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Butterfly Handprint Card

These butterfly handprint cards are adorable! We love that these are made from your child’s handprint too. It adds such a nice personal touch. And they are perfect to give for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day!

RELATED: Mother’s Day Crafts for Kids

Butterfly Handprint

Watch the full tutorial video here before you get started!

The best part about this craft is it’s handmade with love and comes with an adorable keepsake of your child’s handprint. These would make perfect cards to make in preschool or a daycare for Mother’s Day.

Handprint Poem – Mother’s Day Poem from Child

There is a really cute poem you can add to it also (print off and add an insert card or hand write and include inside the card):

This isn’t just a Butterfly
As you can plainly see.
I made it with my hand
Which is a part of me.
It comes with lots of Love
Especially to say
I hope you have a very
Happy Mother’s Day

Author: Elaine Magud

Here are the supplies you’ll need to make these butterfly handprint cards: 

Steps to Make these Butterfly Handprint Cards

1. First fold over your card stock in half.

2. Now trace your child’s hand as shown below, so that the wrist is on the fold side (when cut out you’ll get a mirrored hand).

3. Now add an antennae and cut out your butterfly!

4. With a different colored paper, cut out a body and head and glue to the outside of the butterfly. Glue on some googly eyes.

You can make the head a circle or a heart. We have done it both ways!

Here is what the butterfly card looks like with a heart head.

Handprint Card Mother's Day

5. Now draw on the mouth.

6. Decorate the handprint wings. We have made these cards with pom poms as shown and also with fingerprint painted spots. You could also do rhinestones, craft foam or any other craft decoration for the wings.

7. To make one for Grandma, trace out a Mom or Dad handprint to add to the back of the child’s handprint. Grandma will love to receive this card from both of you!

Butterfly Handprint Craft

8. You can add the Mother’s Day handprint poem inside or simply write a nice Mother’s Day message.

Butterfly Card Mother's Day Card Idea

We think these may be the cutest Mother’s Day cards we have ever seen!

Final Butterfly Handprint Cards

For more Mother’s Day craft ideas, see some of these other craft ideas:

Flower Template Craft

Handprint Flower Pot

Handprint Suncatchers

Handprint Flowers

I Love You to Pieces Card

Salt Dough Handprint Keepsake 

Pom Pom Flowers

Looking for another cute butterfly craft? Try these Footprint Butterfly Keychains! These are perfect for a gift!

DIY footprint keychain

These handprint salt dough keepsakes are also an adorable craft to give as a gift!

These pom pom flowers can be turned into magnets for the fridge – or simply just to make and give as a gift for Mother’s Day.

Pom Pom Flower Craft

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7 comments on “Butterfly Handprint Card”

  1. Marilyn M.

    Heartwarming handprint butterfly card for a mom, stepmom or grandma. My daycare child had fun making a painted handprint butterfly card for Mother’s Day. Thank you for sharing your simple and adorable kid friendly handprint butterfly card craft.

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