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10 Thoughtful Father’s Day Card Ideas: From Easy DIYs to Heartfelt Handmade

Father's Day Card Ideas

Dads don’t get appreciated enough and Father’s Day is a perfect occasion to do that. While gifting is great, making something handmade and personalised can mean so much more. One of the best ways to gift something like this are handmade Father’s Day cards. These gifting ideas are perfect for younger kids especially as they love drawing and can use their skills to make a gift for their dads.

In this blog, you’ll find 10 Handmade Father’s Day card ideas ranging from easy cards to meaningful keepsakes. It also guides you on how to make Father’s Day cards. Let’s make this Father’s Day unforgettable with personalised touches from the heart.

Table of Contents

  1. Why Personalized Father’s Day Cards Matter
  2. 10 Father’s Day Card Ideas
  3. Father’s Day Cards from Daughters: Unique Ideas
  4. Tips for Making Your Father’s Day Card Extra Special
  5. Conclusion

Why Personalized Father’s Day Cards Matter

Personalised gifting is a trend on rise. This is because with a plethora of gifting options available, the personal touch often gets lost. To make dads feel truly special and to thank them for everything they do, it is only best to encourage kids in putting thought, time and effort for their gift. These handmade Father’s Day card ideas can help kids express their love and create a stronger bond!

Top 10 Father’s Day Card Ideas

Each of these Father’s Day card ideas is fun, creative, and meaningful.

1. The Classic Handprint Card

The Classic Handprint Card

What’s better than printing a kid’s tiny hands on a sheet? For this easy Father’s Day card idea, ask kids to make a card with their handprint on it. Add the Father’s Day wishes with your child’s adorable handwriting and it’s ready!

  • Materials Needed: Card sheet, paint, Brushes, Plate, Markers
  • Instructions: Coat your child’s hand in paint and press it onto the card. Write a message like “Hands down, you’re the best dad!”
  • Variation: Another design to make a memorable handprint card is by printing father’s and child’s hands on the card together. It can be a cherished keepsake for dads.

2. “You’re My Hero” Comic-Style Card

You’re My Hero Comic-Style Card

Dads are truly heroes with everything they do. Encourage kids to make a handmade Father’s Day card by drawing dad’s figure and adding superhero elements like cap and masks. Add a message like “You’re my real life hero”

  • Materials Needed: Drawing paper, markers, pens and colours.
  • Instructions: draw the card background in the style of a comic strip and draw superhero dad in the front.
  • Variation: Add instances where kids saw dad as a hero like lifting them up, fixing everything etc.

3. Pop-Up Trophy Card

Pop-Up Trophy Card

This Father’s Day greeting card idea may require more skills but with your help, kids can do it! Make a card which says “And the best Dad award goes too.” As dad opens the card, a 3D trophy pops up.

  • Materials Needed: Coloured paper, glue, scissors, card sheet, extra sheet for trophy.
  • Instructions: Create the card front like normal with the message and stick a folded paper trophy inside which says “Best Dad in the World”
  • Variation: To make the trophy more realistic, decorate with glitter or metallic markers.

4. Toolbox Card with Secret Messages

Father’s Day Toolbox Card with Secret Messages

If the dad’s personality is “love to fix everything” this idea for a Father’s Day card is perfect! Create a no-fold card which is shaped like a toolbox. Add the hand-drawn tools to give a proper feel and add messages on each one of them.

  • Materials Needed: Cardsheet, scissors, colours, markers, gluestick
  • Instructions: Cut the card sheet in the shape of a tool box. Cut another sheet in the shape of tools. Colour everything, write the wishes and messages and stick them together. Add messages like “You fix everything!” or “You are so strong”. Write Happy Father’s Day on the toolbox.
  • Variation: To make it more impactful, do not stick the tools to the toolbox sheet. But, add a fold which helps you keep the tools sheets in a way that dads can pick each one of them out.

5. “10 Things I Love About Dad” Accordion Card

10 Things I Love About Dad Accordion Card

Make an accordion or a multi layer card which says 10 things that kids love about their dad. Write “10 things I love about Dad” on the top-most sheet and start adding the reasons inside.

  • Materials Needed: Square shaped card sheets stuck together to make a long strip, colours, pens.
  • Instructions: Fold the sheet accordion-style and write one thing on each fold.
  • Variation: Write one thing on one side of the sheet and stick pictures of Dads with kids on the backside to make it more emotional.

6. Photo Collage Card

Father’s Day Photo Collage Card

What’s better than making a card full of beautiful memories with dad? Help kids choose the best pictures, cut them out and stick them together like a collage. This card won’t just be a one-day surprise, but a cherished keepsake for Dad’s desk.

  • Materials Needed: Printed photos, glue, card base, colours and pens.
  • Instructions: Arrange favourite moments in collage format.
  • Variation: You can also create a photo timeline or add captions to each picture.

7. Joke-a-Day Card

Father’s Day Joke-a-Day Card

Dads are famous for their jokes, they are cute, often not-so funny but dads definitely are proud of them. So, help kids write down some jokes that dad would love and make a card which lists all of them.

  • Materials Needed: Cardstock, joke list, colours and pens.
  • Instructions: Colour the card front and add the wishes like “Dad, when I grow up I want to be as funny as you think you are”. Inside write all the jokes that dad loves.
  • Variation: Avoid making a traditional card and rather make a pick up card. On the base add the Father’s Day wishes and add many paper strips with the jokes.

8. Origami Shirt Card

Father’s Day Origami Shirt Card

The most Dad thing about all dads including grandfathers and uncles is their shirts. So, make a personalised yet quirky origami shirt card that opens up to Father’s Day wishes.

  • Materials Needed: Origami paper, buttons (optional), Colours and pens
  • Instructions: Fold the rectangular shaped card sheet into a shirt using origami instructions. Add a fathers day wish on top of it or inside it.
  • Variation: Use dad’s favourite shirt as an inspiration for the shirt or buy him a new shirt that matches the card for a special Father’s Day gift idea.

9. Nature-Themed Card

Father’s Day Nature-Themed Card

If the dad is a planting and nature lover, help kids make a nature-themed card. Either colour the card green and draw leaves, flowers and trees or collect twigs and leaves from the garden and stick them together.

  • Materials Needed: Card sheet, Colours, Scissors, Leaves, flowers, twigs, glue
  • Instructions: Draw natural elements on the card and add the wishes. If sticking the leaves, arrange the collected elements in creative shapes like hearts or trees.
  • Variation: Add a quote about nature and fatherhood like “Your heart is as beautiful as the nature”.

10. Digital-Print Hybrid Card

Father’s Day Digital-Print Hybrid Card

If your kid is skilled with computers, teach them to make a Father’s Day card digitally using a paint app or web design tools. Let them use the best of these and create something unique. When done, print the artwork and gift!

  • Materials Needed: Digital template, printer
  • Instructions: Design a card front on applications like Paint and print the card. Write personal messages and it’s ready.
  • Variation: Add father and kids pictures on the digital card. Kids can also add small images of things that resemble dad.

Father’s Day Cards from Daughters: Unique Ideas

A daughter’s love often holds a special softness. It is said that fathers are daughters’ first love. Therefore, this special bond has to be captured and shared creatively. If you’re looking for Happy Father’s Day card ideas from daughters, consider adding elements like childhood memories, inside jokes, or special moments shared together.

Father's Day Cards from Daughters

Ideas to try:

  • A drawing of the daughter holding her dad’s finger.
  • A heartfelt poem dedicated to dad written inside the card.
  • A list of all the things daughters want to do with their dads.

Tips for Making Your Father’s Day Card Extra Special

Card is just one way to gift dads but it should be more than just a day of gift giving. Try these ideas along with handmade Father’s Day greeting cards to make it extra special:

  • Cook their favourite meal.
  • Watch films from their time.
  • In the Father’s Day card, add elements that remind dads of their childhood.
  • Gift him a framed picture of dad with his parents.

Conclusion

This Father’s Day, skip the store-bought and go handmade. These Happy Father’s Day card ideas are not just activities—they’re lasting tokens of appreciation and adorable keepsakes for the future.

For the Father’s Day greeting card making ideas, whether you opt for an easy card for your little one or go all out with a photo collage or pop-up card, the love behind the gesture makes all the difference. Encourage kids to use the best of their skills to make something memorable for dad.

Do not forget that creativity comes with health and nutrition. Pair kid’s art sessions with a glass of Complan nutritional drink. It is packed with 34 vital nutrients including 6 neuro nutrients that support kids in memory and concentration. This delicious beverage also contains 63% more protein than the leading malt-based drink which supports growing children in fulfilling their protein needs.

So grab your craft supplies, pour a glass of Complan, and help kids get started on a project that will bring smiles for years to come.

Happy Father’s Day!

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