Paint dabbing Mother's day card

How to make a Mother's Day Card using paint dabbing

If you are looking for an easy, mess free painting activity to make a Mother's Day card this year, we have just the one for you!

1. We just used some plain A4 paper for our card, but proper card would probably last a bit better. We folded this in half so we could open it up like a regular card.

2. Next we made the stencil. For my stencil I decided to use a piece of cardboard and cut the letters 'm' and 'u' out. I am quite particular about things being symmetrical, so I folded my piece of card in half, then drew half of the letters on it so it lined up with the fold. Keeping the piece of card folder I cut around the half letters.

3. Next I placed my cardboard letters onto the front of my card. I just held onto my pieces but you could use a bit of blue tac to try and hold them in place for extra security.

4. Now for the dabbing! We used the end of our paint brush to dip the paint in, but any small tipped shape would work. Holding the card in place I dipped the plastic end of the paintbrush into the paint then dabbed the paint all around the edge of cardboard letters.

You can go out away from the cardboard as much as you like to get the effect you want. You can also use more than one different colour to create a different look.

5. Once you are finished, gently pick up the cardboard heart and your card is complete!

You can add to this if you like by writing some text on the front or even by doing some smaller stencils around the outside.

Also, if you need a bit of a quicker activity, with even less mess, you could do this with felt tip pens. 

Have fun!