Alien Mother’s Day Card Craft For Kids [Free Template]

Mother’s Day is a special day to celebrate the moms and mother figures in our lives.

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What better way to show your mom some love than by making her a homemade card?

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Supplies

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Start by downloading the alien template and printing it out.

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Begin by guiding your child to fold the alien ship base in half along the dashed line.

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Create the inside of the spaceship by gluing the alien head to the middle of the top piece of the UFO.

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Next, glue the card base to the bottom of the top piece of the ship, creating a seamless spacecraft ready for takeoff.

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Now, encourage your child to take the thrusters and glue them to the bottom and back part of the card base.

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Swipe up for full tutorial!

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