Shadow Box Ideas & Tutorials For Mothers Day

(More than) Fifteen Ideas For Shadow Boxes To Make For Mothers Day.
Four with step by step tutorials, and a few with free svgs

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Mothers Day Shadow Box Tutorials
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A Daily Dose Of DIY will walk you through step by step to make this.
She used the free Gerber Daisy pattern from Jennifer Maker, so you'll have to sign up for the Jennifer Maker site to be able to access the free resources there.  (Isn't that a great flower??  I love it!)

A Daily Dose Of DIY includes the free monogram svg on her own site, but you'll also have to sign up there to access that free resource library as well.


Another step by step with free svg - 
I love how large she made the flowers for this! And the pins used to make the centers are such a great touch!

Another step by step 


And here's how to make a light up, layered paper shadow box
Tutorial From Jennifer Maker




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But wouldn't this be a great project to use with some of Grandma's button collection?
Not the exact svg above, but here are some "Moms Are Like Buttons" svgs:
https://cutthatdesign.com/free-svg/free-svg-cutting-files-moms-like-buttons-hold-everything-together/


Not the same svg, but a similar version - free

This one appears to have been made with a circle flower punch and pop dots.  You can cut the flowers using the free svg here - cut them in two different sizes, then cut a small circle for the center.

This is a project from Michaels..  but imagine it with a photo of a mother and a daughter, and made with paper flowers...

Try the Bromello or Brannboll fonts for a similar look

The exact font used here is from Stacy's Digital Designs.  It can be found on So Fontsy.

This is another pinterest find with a spam link - but I love the flowers in a heart, with the text at the bottom like this!

These are obviously meant for new babies, but aren't they gorgeous?


Another idea...

 Use a blocky font for Mom, weld the text, and then add a rectangle and slice it out - adding the names and hearts in the middle.  It's the same process you use to make a split monogram, as shown here.

I found this on pinterest, and the link it leads to is pure spam, so I am not sure who the designer is.
But LOOK at that incredible variety of flowers!! I LOVE this!

https://tabbayun.com/shadow-box-ideas/
This is a really cut idea using clothespins to make dolls of each of the children.

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Free SVGS For Small & Rolled Paper Flowers
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Where To Find Free SVGS For Mothers Day
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Where To Find Free SVGS For Making Kids Toys, Activities, Games, & Crafts

Cricut Crafting With Kids
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Dinosaur Finger Puppets With Free SVGS - Cricut Crafting With Kids

I'm always looking for simple crafts that can be made with cricut and assembled by my grandsons.  These dinosaur finger puppets are each just two pieces to glue together - no tiny parts.  

Quick Tips:
  • I sized each dinosaur at 5 inches wide, but you can make them smaller for smaller children.
  • The finger holes are 3/4 of an inch when the designs are half an inch wide. That is large enough for an adult finger.  You can always use the contour button to remove those finger holes, and add your own smaller holes if that works better, but for the most part, kids seem to  do fine with the holes a little larger like this.

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Ungroup To Change The Colors

   
DOWNLOAD FREE SVGS HERE

There are two different svgs in the zip file.  Each has two different dinosaurs.
All of them will upload as black, but they are svgs, so it is simple to change the color to whatever you would like - you just need to ungroup each svg first.

You can also cut the top parts out in white  cardstock and let the kids color them.

Check the sizes once ungrouped - I sized all of mine at 5 inches wide, but I think a couple of the dinosaurs upload at a smaller size.  


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Use Contour To Change The Finger Hole Size
To remove the finger holes, select ONE image, and then choose contour.  A box will pop up in design space - 

click on the finger holes, then close the box.  The circles will disappear.

Now you can add new circles in smaller or larger size as needed.  Just use the shape tool to add a circle.

Then you can either weld the two circles together and slice them, or you can add both the circles, select the two circles and the dinosaur and attach.  The circles will change to the color of the dinosaur and it will look like they have disappeared, but as long as you can see them in the layers panel to the right, they will cut out of the middle just as if you had sliced.


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Mothers Day Flower Cards - A Kids Craft With Cricut


There are two versions of this card  - one using strips folded into loops, and one with petals with tabs. The one with the petals and tabs may be easier for younger children to glue themselves.



Mothers Day Flower Card Option One 
  

Elements Needed
  • One stem from the svg (green paper)
  • One circle 3.8 in diameter (yellow paper)
  • One circle 3.4 in diamter (white paper)
  • 10 rectangles 5 x. 075 (outside petal color)
  • 10 rectangles 4 x .075 (inside petal color)
  • Photo cut into a circle 3 inches in diameter (Print Then Cut)

There are two stem options in the svg - a longer one, and a shorter one.  You can delete one of them, you only need one stem for the flower.  The little piece in the middle is only needed for option 2 of the flower, for the first option, you can delete that as well.


10 rectangles 5x.075
10 rectangles 4x.075

In Design Space, Click on Shapes, Choose Square
Select the square, click on the lock to unlock the size, and resize to  5 wide by 0.75 tall
Duplicate - you will want 10 rectangles of this size.
Now add a new square, unlock and resize to 4x.075, and duplicate to create 10 in this size.


Next add two circles.
The yellow one will go on the front of the card and should be 3.7 in diameter
The white one is for the inside of the card, and should be 3.4 in diameter

You can just add the white circle plain for the kids to write - or you can add the text and have cricut either write with the pen, or print then cut.
For Print Then Cut - Place your text on the circle, select the circle and the text and Flatten.
For Draw, Use a font that will work as a writing font, select the circle and the text & Attach.

For the photo - upload your photo, add a 3 inch circle, place it over the photo and slice.  Use print then cut.  OR - cut a 3 inch circle and use it as a template to cut the shape out of an existing photo.


The circle part of the flower gets folded, and each of the strips gets folded in half, and the bottoms glued together.


Glue the larger strips onto the green stem, then layer in the smaller ones.  
Glue the yellow circle and photo on top of the petals.

Mothers Day Flower Card Option Two 

Elements Needed
  • One stem from the svg (green paper)
  • One circle 3.8 in diameter (yellow paper)
  • One circle 3.4 in diamter (white paper)
  • 10 Small Petals 10 Petals 1.04 x 2.2 (outside petal color)
  • 10 Large Petals 1.23 x 2.6 (inside petal color)
  • Photo cut into a circle 3 inches in diameter (Print Then Cut)
Choose one stem from the svg, and this time keep the petal (it looks like a light bulb)

10 Petals 1.23 x 2.6
10 Petals 1.04 x 2.2




Next add two circles.
The yellow one will go on the front of the card and should be 3.7 in diameter
The white one is for the inside of the card, and should be 3.4 in diameter

You can just add the white circle plain for the kids to write - or you can add the text and have cricut either write with the pen, or print then cut.
For Print Then Cut - Place your text on the circle, select the circle and the text and Flatten.
For Draw, Use a font that will work as a writing font, select the circle and the text & Attach.

For the photo - upload your photo, add a 3 inch circle, place it over the photo and slice.  Use print then cut.  OR - cut a 3 inch circle and use it as a template to cut the shape out of an existing photo.

Ignore my glue mess - I pulled the yellow circle off to show how the petals are layered.

 

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A magnet fits nicely between the layers, making these great to hang on the fridge too!



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