DIY Giant Cards for Birthdays, Holidays, and More

Make these cute and easy GIANT DIY greeting cards! Yup. These are the extremely large cousins of your typical grocery store cards. Aren’t they a hoot?

Skills Required: None. You can make these, even if you’ve never crafted before! So easy that even kids can make them.

Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something super fun about seeing GIANT things. Hi! It’s Leslie from Pink Stripey Socks! Today I’m sharing a really neat series of GIANT greeting cards! Yup.

If you like making your own birthday cards, this is going to be fun for you.

These are the extremely large cousins of your typical grocery store cards. Aren’t they a hoot? They’re easy to make and sure to provide giggles and laughs all around!

They’re fun for kids or adults. I can see making these with kids of course, but I would have no hesitation making one for a friend or co-worker.

You can hand these out for birthday parties, baby showers, graduation, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day . . . wouldn’t a ring be fun for a bachelorette or wedding? They’re so cute and perfect for photo props.

They’re also a great idea for Earth Day since they’re a great way to recycle cardboard you have on hand. Ready to start? Ok! Let’s get crafting!

Here are the materials you’ll need:

• Clean corrugated cardboard
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Scissors
• Paintbrush
• Craft paint

I hope you have a fun time crafting these GIANT greeting cards. If you have kids, I’m sure they’d love to dive on in and make some too!

If you’d like to get the printable how-to card for this project, you can grab it below.

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How to Make a Big Card

Learn how to make oversized greeting cards the easy way! Make these for Christmas, birthday, graduation, baby showers, and more.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Active Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Type: Celebration Crafts

Yield: 3 cards

Cost: $5

Equipment

• Pencil(s)
• Eraser
• Scissors
• Paintbrush(es)

Materials

• Cardboard
• Acrylic paint
• Sharpie(s)

Instructions

• Print out or design images that you’d like to incorporate into your cards. Sketch the images onto corrugated cardboard using a pencil. Cut out with scissors.
  
• Paint the images on using craft paint. I found that I needed two layers of paint to get really vibrant colors.
  
• Once your paint dries, write a message on the back using the Sharpies. Then gift!
  

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Notes

If you already have paint and cardboard on hand, this project can be free!

You can use any kind of design – emojis are a fun place to start if you don’t have any ideas.

If you liked these DIY greeting cards, let me know in the comments! You’ll also love these super easy kid-friendly posts and DIY gift ideas:

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• Braided Perler Bead Bracelets
• Colorful Sharpie Shoelaces