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Home » Kids Activities » Pop-up Cupcake Card for Mother’s Day

May 3, 2022 · 6 Comments

Pop-up Cupcake Card for Mother’s Day

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How cute is this pop-up cupcake card! It’s perfect kid-made Mother’s Day card — Mom will love the sweet photo surprise inside!

2 photo collage of a kid-made cupcake card, with child holding the craft

Cupcake Mother’s Day Card

The best Mother’s Day gifts are the ones that your kids make — even better if it is something that you can keep and treasure for yeas to come!

This Cupcake Mother’s Day Card features a pop-up photo surprise that kids will have a blast making and moms will adore. Isn’t it sweet? (Pun intended!)

My 3-year old daughter decorated the cupcake card pictured below all by herself (I only helped write “MOM” on the bottom). I just love the tie-dye effect she created using paint markers! (I’ll link to the the markers we use in the supply list below).

 

Cupcake Mother's Day card with kids photo inside

It only requires basic craft supplies, and kids can actually make this one (though little hands might need assistance with cutting and gluing).

Supply List

For your convenience, I’ve provided shop-able ad links to supplies used to make this Mother’s Day Card craft; read our disclosure policy here.

  • FREE printable cupcake pattern (Link in instructions)
  • colorful card stock or thick paper
  • kids photo
  • large craft sticks
  • glue stick
  • scissors
  • decorations of your choice (we love these Kwik Stix paint markers for paper crafts)

How cute is this pop-up cupcake card! It's perfect kid-made Mother's Day card — Mom will love the sweet photo surprise inside!

How to Make a Cupcake Pop-Up Card

First, print the free cupcake card pattern and cut out the pieces. To get access to my free printable library, enter your email address in the form below:

Trace pieces onto two sheets of card stock: one for the cupcake and one for the frosting. We used different colored paper for each.

tracing a cupcake pattern on pink paper

Cut photo into a smaller rectangle (about 4″ wide by 3″ high). Glue crafting stick to the middle of back of the photo. Attach cupcake frosting to the crafting stick, with a bit of the frosting overlapping the top of the photo. Set aside to dry.

Apply glue to the sides of the small piece of card stock, about 1/2″ on each side. Attach to the back of the cupcake, at the top. Tuck craft stick between cupcake and the tab you glued on the back.

making a cupcake craft

Decorate your cupcake card with stickers, glitter glue, markers… the only limit is your imagination!

TIP: We love these Kwik Stix paint markers for paper crafts because they are easy for little kids to handle AND they’re practically mess-free (they dry in 90 seconds!) 

pop up cupcake card with picture of two girls

You’re welcome to use this Mother’s Day poem we created on your card too:

Dear Mom,

Because you are so sweet

we made you a special treat.

We put a surprise in the middle,

so you’ll always remember us when we were little.

PS- See ALL of our favorite Mother’s Day Card Ideas here:

collage of Mother's Day card ideas

Printable Instructions to Make this Kid’s Cupcake Craft

2 photo collage showing a kid-made cupcake pop up card
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Pop-Up Cupcake Mother's Day Card

How cute is this pop-up cupcake card! It's perfect kid-made Mother's Day card — Mom will love the sweet photo surprise inside!
Prep Time30 mins
Total Time30 mins
Keyword: kids crafts, Mother's Day
Servings: 1
Author: Stacey aka the Soccer Mom
Cost: $10

Equipment

  • Scissors
  • Glue

Ingredients

  • Cardstock
  • Jumbo Craft Stick

Instructions

  • Print and cut out the cupcake pattern.
  • Trace pattern onto colorful cardstock or thick paper.
    tracing cupcake pattern onto pink paper
  • Cut out child's photo into a smaller rectangle (about 4" wide by 3" high). Glue crafting stick to the middle of back of the photo. Attach cupcake frosting to the crafting stick, with a bit of the frosting overlapping the top of the photo. Set aside to dry.
  • Apply glue to the sides of the small piece of card stock, about 1/2" on each side. Attach to the back of the cupcake, at the top. Tuck craft stick between cupcake and the tab you glued on the back.
    assembling cupcake pop up card
  • Decorate!

More Mother’s Day craft and gift ideas:

This kid-made Tape Resist Wall Art also makes a lovely Mother’s Day gift:

Kids will love creating their initial (or any design) with this easy tape-resist technique! A mess free painting activity for all ages & fun art gift idea!

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This colorful kid made pop-up Easter egg card has the cutest surprise inside! An easy kids paper craft for Spring that's perfect to make for family, friends, and teachers!

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This adorable Baseball Glove Father's Day Card is perfect kid-made keepsake for the sports-loving dad! An easy paper craft or birthday card idea.

Baseball Glove Father’s Day Card

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    June 4, 2019 at 2:22 pm

    Awesome site!

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