Last-Minute Unique DIY Mother’s Day Card with Big Pop Up Flower

Are you looking for beautiful, unique, handmade Mother’s Day card ideas?

This lovely Happy Mother’s Day card is so easy to make, and so magical with a huge pop up flower when the card opens up! No need for any special tools or materials. It’s also a fun paper craft to make with kids for grandma.

Materials and tools to make the DIY Mother’s Day card with pop up flower:

You only need some card stock or construction paper, scissors or a Cricut machine to cut, a printer to print the Mother’s Day card templates , the cover and the leaves , and craft glue or hot glue.

The colorful floral card is quite universal, and you can give this pretty homemade card not only as an appreciation for mom, but for grandma, aunt, family members and friends! This would also be a lovely card to celebrate other special days such as birthday, anniversary, or even graduation!

Step 1: Cut flowers and leaves

Print the free DIY Mother’s Day card templates here. You can make a gorgeous flower using as few as 3 to 4 flower layers, or use all 5 layers.

If you are cutting everything by hand, tape the flower templates to the card stock using double sided tape, and cut using scissors or an Xacto knife.

To cut the flowers, you can use scissors, craft knife or Cricut. Here’s a detailed tutorial on getting started with your first Cricut Machine in 20 minutes. Double check and make sure the largest flower measures about 6″ to 6.5″.

Next, cut the lovely hand drawn leaves, which you can download from the original tutorial here.

Before moving on to Step 2, here’s another really easy to make card you can try: DIY pop-up Father’s Day cards with funny quotes.

Step 2: Fold and glue flower layers

The key to this step is to carefully match the tabs on each layer, and use just a dot of glue on each tab. Fold flower #1 in half, matching the two tabs, fold in between the petals along the cut lines, glue the two end petals together. Repeat with the other flower layers.

Place flower layer #2 inside layer #1, fold the tabs of each layer so the folding line matches. Glue the tabs of flower layer #1 to layer #1. Repeat with flower layers #3.

IMPORTANT: When it comes to the center layers #4A and #4B, instead of trying to match the folding lines, match the tip of each tab.

Once all the layers are glued together on these tabs, put a dot of glue between the back of the tabs on layer #1 and the back of layer #1 petals, and press together. This will help the flower open to full size.

Step 3: assemble Happy Mother’s Day card with pop up flower.

There are different ways to create the cover for our homemade Mother’s Day card with pop up flower. You can print it out on white card stock, or use it with colored card stock to create a layered look (like in the pink flower version).

I love the blue flower on the deep blue background, so I trimmed Happy Mother’s Day card cover, and glued it to the deep blue card stock also trimmed to about 9″x11″, and folded in half.

Center the stack of flowers vertically inside the card, and line it up with the folded line. Put a dot of glue on the back of the tabs and press together the cover and the flower tab. Do this on the front and back cover. Check out the video tutorial if you are unsure of this step.

Add some leaves as final touches. You can glue the leaves to the colorful card or to the back of the flower bouquet. Be creative with these DIY Mother’s Day cards.

Give this card to mom along with a gift from our 25 beautiful and easy DIY Mother’s Day gift ideas, or when you take her out to brunch.