Mermaid Birthday Card

Mermaid Birthday Card

Posted 2013-03-24 by Jane Streetfollow


This mermaid birthday card is fun to make and will make any birthday girl or boy smile.

Time: 20 minutes
Age: Under 5's with help, 5-10's
Level: Easy

Materials
  • Large piece of card
  • Paint for hair
  • Skin coloured paper
  • Shiny paper for mermaid tail
  • Felt tip pen to draw face
  • Glitter, beads
  • PVA glue and glue stick

  • Starting materials ready to go


    Method
    We made our mermaid on a piece of paper first and then stuck it onto card at the end but you could make your picture straight onto a piece of card.

  • Apply paint to a hand

  • The messy part


  • Make a couple of handprints on your piece of card, one on top of the other to make wavy hair. Don't spread your fingers out too wide.

  • We did one orange handprint then mixed some orange and pink paint together for another print on top


  • Cut out a circle and also a body with arms out of the skin coloured paper. Stick the circle onto the palm area of your handprint to make a face. Attach the body to the head.

  • You can stick straight on to the wet paint without glue


    Add the body with a glue stick


  • Cut a tail shape out of shiny paper and stick on to the bottom of the body
  • Stick on a rectangle of shiny material and stick on to the body to make a top for your mermaid to wear



  • Dab glue on to the tail and shake glitter on top to make shiny scales




  • Glue beads or sequins on at the waist

  • We found some shiny beads to stick on


  • Draw a face on with a felt tip pen. You could also try googly eyes.



  • Your mermaid card is ready to send. Or maybe you'll decide to frame it instead and hang it on your bedroom wall? Please take a picture of your creation and post in the comments section.

    Categories
    #easy
    #under_5s
    #5_to_10s
    #mermaid
    #nautical
    #underwater
    #birthday_card
    #greeting_card
    #hand_print

    %mykidcraft
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    Tags

    Easy
    5_to_10s
    Under_5s
    Any_age
    Over_10s
    Cheap
    Medium
    Recycled
    Paint
    Christmas
    Greeting_card
    Decoration
    Fun_food
    Easter
    Animals
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