Christmas is knocking on the doors! Here we come with some elegant and creative card ideas for Christmas to celebrate with family and friends. Let’s begin the fun!
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DIY Christmas Card Ideas
Unique Christmas Card Tutorial: A Beautiful Reindeer
Materials:
- Pencil and eraser
- Yellow colour paper
- Light colour paper
- Brown colour paper.
- Bright pink colour paper. (For card base)
- A bright colour paper. ( For wish note)
- Craft glue
- Fake snow/ glitters
- Brush
- Black marker
- Scissors.
Procedure:
- Take a yellow colour page, draw the head and body of the reindeer with a pencil, the head should be like the size of an egg and the body must be bigger than it and the bottom will be straight.
- Add a pair of ears to the smaller egg.
- Cut out the shapes from the paper with scissors.
- Take a light colour paper and draw an oval muzzle with a pencil and also draw the chest of the reindeer.
- Cut them out with scissors.
- Define the oval muzzle with a black marker by mankind a nose.
- Add bead-like eyes to the reindeer face.
- Take a brown colour paper, draw the horns and hooves of reindeer and cut them out. The horn must be stylized.
- Take a bold colour paper, add a thick coat of white glue to it with a brush.
- Throw fake dry snow in it and let it dry for a bit. You can use glitters instead of snow.
- Attach all reindeer pieces to the page with glue according to the reference video.
- Take a bright pink paper for the card base, take another bright colour paper and put a wish note inside the card.
- Attach the deer cover to the front of the card with glue. Press a little to properly attach it.
- The amusing deer will be ready to distribute!
Homemade Christmas Card Tutorial: Jolly Penguins
The card with a number of jolly penguins for this xmas!
Materials:
- A colour paper
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Craft Knife
- Craft glue
- A brush.
- Red glitter
Procedure:
- Take a square paper and a ruler, measure 3/8 inches beyond the edge of the paper and mark with a pencil and then 1 inch.
- Repeat this up to the opposite edges of the paper.
- Join both edge point marks with pencil and ruler.
- Cut out the middle squares that are made on the page with a craft knife.
- Cover this paper with white craft glue by using a brush.
- Apply red glitter all over the page and shake off the extra glitters.
- Dry it.
- Take three colour paper strips with wide width, all the sizes must be the same. Apply glue on them and attach across the back of the squares behind the paper.
- Take white paper, draw small white jolly penguins on the paper with a pencil. The number should be nine.
- Define the outline of the penguins with a black pen. Leave the face and belly white.
- Cut out the penguins with scissors.
- Glue the penguins and attach them inside every nine windows.
- Take a bright card base, put another bright colour wish note page inside it.
- Take the penguins window and attach it to the front of the card with glue.
- These joyful snowdrift lovers will bring joy to the card receivers!
DIY Christmas Card Tutorial: Glowing Light Garland Card
Materials:
- A colour paper.
- A bright card base.
- A red wide colour strip.
- A white wishing paper strip.
- A colour paper for wish card
- Scissors.
- White glue.
- Colour glitters.
- Colour glitter ribbon
Procedure:
- Take a paper, draw a light bulb on it with a pencil and cut it out.
- Trace the structure of the light and make five of these same elements. And cut them out with scissors.
- Add glue on the bulbs.
- Take glitters of different colours, apply them on different bulbs.
- Take a bright colour card base, draw a curvy cord of lights on the paper with pencil.
- Define the cord lines with a black marker.
- Take a wide red strip, attach it on the bottom of the card with glue.
- Take a greeting white strip, attach it on the top of the red strip with glue.
- Take a thin glowing ribbon and decorate the greeting outline.
- Place the lights you made previously with glue into the cords.
- Mark the right places of the lights with a pencil.
- Take off the lights.
- Create a reflective light effect on the marked areas with pastel colours. Shade it with your fingers.
- Use the colour as per the lights colour.
- Attach the lights into shade areas with glue.
- Add a wish card page inside the card.
- This card will give a smile to the receiver!
Handmade Christmas Card Tutorial: A Wish Card!
Materials:
- Paper pasta( bow shape)
- Acrylic paint
- Paint brush
- White glue
- Glitters.
- A square shape paper
- A rectangular paper to make a card base.
- Chocolate colour bow.
- White paper for wish card.
Procedure:
- Take some acrylic paints, mix blue and yellow colour as we need a colour of a fur needle.
- Take some paper pasta, colour them with the colour you made.
- After the colour dried, add white glue on the edges of the pastas and apply some glitters to them.
- Take a square shaped paper, attach the pasta bows on it by forming a ring with glue.
- Take a colour rectangular page , fold it into half by making two squares. It will be the card base.
- Glue the bow tie decoration to the front of the card base.
- Take a chocolate colour ribbon bow and attach it on the bottom of the paper with glue.
- Add a wish card inside the card.
- Your receiver will be surprised to know what it is made of!
Easy Christmas Card Tutorial: Unconventional Christmas Tree Card
Materials:
- Colouring paper strips
- Scissors.
- Ruler
- A colour paper for the card base. ( Any colour/size)
- Double-sided foam tape.
- Cardboard
- Brown colour cardboard.
- Bright colour paper.
- A plastic star.
- Glitter.
- White glue.
- Wish card page.
Procedure:
- Take some colour paper, make strips and the depths of them about will be about 1 inch and cut them out from the paper
- Cut them out from the paper with scissors
- Take a colour card base, layout a Christmas tree in front of the card by using the colour strips.
- The strips should overlap one and another descending from the bottom upwards.
- Take a contrast colour page background for the strips.
- Apply the paper to cardboard and mark with a pencil.
- Cut the cardboard pieces out.
- Glue the paper strips to the cardboard pieces.
- Take brown cardboard, make a tree trunk on it and cut it out.
- Glue it on the front of the card.
- Take double-sided foam tape and place them on the sides of the strips and attach to the tree.
- Glue a star on the top and some glitter on the page.
- Add a wish card inside the card.
- This card will surprise the receiver!
Cute Christmas Card Tutorial: Cute Snow Mitten Card
Materials:
- Cardboard with the pattern
- Mitten stencil. ( You can Draw it/ print it out from the internet)
- Decoration stones and balls.
- Ribbon.
- Felt.
- Cardboard.
- Decoration lace.
- Glue.
- Scissors.
Procedure:
- Take cardboard with the pattern of the snow mitten, and a mitten stencil, draw it or print it out.
- Trace the stencil on the back of the cardboard with a pencil. It should be the card base.
- Cut it out with a scissor.
- Take three small felt squares, and the same size small square cardboard pieces.
- Trim the edges of the paper squares with scissors.
- Glue a piece of felt and cardstock into the card.
- Take a decorative lace and glue it around the mitten.
- Cut out the extra part.
- Glue the lace like a snowflake in front of the mitten.
- Add a big shiny bead in it.
- Make small bows with ribbon and attach them to the mitten.
- Decorate both sides of the mitten with a pearl bead, draw the stitches of the mitten by using a black pen.
- Shade the edges of the mitten with paint.
- Write a few words inside it.
- Your warm mitten card will be ready!
Tips to Use These Christmas Card Ideas
- To gift your guests – Add these beautiful DIY Christmas cards to your celebration and surprise your guests!
- To gift your friends in school
- To make as Christmas project for School
- To engage kids in creative activities at home during this festive season
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