Instructions for Babushka Babies Cards

Make these eight babushka baby cards using this pdf template.

Babushka Baby Violet

1. Cut out a Babushka body from white paper and cut a hole for the face.
2. Cut around the edge of the body with patterned scissors. Draw flowers with colored pencils. With a small hole punch, punch holes around headscarf and body.
3. Draw face on another sheet of paper, using pastel pencils to shade in the face and cheeks, and black pen for the eyes.
4. Glue face to back of body so it peeps out.
5. Tie lilac ribbon in a bow and glue to head.
   

Baby Angelica Card

Make this card the same way as the chocolate wrapper Babushka, but add stamps instead of candy wrappers.

Posy Pink Eskimo Card

1. Cut out a Babushka body from pink paper and cut a hole for the face.
2. Draw face on another sheet of paper, use pastel pencils to shade in the face and cheeks, and black pen for the eyes.
3. Glue face to back of body.
4. Measure a piece of fluffy marabou long enough to edge the face and cut. Trim the width of the feather fluff so it will frame the face neatly. Try to do this over a garbage bag as feather fluff tends to blow everywhere very easily. Glue into place.
5. Glue sequin snowflakes to babushka body and upper right hand corner of card.

Baby Blue Card

1. Cut out a Babushka body from pink and white striped paper.
2. Draw face on another sheet of paper, use pastel pencils to shade in the face and cheeks, and black pen for the eyes.
3. Glue face to front of body.
4. Using a flower paper punch, punch out flowers. Arrange on body and head Glue in place.
5. Place a spot of glue on the middle of each flower and cover with glitter.

Butterfly Baby Babushka

1. Cut out a Babushka body from white fabric.
2. Draw face on another sheet of paper, use pastel pencils to shade in the face and cheeks, and black pen for the eyes.
3. Glue face to front of body.
4. Glue butterfly sequins around face, body, and background. Just small changes like eyelashes or larger eyes make the card look completely different.

Sunny Bunny Babushka

1. Cut out a Babushka body from blue fabric.
2. Draw face on another sheet of paper, use pastel pencils to shade in the face and cheeks, and black pen for the eyes.
3. Glue face to front of body.
4. Surround face with a length of sequins on a string. Glue into place.
5. Cut a length of lace to fit around body and glue in place.
6. Using a flower paper punch, punch out a white flower and sprinkled with glitter. Glue a silver star in the flower center.
7. Decorate background with silver star sequins.
   

Orange Blossoms Card

Easy Peasy Lemon Cheesey Instructions:

1. Use the babushka pattern and cut out a body.
2. Use a flower puncher to punch holes in the babushka body.
3. Glue the green flowers to the card in contrasting color.
4. Draw face on another sheet of paper, used pastel pencils to shade in the face and cheeks, and black pen for the eyes.
5. Glue face to back of body.
6. Punch a flower out of the back of the card and glued it above her eyes. (I wanted the exact color peach and didn't want to waste a whole other card, so if anyone asks why there's a hole punched in the back of the card, I will say "It's the design, darling!"
7. Glue babushka to the card. You see, easy peasy lemon cheesey!

Babushka Painting

Another alternative to making cards with paper is to paint them on a canvas, photograph them, and turn them into a card. This is what I did with these little babushka in the falling snow. Hey, they’re in Russia. It can snow at any time.

Wouldn’t it be great to create all of your own holiday cards?

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