The Fun Cardmaking Craft That Will Keep Your Kids Busy for Hours!

When I was a kid I had a handmade greeting card company. My parents were the only customers but I didn't care. I loved the idea of making mini art to share. (And the 20 cents I made selling each card!)⁠
I made these cards for The Week Junior and the technique is totally addictive! You know how you can carve white erasers into stamps? This is an easier version of that. Here I was just using super simple shapes to create animals, flowers, balloons, popsicles, and more. Then I added small details (like eyes and bubbles) by stamping with other items like pencil erasers, and cotton swabs.

Circles become ice cream scoops, flowers, and dots (of course!) and half circles make pretty patterns (and turtle shells, see below)! To make popsicles, I rounded one short end of the rectangular eraser. I also used that shape to make cactus and fish (see below).

I cut the fuzzy tip off a cotton swab to use as a stamp to make eyes. A (new) pencil eraser made a perfect stamp for making bubbles! By the way, I love this brand of stamp pads. They’re kind of pricey but they last forever!

Simple geometric shapes are so much fun to play with!

Cut tiny geometric eraser shapes to add details. For very fine details like legs (see the fox), I glued on some snips of string.

Click here to download the instructions on The Week Junior’s website.

These pastel blank cards were perfect for stamping (they come in brights too.
Happy stamping!