Mother’s Day Accordion Memento

Moms deserve one factor further thoughtful this Mother’s Day, as they have been “momming” in overdrive for the ultimate couple months! Grandmas are most likely longing for time with the youngsters, and want to receive one factor to remind them of their favorite people. Why not make some gorgeous, flower-adorned accordion enjoying playing cards for Mother’s Day, to utilize as a memento with the youngsters’ latest gadgets of art work! Drawings truly accumulate, and it is good to have a spot to point out all the favorites. It might moreover make the correct mini {photograph} album, journal, or scrapbook. There’s a great deal of time to make this thoughtful, handmade card, so study on for the small print…

Provides Wished: cardstock, copy paper, glue stick, glue, pencil, straight edge, craft knife, scissors, streamers, pictures, kids’ work (or copies of art work), tape

Step 1: Decrease two gadgets of cardstock to 5.5” x 7.25”.

Step 2: Use your straight edge to pencil in a 2.5” x 2.25” rectangle 1.75” from the best of 1 piece of cardstock, and 1 ½” from the sides. Use your craft knife and straight edge to cut out the rectangle.

Step 3: Decrease 4 gadgets of copy paper down from 8.5” to 6.625” huge. Make a fold in a sheet of the copy paper 5” from the highest. Chances are high you will use your cardstock to help measure and make the fold. Make one different fold 5” from the first fold, nevertheless within the incorrect approach. Repeat this step in your second, third and fourth sheet of copy paper, after which scale back off the fast flap on solely ONE of your sheets. (It’s going to be about 7/8” scale back off). Glue one among your sheets with the 7/8” flap remaining, to the sheet that you simply simply scale back down using the flap to hold the two collectively. Be sure that each fold goes the incorrect approach of the one subsequent to it. Glue the last word two sheets with the flaps, to the ends of the other sheets, making certain the folds are alternating.

Step 4: Chances are high you will each tape {a photograph} to the once more of your cardstock physique, or slide in a 4×6 {photograph} on the end. Subsequent, glue two sides and the underside of your cardstock physique to the first net web page of your “accordion” sheets, leaving the best opened for sliding in {a photograph}. Protect your accordion folded, and glue the plain piece of cardstock to the once more of the e-book.

Step 5: Fold small gadgets of streamers into an accordion, and scale back out utterly totally different flower petal shapes as seen in {photograph} 5 of the tutorial. Many of the petals is likely to be folded in half barely on the ends, after which glue the ends collectively, or ruffle the gadgets together with glue counting on the flower sort. Chances are high you will scale back some yellow and black streamers into very tiny squares, and glue a pile of them into the amenities of various the flowers. You could as nicely roll up longer gadgets of a lightweight inexperienced or yellow shade to place inside the coronary heart, or scale back a streamer into tiny strips, and fold the strips in half.

Step 6: Set up just a few of your streamer flowers on the quilt of your accordion e-book, and glue them down. Once you haven’t already, slide {a photograph} behind the quilt. Now you are ready in order so as to add kids’ work, pictures, notes, or depart it clear for Mom or Grandma to journal or scrapbook.

Flower Tutorials (L to R, and Prime to Bottom)

Flower 1: Decrease out longer, yellow petals with a bit wave inside the prime. Pull each petal collectively on the bottom, nearly creating an accordion fold. Glue the petals collectively on the bottom, arranging them in a circle and together with glue as you go spherical. Create a second layer on prime of the first one, and add a small circle of glue to the best and heart of the flower. Sprinkle a pile of tiny black and yellow streamer gadgets, and shake off any further.

Flower 2: Decrease a petal that resembles a coronary coronary heart with a flat bottom. Pinch each petal collectively on the bottom, and glue the ends collectively in a circle. Create a second layer behind just a few petals. Add pink streamer gadgets to the center.

Flower 3: Decrease your streamer into prolonged triangles with curved sides. Pinch each petal collectively on the bottom, and put together the petals in a circle, gluing them collectively on the ends. Really pinch this one collectively inside the coronary heart. Each add tiny streamer “sprinkles” inside the heart, or roll streamers up a bit, scale back them in half, and glue them to the center so that they’re sticking up.

Flower 4: Decrease out boxy petals with a barely slender bottom, and curved corners. Solely bunch the petals collectively barely on the underside, after which glue them in a circle. Create a second, and presumably third layer. Glue tiny black streamer sprinkles inside the coronary heart.

Flower 5: Create some huge, boxy petals for the underside layer, and smaller, curvy petals for the best layers. You might need thought of making an attempt three utterly totally different sizes. Pinch the most important petals collectively on the bottom and glue them in a circle. Add the medium sized petals for the middle layer, and glue the smallest petals to the best. Layering is important for this look.

Flower 6: The daisy has prolonged, skinny petals. Glue just a few layers in a circle, and pinch all of them collectively inside the heart, after which add yellow streamer sprinkles inside the coronary heart.

Flower 7: Create a basic, fast and spherical petal with a barely flatter end, and acquire your petals on the bottom, gluing them collectively. For the larger mannequin in pink, proceed in order so as to add layers of petals, pinching them collectively further inside the heart, and leaving them unfastened on the outer layers.

Flower 8: The white flower makes use of a small, rounded petal, and the pink petals are barely longer and skinnier. Glue two layers of each white petal collectively on the bottom in a circle. Decrease tiny strips of yellow streamers, after which fold each strip in half, gluing them to the center of the white flower. Chances are high you will add a leaf to the underside as properly. Glue the pink petals collectively on the bottom, creating two layers. Use tiny strips of mint inexperienced streamers folded in half for the center. This one moreover seems good with a leaf.

Flower 9: These petals are further rectangular with a slender end. Make the broader end wavy on the prime. Pinch each petal collectively on the bottom, and glue the pinched ends collectively in a layered circle. Add a mix of orange and peach streamer sprinkles to the center.

Crafting and photos by Abby Hunter.