Why learn about the Olympic Games?

The Olympic Games is a major, international sporting event held every four years. It is considered the foremost sports competition in the world, with athletes from more than 200 countries competing in a wide range of sports.

There are lots of interesting facts and rituals, involving both the tradition of the ancient Olympics and the Olympic Games as we know them today, to engage children in learning about this fabulous event.

With this set of Olympics worksheets including Olympics facts and information for children, your students will have a better understanding of how the Olympic Games started and how it operates today, its relationship to the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the important symbols and rituals of each Olympic Games event, the sports offered and the Olympic medals.

Free, Printable Olympic Games Worksheets for Middle Grades

This free Olympic Games printables pack is best suited to children in elementary grades (primary school) and middle grades 3-7. The pack includes;

4 pages of interesting Olympic Games facts covering;

• The Olympics in Ancient Times
• The Modern Summer Olympics
• The Paralympics
• The Winter Olympics
• The Olympic symbols and brand
• The Olympic flame and torch
• The Opening and Closing Ceremonies
• The Sports Roster
• Olympic Medals.

The supporting worksheets and activity sheets include;

• Olympic Games True or False Worksheet
• Summer Olympic Games Host Cities Research Activity
• Two page Olympic Athlete Research Prompts and Record Sheet
• Summer Olympics Sports Word Scramble
• Summer Olympics Sports Word Search
• Olympic Games Host City Word Search
• Summer Olympic Games Crossword
• Summer Olympics Host City Crossword

We have also added a set of Answer Sheets for each activity pack that also includes three handy lists of host cities for the modern Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

And you can download this PDF of printable Olympic Games activities as either of two versions of the worksheets – the first is US Letter sized with US spelling and the second is A4 sized with UK spelling.

Tips for Download & Printing : Olympic Games Worksheets

Printing Tips

• Save the PDF to your computer.
• Open the PDF to print the pages you require.
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Our list of free printable memory games for kids includes matching card games for lots of different learning themes, seasons and holidays so there is a matching game for everyone! All of these matching game printables make perfect memory games for preschoolers, and older kids too.

Simply choose your set of memory cards from the list, print, cut, and you are ready to play!

What are the benefits of playing matching games with kids?

With a deck of matching pairs cards and just a few simple game rules you are set to help your child develop observational skills, visual discrimination, memory and concentration – to name just a few of the benefits of this great, first game.

A memory matching game is a also a wonderful way to teach children important game playing skills such turn taking, and through regular game play with older role models young children will also learn how to be a gracious winner…and loser!

Depending upon your choice of cards, memory matching games can also reinforce learning about a range of concepts such as colour recognition, letter names or sounds, counting, number recognition, alongside improved vocabulary and even reading skills. We have included details of all of our free, printable matching game sets below, many of which help to develop these important learning concepts.

Children from the age of 3 years can start playing these matching pairs games, and they are perfect for preschoolers and kindergarten aged children.

RELATED: 10 Kids Memory Games to help improve memory, concentration and thinking skills.

How to Play Concentration or Memory Card Game

Playing the concentration card game is easy! Once your children learn the rules they will be able to set up and play these matching games independently.

Once you’ve chosen your set of memory cards, shuffle the cards well and spread them face down across the table.

Players take turns to turn over two cards, searching for a matching pair. If the cards selected are a match, the player keeps the matching pair and takes another turn. If they are not the same, the cards are turned back over in the same location and play moves to the next player.

Once all cards have been matched, the player with the most pairs wins the game.

21 Free Printable Memory Matching Games for Kids

Chose from this list of fun, free, memory game printables that your kids will love.

 Cupcake Memory Matching Game

This adorable cupcake memory game printable is a fabulous challenge for developing visual discrimination skills, great for kindergarten age children.

 Monster Shadows Matching Game

This fun monster matching game is another great challenge for visual discrimination skill development. Kids will love the challenge of matching each of these cute monsters with their very individual shadows!

Opposites Memory Game

This free printable opposites pair matching game is a fun way to revise learning about antonyms with preschool, kindergarten and first grade children.

Fruit Memory Matching Game

Your kids will love this fun, tutti fruity, fruit memory matching game with both pictures and words. Free to print and easy to play.

Garden Matching Memory Game Cards

Play with pictures or pictures and words! This garden themed matching game is great for Earth Day, Spring, growth or gardening learning themes.

Alphabet Memory Matching Game

Choose from 5 fun matching game suggestions to get your preschooler or kindergartener playing with beginning letter sounds.

Just for fun: Try this Alphabet Matching Snack for a tasty treat!

 Printable Feelings & Emotions Cards

Concentration/Memory is just one of eight game suggestions included with these printable emotions cards.

Emoji Emotions Matching Cards

Inspired by the super popular emoji craze, these emotions matching cards are great for inviting discussion about big emotions with young children, and a fun memory game to play.

Winter Animals Matching Pairs Game

These cute Winter animals memory cards make working on visual discrimination skills and concentration so much fun!

Yoga Poses Matching Game

For concentration with a physical challenge, print two copies of our yoga poses cards to play a memory game. When a player matches a pair they can perform the body shape challenge shown on the cards.

Star Wars Memory Game

May the Force be with you as you attempt to outplay your opponent with these cool Star Wars character matching pairs game cards.

Counting Matching Game 0 to 20

Use this matching game printable to develop counting and number recognition skills with preschool and kindergarten age children.

Times Tables Memory Matching Card Game

This times tables memory card game is perfect for reinforcing learning multiplication tables with students in grades 3 to 6.

Compound Words Matching Game

This memory matching game has a fun vocabulary twist! Develop vocabulary skills by forming compound words with pairs of cards.

Holiday Matching Card Games

These free printable memory matching games are a great way to include a little extra learning into holiday celebrations, and a fun game to play at holiday parties and get togethers.

Halloween Matching Game

Have fun playing memory with these not-so-spooky, free printable, Halloween matching cards!

Halloween Pumpkins Matching Cards

Download our free Halloween Pumpkins Matching Cards Game for a not-so-spooky way to develop visual discrimination skills.

Easter Egg Matching Cards

Learn to match patterns with these great Easter egg cards. Play a memory matching game or try one of the three other game options for these cards.

Easter Matching Game

Explore all the colours of the rainbow while playing this fun Easter Matching Game with your toddler or preschooler.

Chinese New Year Matching Game

Celebrate Chinese New Year with this fun set of memory cards. The kids will love learning about Lunar New Year while working on concentration skills.

Christmas Nativity Matching Game

Reinforce learning about the Christian origins of Christmas with preschool, kindergarten and first grade children with this set of nativity matching game cards.

Snowflake Memory Matching Game

This Winter Snowflake Memory Matching Game is trickier than many in our matching games collection as players need to be on the lookout for subtle differences between the game cards to find the matching pairs of snowflakes.

RELATED: These Logical Thinking Games for Preschoolers are sure to get them thinking!

Printing Instructions for Matching Games

Click on the link for the memory game you wish to download and print. This will open a prompt for you to save the PDF to your computer. For best results, download directly to a computer, not a phone or tablet. Open the PDF and print the pages you require. When printing, select “Fit to printable area” (or similar) to ensure the page fits with your printer type and local paper size (these have been created at A4 size). I suggest printing onto card stock or matte photo paper. Most of the card sets include a backing sheet. Flip and then re-insert your printed pages into your printer to print onto the reverse side. Cut apart the printed cards and then laminate for durability.

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The poster lists all 101 fun outdoor games and activity ideas, that are perfect for playing in your backyard, with the simplest of equipment – if any.

I suggest printing the 101 ways to play outdoors poster out, and then hanging it on the front of the fridge – or some other obvious place in your home …it makes an awesome prompt for kids complaining, ‘I’m bored!’ Download and printing instructions can be found at the bottom of this article.

101 Things to Do Outside

Below you will find guidance for trying out many of the ideas alongside links to even more fun ideas for things to do outside! Click on the links to get started with some of our favorite outdoor activities for kids.

Outdoor Sensory Play Ideas

Sensory play is a wonderful way to encourage exploration and learning through the sense. Here are some fun outdoor sensory play ideas to try in your own backyard.

1. Catch raindrops on your tongue
2. Play with playdough outdoors
3. Make a rainbow with the garden hose
4. Build a sand castle
5. Paint a fence with water
6. Eat breakfast outside
7. Decorate mud pies: Check out our list of 15 fun ways to play with mud and this simple idea for making a mud play kitchen in your backyard.
8. Toast marshmallows
9. Blow bubbles
10. Try bubble painting: Here’s out tutorial for super cool bubble painting.
11. Wash the dog
12. Wash your toys: This one really is good, clean fun, and check out our other easy water play ideas.
13. Jump in puddles
14. Watch a sunset

Outdoor Literacy Ideas

Support literacy learning across all areas of language development – reading, writing, listening and speaking, with this super fun list of engaging outdoor literacy ideas.

15. Make a set of story stones
16. Make your name with sticks: Explore more ideas for learning about letters outdoors in our Alphabet Fun ebook. It includes hands-on alphabet games and activities for 3 -6 year olds.
17. Start a nature journal: We share our top tips for starting a nature journal with young children.
18. Read a field guide: Here are some useful tips for reading field guides with kids and our pick of the best field guides for kids.
19. Write in damp sand with a stick: Check out this collection of 20 ways to play with sticks.
20. Share a story inspired by the shapes you see in the clouds
21. Make a tin can telephone: Check out our instructions for making a DIY tin can telephone – it’s lots of fun!
22. Make a collection of some kind
23. Write a letter on a leaf to a friend
24. Make a nature ABC book: Or try an Alphabet Scavenger Hunt.
25. Read a book that is set outdoors
26. Make a map of the space you are in

Active Things to Do Outside

Nature provides the perfect environment for active kids to play and explore, with more space to move their bodies. We’ve collected together some classic active play ideas that use simple play equipment – or no equipment at all!

27. Jump rope
28. Kick a ball
29. Walk along a wall
30. Throw a frisbee
31. Learn to do a somersault or handstand or cartwheel
32. Walk as you balance a small bean bag on your head: These DIY mini bean bags are great for all sorts of active play. Alternatively, grab a set of mini bean bags from Amazon.
33. Ride a bike or scooter
34. Spin around until you make yourself dizzy
35. Make an obstacle course to run
36. Climb a tree
37. Fly a kite
38. Roll down a hill
39. Try hula hooping: Check out this post for fun ways to play with a hula hoop.

Outdoor Construction Play Ideas

If you have children who love construction play, then why not take their passion for construction outdoors – it is simple to do with this list of outdoor construction play ideas.

40. Build a fort
41. Make a pinwheel: Here you’ll find instructions for making a sweet DIY paper pinwheel.
42. Make a paper boat to float
43. Dig a deep hole and fill it with water
44. Make a drip castle with wet sand: You’ll also find this idea on our big list of things to do at the beach!
45. Build the tallest stick tower you can
46. Take wooden blocks or toy cars outdoors
47. Make a bird bath: Here’s a simple idea for making a DIY bird bath.
48. Make a bird feeder
49. Build a bug hotel

Outdoor Art Ideas for Creative Play

Taking art outdoors generally means less stress about mess – which is great for kids. Try one or all of these fun, hands-on outdoor art ideas at home, camp or the classroom and enjoy seeing your children create.

50. Create a nature collage
51. Make texture rubbings with crayons
52. Draw on the pavement with chalk
53. Make a stick sculpture
54. Try leaf printing: Find instructions for leaf printing in our collection of Preschool Autumn Activities.
55. Trace a shadow on the ground
56. Take photographs of the clouds
57. Find some tapping stones to make music outdoors
58. Make a sand sculpture
59. Paint with feathers: Find more ideas like this in our post, 20 Outdoor Art Activities for Kids.
60. Decorate a tree
61. Dance and sing

For more ideas for encouraging children’s creativity outdoors, check out our collection of outdoor art activities.

Things to Do Outside in Nature

Nature play encourages the development of physical, mental and emotional health. To experience all the great benefits of nature play you needn’t go further than your own backyard – and below you’ll find a great list of things to do outside in nature that will get kids having fun whilst playing outside and connecting with nature.

62. Hug a tree
63. Make a rain gauge: Here are our instructions for making a simple rain gauge from a plastic bottle.
64. Set up a worm farm: Check out our instructions for making a worm farm with kids.
65. Rake a leaf maze: Inner Child Fun has a great leaf maze example.
66. Make a compost bin: Here are out tips for composting with kids.
67. Grow a grass head
68. Set up a snail race
69. Collect flowers to press
70. Do some bird watching
71. Grab a magnifying glass and go bug hunting
72. Plant vegetables: See our top tips for starting a backyard vegetable garden.
73. Plant herbs
74. Grow a sunflower
75. Make a sun dial

Fun Outdoor Ideas for Imaginative Play

Taking pretend play outdoors is a wonderful way to encourage children to develop their imagination. Kids will love using their imagination to play make-believe with natural objects they find and their usual outdoor toys. And it’s so much fun to see their imaginative play ideas come to life!

76. Make leaf puppets
77. Make a leaf crown: Find instructions for how to make a leaf crown at Picklebums.com.
78. Make a pet rock
79. Make petal perfume
80. Set up a lemonade stand: Be sure to try our homemade lemonade recipe.
81. Create a home for a fairy or elf
82. Put on a cape and pretend to fly
83. Make a cave for a dinosaur
84. Enjoy a teddy bear’s picnic
85. Make a teensy world for toy figurines to live in: Here are 18 imaginative small world play ideas to get you started.
86. Make a nest for a bird
87. Put on a show
88. Dig for treasure: You can make it a math game too! See our instructions for Digging for Treasure Number Fun.
89. Gaze up at the stars

Things to Do Outside with Friends

Encourage kids to spend time outside with friends with these classic game ideas that are sure to have them playing and laughing together.

90. Play hide and seek
91. Play leapfrog
92. Play hopscotch: Need a refresher on how to play? Check out our How to Play Hopscotch instructions.
93. Host an egg and spoon race: Find instructions for how to play in our collection of 21 classic yard games for kids.
94. Play tag: For fun variations on classic tag, check out our collection of 10 kids tag games.
95. Play torch tag: Learn how to play torch tag in our list of sleepover games.
96. Make up a new game
97. Have a three legged race
98. Have a wheelbarrow race
99. Host a paper plane throwing contest
100. Invite a friend for a picnic
101. Make a daisy chain for a friend

RELATED: For entertaining larger groups of children, be sure to check out our collection of kids relay races.

Of course, if you are experiencing cold weather where you live, we’ve got you covered with this helpful list for Playing Outdoors When It’s Cold or Wet.

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You can find the instructions for downloading a printable version of this list of Bee Research Questions below.

A bee research project would be a great way to raise awareness about World Bee Day with school age children. It would also tie in nicely with Earth Day celebrations, or an Environmental Science unit.

What is World Bee Day?

With more than 20,000 identified bee species in the world, and the importance of bees to the world’s environment – not least to the production of both food and oxygen – bees are kind of a big deal! World Bee Day was initiated on May 20th, 2017 by the United Nations as a means of raising awareness of the significant contribution that bees make to the world. It is now celebrated on May 20 each year.

What’s the big deal about bees?
In one word – pollination. Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers. Nectar and pollen are food sources for bees. As bees move from flower to flower collecting the nectar and pollen that they need, they transfer pollen from plant to plant and enable pollination.

When animals and insects pick up the pollen of flowers and spread them to other flowers, they enable the plant to reproduce. Importantly to humans, this includes many food crops and trees for oxygen production. When pollination occurs, the fertilized flowers of the plant enable it to reproduce or form fruit. Whilst other animals, including birds and rodents, can act as pollinators, the most common (and important) pollinators are insects, especially bees.

Bees also produce food for humans directly in the form of honey. And there is a lot of interest in the medicinal properties of honey and the many other products bees make.

Unfortunately, many bee species are at risk. Their habitats are disappearing as green spaces are cleared and replaced with buildings, and the use of pesticides on crops and flowers is harmful to them.

Bee Research Questions for Kids

The printable includes the following questions about bees to be used as prompts to get students researching these wonderful, essential insects;

1. Honey bees are not the only bees in the world. How many other bee species are in your local area?
2. Not all bees sting, what sting-less bees do you have in your local area?
3. Can all honey bees sting? Or only males? Or only females?
4. Can bumblebees sting once or multiple times?
5. What makes honey bees so noisy when they fly? Are all bees noisy when they fly?
6. Do all bees live in a beehive? If they don’t, where do they live?
7. Do all bees make honey and honeycomb?
8. Does a bee have two eyes or more?
9. How fast do bees fly and do all bees fly as fast as each other?
10. Do all bees have a queen bee or only the honey bee?
11. Why are honey bees so important that they are now found all round the world?
12. Do all bees swam?
13. Can honey be used as an antiseptic?
14. Does a honey bee have more than one stomach? What about other bees?
15. What threats are facing honey bee populations?
16. How can we help bees survive?
17. Are all species of bee the same size? If not, what is the smallest and what is the largest?
18. How long is a honey bees life span? Do other bees live for longer?
19. Do bees sleep at night?
20. Can bees see at night?
21. Can bees see in colors or do they see in black and white?

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Bee Word Search

Great for engaging students with World Bee Day, Earth Day or your classroom science program, this teacher-made series of Bee Word Searches engages children with relevant vocabulary related to these valuable insects. And, the challenge level word searches provide an additional layer of learning.

These puzzles can be used as research prompts to learn more about bees (at the beginning of your unit of study) or as an opportunity for children to show what they have learned about bees (if used at the conclusion of the unit study).

What is World Bee Day?

With more than 20,000 identified bee species in the world, and the importance of bees to the world’s environment – not least to the production of both food and oxygen – bees are kind of a big deal! World Bee Day was initiated on May 20th, 2017 by the United Nations as a means of raising awareness of the significant contribution that bees make to the world. It is now celebrated on May 20 each year.

These bee word search puzzles are a fun activity to include in your plans for World Bee Day with school age children. They also tie in nicely with Earth Day celebrations, or an Environmental Science unit.

What’s the big deal about bees?
In one word – pollination. Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers. Nectar and pollen are food sources for bees. As bees move from flower to flower collecting the nectar and pollen that they need, they transfer pollen from plant to plant and enable pollination.

When animals and insects pick up the pollen of flowers and spread them to other flowers, they enable the plant to reproduce. Importantly to humans, this includes many food crops and trees for oxygen production. When pollination occurs, the fertilized flowers of the plant enable it to reproduce or form fruit. Whilst other animals, including birds and rodents, can act as pollinators, the most common (and important) pollinators are insects, especially bees.

Bees also produce food for humans directly in the form of honey. And there is a lot of interest in the medicinal properties of honey and the many other products bees make.

Unfortunately, many bee species are at risk. Their habitats are disappearing as green spaces are cleared and replaced with buildings, and the use of pesticides on crops and flowers is harmful to them.

Help a Bee Out
The best way to help bees is by raising awareness of their important work.

You can also help by planting a range of flowers in your garden so that bees have access to nectar and pollen, by choosing sustainable, organic food sources, and buying local honey and other bee products.

Which Bee Word Search to Use
There are three levels of word search included in the printable Bee Word Search document (see full download and print instructions below). I have not included an age or grade level on the puzzles as you know best which will challenge your students appropriately.

The first follows the more traditional word search format with a list of bee words to find within the word search letter grid. This puzzle includes 18 bee words to find.

The second word search page provides a series of fill-the-word statements for children to solve. These statements are all facts about bees. This version includes a bee word bank for students to use. The solutions to the quiz questions are the words to find within the bee word search grid.

The third puzzle again uses the word bee related quiz questions for the students to solve however, this time there is no word bank provided. Students can research, or draw on prior knowledge at the conclusion of a unit of study about bees to find the answers. The solutions to these questions are the words to find within the bee word search grid. There is also a bonus challenge – find 5 bonus bee words hidden within the puzzle.

How to Use Word Search Puzzles in the Classroom
Download the file and print your chosen word search page. Add pencils and invite children to start solving the puzzle. Word searches make a great activity for spelling or word study time and can be used as a resource for early finishers. The challenge word searches provide a handy learning extension activity too.

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Perfect for children from the middle grades of elementary or primary school up to adults, creating mosaics with Lego involves lots of skills – sorting, matching, counting, adding, subtracting, even dividing and multiplying. The designs do not indicate which Lego bricks should be used so using two square four bricks in an area of the design might work just as well as a six rectangle brick along with a two brick. There are lots of different combinations that can work in completing each pattern.

Printable Star Wars Lego Mosaic Patterns

For this set we created four popular Star Wars characters – R2D2, C3PO, Darth Vadar and a Stormtrooper.

RELATED: For younger Star Wars fans, check out our Star Wars shadow puppets and Star Wars Memory Matching Card Game.

C3PO and Darth Vadar were most definitely the trickiest to design!

We had a great time putting these together. Lego Mosaics can be challenging, and definitely better suited to school age Star Wars fans.

More Star Wars Learning Resources

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Star Wars can be a super popular area of interest to kids of all ages, making it a great motivation for learning too!  After our printable Star Wars shadow puppets were such a hit I had the idea of also creating a Star Wars memory matching game.

We love playing memory matching games here. But these aren’t just fun for matching – below I’m sharing seven different games that you can play with these Star Wars game cards.

7 Ways to Play With Star Wars Matching Cards

1. Memory Match or Concentration: This set makes a great introduction to playing Memory Match or Concentration for those who haven’t played before.

To play as a one player game: Lay all of the cards out on the table face down. Have your child turn over two cards, if they match they keep the pair and take another turn. If they don’t match, the cards are both turned back over again before they take another turn. They’ll need to keep a sharp eye out to see if they can remember where the matching pairs are hiding.

To play as a two player game: Lay all of the cards out on the table face down. Have your child turn over two cards, if they match they keep the pair and take another turn. If they don’t match, the cards are both turned back over again before their opponent takes a turn. Players continue to take turns to match pairs of cards until all of the pairs have been found. The player with the most pairs is the winner of that round.

2. What’s missing? Place down one set of cards face up and allow your child to study them for one minute. Tell them to close their eyes while you remove one card. Can they work out which card is missing?

3. Play charades: One player selects a card at random (without looking) and uses body actions and gestures (no talking) to describe the Star Wars item on the card to the other players. The other players must watch carefully and call out their guesses. The first person to guess the correct item takes the next turn.

4. Pattern making: Practice this important math skill by printing out multiple copies of the matching cards (you won’t need to print the included backing sheet for this one) and using the Star Wars game cards to make repeated patterns.

5. Alphabetical order: Use one set of the cards and challenge your child to put the Star Wars game cards into alphabetical order according to the item pictured on each card.

6. Story cards: Shuffle a set of cards and place them on a stack face down. The first person playing chooses a card and begins telling a story featuring the character or item on the card selected. At the end of an agreed period of time (it could be two sentences, 30 seconds, one minute – you choose according to the age and development of your children), the next player turns over the next card and continues telling the story, injecting the second character into the story line. Continue play until all of the cards have been used.

7. Tell me challenge: This one is for REAL fans of Star Wars! Choose one card at random and challenge your child to tell you 10 things about the character or item featured on the card in under one minute.

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Mother’s Day Coloring Cards

Decorating their own handmade Mother’s Day cards is a time honored tradition of children across the world and these print-and-go coloring cards make the task super simple.

Hit the download button below (you’ll find full instructions for downloading and printing at the end of this post) to save seven Mother’s Day coloring card designs in PDF format.

Each card features a fun Mother’s Day inspired design and we’ve got mothers covered on both sides of the world with both US and UK spelling of Mom/Mum included in the printable card set.

The cards are all incredibly unique – the hardest part may just be choosing which one you’ll use!

Once you have chosen a style, print onto regular printer paper or onto cardstock for added durability.

RELATED: Pair your card with a handmade present. Check out our collections of Mother’s Day Gifts to Make with Toddlers, Mother’s Day Gifts Preschoolers Can Make and Mother’s Day Gifts for School Age Kids to Make.

How to Create Your Mother’s Day Coloring Card

Start out by inviting students to decorate the chosen card with your choice of markers, crayons or pencils – you could even use watercolor paints.

Cut around the card and then fold according to the directions found in the printable.

Add a special message for Mom and your card is ready to gift to her for a very special Mother’s Day treat.

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