Creating cards with a 2 year old

Yesterday I told you how I made a candy bar card for my father-in-law's 70th birthday.  I also worked with my daughter to make a card for him.  Maybe you remember that my daughter is 2 1/2 and are wondering what kind of card we made.  A very cute one (in my not-so-humble opinion)! 

I am a fan of having kid projects be very hands-on.  I did however, want this to look nicer than my daughter can do independently.  So we worked together on this one. 

Here is what we did:  

 

1) I chose the Cricut cartridge Create-A-Critter.   This cartridge has lots of animals that my daughter likes.  Also, while it has lots of layers, the layers are still bigger pieces.  I asked my daughter which animal she wanted to make. She looked at the pictures and chose the bear. I gave her some scrapbook paper scraps and she picked out a green plaid, a blue, and an orange polka dotted (that we didn't use).  I set the size and settings on the cricut machine but she pushed all the buttons and took the paper off the mat.  

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 2)  She did the first glue with a glue stick.  I went back over it with a liquid glue.  This made her a little more involved but still had the teddy bear stick together.  

3) We assembled the card.  I did a little different fold (gatefold) just to make it more interesting.  My daughter wanted some washi tape stripes so she did that with some help.  I added some googly eyes and a Yippee stamp just for cuteness. 

4)My daughter "wrote a message" to grandpa on the inside and added more Washi Tape.  We called it finished!