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Heart Template Card or Picture

 

This simple idea is great fun for the kids, and of course can be adapated using all sorts of templates. How about a Christmas tree, a flower, a simple butterfly or a summer sun?

Heart Template Card

You will need:

Greetings card
Scrap card
Squeazy paint (we used bought puffy paint)
Marker pen

Instructions:

Cut a heart from the scrap card. You can use our templates if you like.

Lay the heart onto your greetings card.

Heart template card - template ready
Template ready

Squeeze the paint in swirls and lines across your card.  Leave to dry.

Sam had fun squeezing the paint!
Sam had fun squeezing the paint!

Carefully remove the card heart.

Write a message in the space!

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