How to Find Free Mother's Day Cards

The idea of honoring mothers isn't something created by the greeting card and floral industries. The Greeks dedicated their annual spring festivals to Rhea, the mother of many deities and Americans have been celebrating maternal love for 150 years. It's estimated that about 80 percent of us send mom a greeting on her special day. The Internet has made it easy for everyone to find free Mother's Day cards. Read on to learn how to find free Mother's Day cards.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Make your socially aware mom smile with an e-card from Care2. Sending greetings through this site also helps support health and environmental concerns and issues pertaining to women and animals.

2. Surprise your older mom with a vintage card from Hipster Cards. They have terrific retro cards with illustrations from the 1940s through the 1970s.

3. Tailor a card to your mom's personality or interests. You'll have lots of choices at Greet2k. Or try a creative "card craft" by making a Mother's Day fingerprint card at Crafts.Kaboose.

4. Give your mother a chuckle with an off the wall greeting. If your mom has a great sense of humor, she'll love the cards at Absolute Postcards.

5. Forget about the e-cards and make a Mother's Day card instead. You can either print out and sign a ready-made one, available from various websites, or make a card from supplies around the house, such as construction paper, glitter and more.

Tips & Warnings

• A lot of e-card websites use pop ups to help pay for the free cards. To more easily navigate these sites, visitors should turn on their pop-up blocker.

Resources

• Environmentally-Conscious E-cards
• Lots of Fun Cards for Mother's Day
• Absolute Postcards
• Mom's Day Card Crafts
• Printable Mother's Day Cards