Our latest Ramadan Series carries on with vibrant DIY Ramadan Cards created by the gifted Nidatastic on instagram. You can explore two techniques, both wonderfully beautiful and enjoyable for children of every age to try.
These Ramadan Cards are not only lovely to create, they are also excellent for developing fine motor abilities and focus.
After completing your cards, remember to write “Ramadan Mubarak” as the final detail. They make a sweet gift, while also serving as beautiful islamic inspired decorations for Ramadan and Eid.
Let’s hand over to the talented Nidatastic – a truly wonderful instagram account that you absolutely MUST FOLLOW! You’ll find plenty of additional creative activities for children to try and for you to explore.
Key activities during Ramadan
Whether you are not a practicing muslim or belong to a different faith.. you can explore Ramadan’s main values and perhaps try a few (I especially believe that kindness and charity ALWAYS win!):
- Have breakfast before sunrise
- Enjoy an evening meal after sunset (fast between meals)
- Act with virtue
- Take part in charity and be kind to others
- Spend time visiting family
Easy Ramadan Cards – Supplies
- Paper bags (to use as the card base)
- Scissors/ detail knife (for adults only)
- Pencil
- Paper & Watercolours (or substitute coloured paper scraps, using whatever you have available)
- Glue stick
- Pen for adding the final details
- Optional: glitter or stickers
We have a straightforward MOON template available in two sizes for you to select from (download it free here) Just enter $0 at checkout!
How to create your colourful Ramadan Cards with Kids
With the month of Ramadan drawing nearer, we have begun getting ready for it. As we do each year, we have also created plenty of personalised Ramadan Mubarak cards for relatives and friends.
We worked with empty paper shopping bags, recycled hand painted sheets, star cutouts, a few homemade stencils, scissors, detail knife, glue, glitter, black and white markers. To create the hand painted sheets, I allowed my children to paint freely across our old art papers before leaving them to dry.
Ramadan Card 1 – paper strips
Slice them into strips.
To create a single card, I cut two square pieces of equal size from a shopping bag.
Using the top sheet, I traced a crescent moon with a moon stencil and trimmed the edges with a detail knife.
On the lower piece, the children glued down the colourful strips.
Next, they positioned the top sheet over the bottom one and glued around the edges.
They added glitter and white stars for decoration.
Ramadan Mosaic Card 2
We then ripped the same strips into smaller pieces and created several additional cards by sticking the pieces together.
Which method did you prefer… attaching the colourful paper strips or creating a mosaic moon collage with torn pieces?
Aren’t these cards charming? I love the final touches, such as adding a simple black outline and a little glitter to some cards. They truly complete this Ramadan project and create a gorgeous activity! I can also imagine this technique working beautifully with contact paper and tissue paper scraps to transform this colourful craft into a Ramadan Suncatcher!
Now.. if this craft appealed to you, please DO visit Nidatastic today and follow her fantastic instagram account for even more ideas!
