While Emily was at school, Clara and I enjoyed working on a special surprise birthday card to give to Em later this month. It was super-easy and lots of fun to make!
We used construction paper, and drew lines with black marker for the balloon strings. Then Clara had lots of fun adding all the different colored balloons (color coding labels)!
It was a fun way for her to work on her fine-motor skills, and…..
…she snuck in a little math practice when she was all done too by counting all the balloons, then just the pink ones, just the green ones, etc.
I added a photo of Emily while she was jumping around in the driveway awhile back, and Clara loved that it looks like Emily is flying away with all these giant balloons!
Have fun!!
March 10th, 2011 on 3:38 pm
Dear Valerie,
Oh dear. You had better go and fetch our daughter again.. she always has her head in the clouds!
Love,
Mark
March 10th, 2011 on 3:47 pm
Very cute birthday card! Sammy saw it and said.. oohh no she is in the sky like Curious George
March 11th, 2011 on 12:46 am
Awwww…
March 10th, 2011 on 3:54 pm
So cute!
March 10th, 2011 on 4:42 pm
I love that Clara’s shirt looks like it matches the labels perfectly!
March 11th, 2011 on 12:47 am
I didn’t even pick up on that — what a happy accident!
March 10th, 2011 on 5:01 pm
Adorable!!
March 10th, 2011 on 5:18 pm
We will definitely use this idea! Super cute.
March 10th, 2011 on 5:34 pm
Dear Clara,
When are you going to patent balloon travel fro the rest of us? It would certainly be less costly than airplane tickets right now…
Sincerely,
Wonder Mom
March 11th, 2011 on 12:48 am
Airline travel is crazy expensive now. Balloons are FAR more fun!!
March 10th, 2011 on 5:45 pm
What a beautiful card! Emily will surely be excited to get it from her loving sister.
March 11th, 2011 on 12:50 am
I wish you could see Emily’s reaction when Clara gives her a sheet of paper with some of her scribbles on it. Em acts like it’s a masterpiece to be treasured every time!! I hope she likes her card! ((fingers crossed))
March 10th, 2011 on 10:24 pm
That is a beautiful and fun card! You have given me so many ideas to use coloring coding labels that I cannot wait to go buy some.
March 11th, 2011 on 12:48 am
Yay!!! Have fun! xoxo
March 10th, 2011 on 10:44 pm
Super duper cute!
March 10th, 2011 on 11:47 pm
This is so great, Valerie! I especially like how you used labels for balloons — brilliant idea!
March 11th, 2011 on 10:08 am
So much better than any store bought card. Also, another great use of dot stickers!
March 11th, 2011 on 5:06 pm
I used your tea bag idea for our grandma’s birthday, and now I have another use for all of those silly pictures of the kids with their arms up!! Next rainy day we will make a bunch of these and tuck them away for classmates & cousin birthdays – thank you!!
March 11th, 2011 on 9:50 pm
What a cute card! She is going to love it.
March 19th, 2011 on 2:00 am
That is SOOOO cute! Perfect for the Up-obsessed kid, I love it! Thanks so much, I’ll be linking.
October 22nd, 2011 on 3:49 pm
What a great idea for a classroom birthday bulletin board, but on a larger scale. We have 4 different birthdates for next month and I think this would be great with larger, puffy balloons (one color for each child,)thicker strings to better stand out, and a picture of each child attached to the bottom of the strings. Thanks for the idea.