Create Cards
Last Updated on November 3, 2024
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All cards and bookmarks must be 100% handmade. Please focus on creating uplifting cards with general themes to be enjoyed year-round.
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We are currently running low on the following cards and would appreciate your help in creating them:
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Non-seasonal English children's cards
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Military-themed cards: view sample messages
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Cards for seniors
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Cards in Spanish
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Please Note: If you plan on making holiday-themed cards, we encourage you to consider creating seasonal cards instead, such as fall, winter, spring, or summer themes. Seasonal cards have broader appeal, stay relevant longer, and allow us more time to process and distribute them, ensuring they reach those in need when most appreciated.
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If you choose to make holiday-specific cards, please send them to us at least two months before the holiday to ensure they arrive on time.
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Email acknowledgments: If you provide us with an email address inside your package, you will receive an automated email. Please note that we only send emails after we have counted and sorted your cards, not upon receipt.
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Our lovely volunteers must manually input the data provided by the cardmaker, so there may be errors. Please make sure that the information you provide is legible. We apologize in advance for any errors or omissions that may occur.
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When packaging your cards, please label the outside of your box/envelope with the type of cards included (see example here).
Creating cards is a simple way to give back individually, with family and friends, as an organization (group or club), or as a corporate involvement project.
On this page, you'll find instructions for:
How To Plan A Group Event
1. Set a time and location for attendees to make cards. 2. Ensure participants have enough art supplies to make at least two cards. If you need help with what to get, check out the Recommended Supplies PDF below. 3. Remind the participants to write positive messages in their cards. Cards with messages like 'Get Well Soon' cannot be delivered. To ensure all your cards succeed, refer to our Friendly Reminders PDF. 4. Encourage everyone to sign their first name and location, for example, "From Angie in Ann Arbor, MI". 5. Please take pictures or screenshots and a group photo of the artists holding their cards throughout the event. Post them on social media, tag @cardzforkidz, and email them to photos@cardzforkidz.org. Please note that we may use these images on our social sites, website, newsletter, and other promotional materials. 6. Follow the instructions below to package and mail us your cards.
Make Cards As An Independent Artists
1. First, gather all necessary art supplies! If you need help with what to get, check out the Recommended Supplies PDF below. 2. Once you have the supplies, start making the cards. Make sure to write positive messages on them. However, messages like 'Get Well Soon' cannot be delivered. To ensure all your cards succeed, refer to our Friendly Reminders PDF. 3. Please sign your first name and location, i.e., From Angie in Ann Arbor, MI. 4. After you have made the cards, take pictures of yourself holding your artwork. Post them on social media, tag @cardzforkidz, and email them to photos@cardzforkidz.org. Please note that we may use these images on our social sites, website, newsletter, and other promotional materials. 5. Finally, follow the instructions below to package and mail us your cards.
Mailing Your Cards
Send completed cards to:
Cardz For Kidz
516 N. Ogden Ave. #177
Chicago, IL 60642
Kindly label the outside of your box or envelope with the type of cards inside (see example here).
Email us photos of the artist and their cards to photos@cardzforkidz.org to be featured on our social media pages.
