Daisy’s duckling is painted rather than drawn: soft yellow feathers, a dark eye and a bill tucked low as it floats across the pond at the bottom of the card. Cattails and forget-me-nots climb the sides, and the title is written in a loose brown hand on cream paper.
It is a quiet card for a girl, for a spring party near water or in a garden, and for families who like watercolor more than cartoons. The pond is part of the picture; the words are typed over it, and nothing you write is kept anywhere.
For the party, a small inflatable pool with floating ducks, yellow and pale blue tablecloths, duck-shaped sandwiches, blue punch and a cake with a single marzipan duckling. A rubber duck with the date on its belly goes home with every guest.
