Easy Idea Alert! Mother’s Day & Father’s Day Card Book

I meant to share this pre-Mother’s-Day yet here we are… #storyofmylife. Better late than never – sharing details on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day card books!

Instead of wasting money on cards that will get thrown away, we bought notebooks a few years ago to act as a ‘permanent’ cards for each of the major holidays.

Using a notebook as a permanent Mother’s Day or Father’s Day card is great for a few reasons…

• you’re not wasting $6 every holiday
• no environmental waste
• you don’t have to keep track of cards you actually want to keep
• no spending time running to the store last-minute
• you can actually SEE the progression of your kids’ skills/development over the years

It’s pretty simple – you can do this for birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day… just buy a notebook for said holiday and write in it annually.

Personally, we do hand tracings of our kids, have them sign their names, draw a pic, and answer questions. We ask them:

• my mom/dad is _____ years old
• she/he has ___ eyes and ____ hair
• his/her name is ____
• his/her favorite food is _____
• I like when he/she cooks ____
• We like to ________ together
• he/she always tells me ________
• I love him/her because _____

A few cute notebooks:

see more Mother’s Day gift ideas HERE + more Father’s Day gift ideas HERE.

Do you do books instead of cards? Any great ideas? Would love for you to share!