I’ve had this idea bookmarked for a while and have been mulling over the best thing to do with it.  I figured that since it’s back to school time there are lots of lunches being made.  One of my favorite things growing up was that my dad hid little notes in our lunches for us to find.  Based off this memory, I made some cute little joke cards for you to sneak in your child’s lunch!

So gather up your supplies and let’s get going:

1 Free Joke Card PDF printed on white cardstock (click the link to download)

Foam Paint Brush

Acrylic Paint in coordinating colors (I used Pumpkin and Paradise)

Coordinating Glitter (I used Martha Stewarts Goldyn Beryl and some red glitter I got from Jenny On The Spot at BlogHer)

1 Transparency Sheet

Some dishwashing liquid-not pictured (like Dawn, any color works fine, I used green and it doesn’t affect the color of your paint at all!)

1. On your transparency, put a puddle of paint and a smaller puddle of dishwashing liquid.  Mix it up with your foam brush.

2. Spread out the mixed up paint/soap mixture into a even layer.  It may have lots of bubbles in it and it’s ok if it does, they will slowly work their way out on their own.

3. Sprinkle wet paint with glitter and let dry.  While you’re waiting for the paint to dry, trim your cards out on the gray dashed lines.

4. When your painted transparency is completely dry, carefully cut out some rectangles that are 2″ x 1 1/4″.  The easiest way to cut these without scratching off the surface is to use scissors, a paper trimmer may scratch off the paint. 5. Put clear tape inside the box on the card.

6. Stick your scratch off piece on top of the tape.

7. Scratch it off!  Yea!

I hope you enjoyed this project!

Erin