft at home, as a family, or at school. It’s a quick and easy craft to include in an art center for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or Grandparent’s Day.
Making fun tissue paper crafts for kids like this is also a great fine motor activity for preschool and kindergarten children that provides coloring, cutting and gluing practice.
Older children will also enjoy this craft that they can complete mostly independently.
It’s also the perfect craft project if you want the kids to craft with minimal mess.
If you don’t have tissue paper on hand, you can still use the heart for other projects. For example, kids can paint, color or decorate the removable heart.
Additionally, if you are crafting with younger children, you can skip cutting out the center heart and simply glue tissue paper to the front of the card.
‘I Love You to Pieces’ Craft Card Supplies:
- Love You To Pieces Card Template PDF (available by filling out the form at the bottom of this post)
- Tissue paper in a variety of colors
- Scissors
- Glue
- Colored pencils
- Scotch Tape
Amazon Basics Multipurpose Copy Printer Paper, 8.5Outuxed 4800pcs 1Inch Tissue Paper Squares360 Sheets 36 Multicolor Tissue Paper BulkELMER’S Disappearing Purple School Glue SticksAvery 73601 Self-Adhesive Laminating Sheets, 9 x 12 InchScotch(R) Removable Wall Mounting Tabs
How to Make an ‘I Love You to Pieces’ Craft Card:
First you will need to download and print out our printable card with craft template.
Please note: The original tissue paper heart suncatcher template includes a couple different sizes for use in a variety of projects. The size used for this card is included in the card template above.
I recommend using regular printer paper for this project. The light will shine through plain printer paper easier than a heavier weight paper like cardstock.
Next you will need to color in the ‘I Love You to Pieces’ text on the front of the card.
Once that is colored, carefully cut out the center heart.
Fold the card in half.
Next cut out the heart template for the suncatcher. It is slightly larger than the heart shape cut out to keep it from falling out through the front of the card.
Also cut out your choice of ‘Happy Mother’s Day’, ‘Happy Father’s Day’ or ‘Happy Grandparent’s Day’ and use liquid glue or a glue stick to attach your selected phrase to the inside of the card.
Assemble the suncatcher according to the heart suncatcher directions.
Set them aside to dry.
Once completely dry, line the suncatcher up behind the cut out of the heart and tape it in place on the inside of the card.
(Only use a couple pieces of tape in order to gently remove the suncatcher from the card to hang in the window.)
Now you have a wonderful homemade card and a lovely window decoration to give Mom for Mother’s Day!
More Mother’s Day Crafts:
- Tissue Paper Mod Podge Frames
- Home Is Where the Heart Is Popsicle Stick Craft
- Chalk Heart Mother’s Day Card
- Coffee Filter Hearts
More Suncatcher Crafts:
- Christmas Tree Suncatcher
- Fall Tissue Paper Suncatchers
- Bat Suncatcher
- Turkey Suncatcher
- Easter Egg Suncatcher
Get the Printable I Love You To Pieces Card
Printable I Love You To Pieces Card Craft
Make this easy homemade card with the kids for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or Grandparent's Day!
Instructions
- First you will need to download and print out our printable card with craft template. (It is file #137 in our free printable resource library.)
- Please note: The original tissue paper heart suncatcher template includes a couple different sizes for use in a variety of projects. The size used for this card is included in the card template above.
- Next you will need to color in the ‘I Love You to Pieces’ text on the front of the card.
- Once that is colored, carefully cut out the center heart.
- Fold the card in half.
- Next cut out the heart template for the suncatcher. It is slightly larger than the heart shape cut out to keep it from falling out through the front of the card.
- Also cut out your choice of ‘Happy Mother’s Day’, ‘Happy Father’s Day’ or ‘Happy Grandparent’s Day’ and use liquid glue or a glue stick to attach your selected phrase to the inside of the card.
- Set the card aside to dry.
- To make the suncatcher, cut your tissue paper into small one inch squares in a variety of colors. You can also buy pre-cut tissue paper squares for a quick and easy project.
- Younger children could also rip the tissue paper into smaller pieces and older children could cut their own.
- Use liquid glue or glue sticks to cover the entire heart shape with tissue paper.
- Set aside to dry.
- Trim excess tissue paper around edges of heart.
Once everything is completely dry, line the suncatcher up behind the cut out of the heart and tape it in place on the inside of the card. - (Only use a couple pieces of tape in order to gently remove the suncatcher from the card to hang in the window.)
- Now you have a wonderful homemade card and a lovely window decoration to give Mom for Mother’s Day!
Notes
I recommend using regular printer paper for the suncatcher. The light will shine through plain printer paper easier than a heavier weight paper like cardstock.
A. Hager is a lover of books and all things crafty. She enjoys puzzles, board games and puppy snuggling. She is constantly adapting new recipes so her two children with food allergies are able to experience a variety of delicious and fun foods.
Paula
Monday 20th of May 2024
Darcy, this Printable I Love You To Pieces Card Craft for Kids is so precious! Love It! Thank You so much for sharing this wonderful printable with Sweet Tea & Friends Link Up this month.
Darcy Zalewski
Thursday 23rd of May 2024
Thank you so much, Paula!
Beth
Sunday 5th of May 2024
LOVE that this card doubles as a sun catcher, Darcy! So clever, thanks for sharing! Creatively, Beth
Darcy Zalewski
Sunday 5th of May 2024
Thank you so much, Beth! It's such a cute little heart suncatcher too :)