What Thank You Cards Can I Make With My Child?

If you’re one of the parents who likes to get their kids to send thank you cards after birthdays and Christmas, then this is the place for you.

For some people a simple text message of thanks is enough, but if, like me, you like your kids to send hand-made or cute thank you cards to personally thank their friends and family, then I have some fun ideas to get you started.

1. Create a photo thank you card online. You can either do this through a photo site or through Canva and print out yourself.
2. Create a handprint thank you card. This can either be simply a handprint or it could be a handprint in the shape of something, such as a flower. You can buy cheap blank cards from places like Poundland.
3. Let them play with paint and stick the result onto a card.
4. Print out a ready-made “Thank you” design and get them to colour/paint it as best they can.
5. Use stamps and ink or cut a potato/apple and stamp it in paint to create a fun thank you card.
6. Finger paint on a card.
7. Write “Thank You” in white wax crayon onto a card. Your child can then paint over the card and the paint shouldn’t stick to the crayon.

What Could I Add to a Thank You Card?

You could simply write a message such as “Thank you for my birthday present.” Or you could write a more personal message such as, “Thank you so much for my beautiful dress! I love it so much, I’ve already worn it three times.”

You could also add a photo of your kids into the envelope. I know my mum likes to stick photos she gets onto her fridge so she can see them every day.

You could add a “Thank You” sticker onto the card to make your job less time-consuming. I found some simple ones here.

Print out a little poem from the internet and stick it in the card.

Top Tip!

I’ve found two ways of doing this:

Either get all the painting/designing done in one go so it’s out of the way though this can be quite stressful and becomes less personal for the recipient. It means that the thank you cards are done sooner and sent out quicker.

Or do a few cards at a time. My 3-year-old can get a bit fed up of doing the same activity for a prolonged amount of time so doing short bursts of colouring over several days has sometimes worked best for us. This means that it takes longer for the cards to be finished and sent out.

Another Top Tip

Have a present book for each child where you write down which gifts they get from which person. This helps with thank yous. We then highlight each person’s name as we write a card to them so we know who’s got a card and who we’ve still got to write to.

No matter which way you choose, have fun creating them and teaching your kids about the importance of saying thank you when others do things for us or give us things.