🎄 Christmas cards with their hands: a beautiful addition to the main gift of

Despite the fact that Christmas cards are presented in a large assortment stores, many seek to make their own hands. The reasons for this may be many, ranging from cost and lack of finishing suitable option. If you too are thinking about self-manufacture of this product, we offer to get acquainted with the options and master classes on their creation.

How to make your own hands greeting "Happy New Year" in different techniques of execution: ideas and description of the process

For the manufacture of cards "Happy New Year" with his own hands can be used a variety of techniques. On this depends the value and appearance of products. We offer to meet with the options that you can use to please your loved ones.

Postcard "Happy New Year and Merry Christmas" in the style of scrapbooking

A distinctive feature of the cards for the New Year in the art scrapbooking is their sincerity and individuality. Such a product can safely give not only close relatives, but also to their superiors.

Getting to the manufacture of such products should follow some rules:

• draft. Before you make the final version of postcards "Happy New Year and Merry Christmas" should be streamline their creative thoughts and to prepare a draft, spread out in the best decor sequence;

• composition. To obtain a complete product should carefully consider its concept. In the center is the main place the decoration. The color gamut of decorative elements necessarily agree with each other;

Tip! If you've never used a similar technique in his work, use templates that help to create a greeting card for the New Year.

• inspiration. Do not even try to create a Christmas decoration because it someone has to. Atmosphere and your mood should contribute to the creative process;

• quality. To produce images, use material with suitable characteristics.

If you like scrapbooking technique, on the following video you will find a detailed master classes for creating beautiful and stylish postcards:

Origami

For the manufacture of Christmas cards with children can safely use the technique of origami. To work required:

• colored paper and cardboard;
• scissors;
• glue. It is better to buy a PVA;
• double sided tape;
• decor.

Works are carried out in the following sequence:

• Modules are made of the correct size and color;
• figurine formed;
• glued on cardboard;
• fasten decorative elements.

Kviling

If you know what kviling, then you can make for the New Year with their hands unique cards for their loved ones. Twisting strips and giving them the desired shape, it is possible to form an original composition. We offer a look at some photos, which you can use as an idea to create a gift for your loved ones:

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Even more ideas for inspiration can be found on the following video:

The process of creating these products only at first glance may seem very complex. If you want to understand the intricacies of the process, look at the following video. They reveal all the secrets of steps:

Postcards from the palm and finger prints

Gifts for the closest people can create a decor of palm and finger prints. It is only necessary to have available sheets of paper, paint and adhesive with decorative elements for decorating. The result can be a very beautiful and emotional card for your friend:

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Features of manufacture of beautiful cards for the New Year in different materials

To cards for the New Year turned out beautifully, use different materials for their manufacture. We offer to get acquainted with the most common options and learn the secrets of fixing different decor to the base.

Threads, ribbons and buttons

Any sure there are homes threads, ribbons and buttons, folded into a box until better times. These products can be a real decoration for Christmas cards.

Decorate a postcard buttons as follows:

Illustration	Description of the action
	White cardboard manufacture basis. Fold it in half to give the desired shape. By the bottom of the front side glue decorative cardboard.
	Draw strings on which to hang our buttons toys. To add an expression, you can use markers of two colors.
	Choose the place where they will be mounted buttons. Apply the glue, put buttons of and firmly pressed, allowing it to adhere well. Wait until the glue is completely dry.
	On the upper edge of the decorative cardboard glue braid suitable color and made from her bow. Write a beautiful inscription: "Happy New Year" and decide to whom we will present it.

Decorating using the buttons can be done in a different way:

Instead of buttons, you can use a thread. Manufactured such Christmas card in the following sequence:

Illustration	Description of the action
	Take a sheet of A4 color paper and fold it in half. Stepping back from all sides by 2.5 cm, draw the center of the front side of the oval. Carefully cut it.
	Put inside blank white sheet of paper, encircle it, and then cut with scissors curly.
	Glue white oval holes cut in front. The adhesive can be any, but for convenience is better to use glue, a pencil.
	From the cover of the notebook cut out an oval that is 1 cm larger than the cut-out holes. Glue element prepared by using the inside-stick adhesive, completely blocking the hole.
	From threads of green color create a simulation of fir-tree needles. That they have the same size and winding the yarn on a finger, cut into pieces and then put together with glue.
	Glue thread on a path to cut a hole, creating the illusion of spruce branches.
	Fasten the rest of the decor. You can put glitter on a thread. For this, first put on yarn a small amount of colorless varnish, and then sypem sequins. On a white circle write beautiful greeting inscription. Card is ready.

Instead of threads, you can use the appropriate color ribbon. In this case, instead of one branch can form a whole tree. How to do it, you can see in the following video:

crepe paper

For decorating Christmas cards ideal corrugated paper. With it you can make a three-dimensional postcard. To this base is made and cut into strips of equal width but different lengths. They should be folded like an accordion and paste into the basics, getting the Christmas tree.

colored tape

colored tape can be used for decoration postcards. With the simplest embodiment can handle even a child. It suffices to cut strips of different length and position them in a direction from larger to smaller. The result will be an improvised herringbone.

Attention! To decorate, you can use stickers, ribbons or fragments of postcards. Sign a postcard to a new year can be not only in Russian but also in English.

Sequins and glitter

New Year is associated with the sparkle and brilliance of tinsel. Use glitter and sequins, it is possible to add the desired effect greeting card. For this thought out design, and the elements are mounted in the right place with the help of glue.

Felt

For decorating Christmas cards can be used felts. However, in this case the substrate must be made of cardboard. Cutting out the elements of the future trees or a sphere, fasten them to the base with adhesive.

More detail Christmas cards manufacturing technology is described in the following video:

Free greeting "Happy New Year" from scrap materials

As a rule, for the manufacture of cards "Happy New Year" is used colored paper or cardboard. In their absence, you can use the free materials, which is in every house. If you have any packaging out of tea or coffee, do not rush to throw them out. Of them can make beautiful items for Christmas cards. That eventually can turn out, you can see from the following video:

We make a greeting card for the New Year with a child of preschool age

If you have children under school age, then you know how impatiently they wait for this festival. Encourage your child to do together on New Year's postcard, that then he could give her grandmother or a favorite teacher.

An appliqué

Considering that the child is very small, all the elements for future applications you should cut yourself. For manufacturing bulk tree can use paper cupcake tins.

Attention! glue stick should be used for bonding elements.

New Year's cards, in this case performed by children as follows:

Illustration	Description of the action
	Fold in half molds and carefully smoothed the fold space. Glue prepared elements to the cardboard backing. Arch elements to add volume herringbone. Necessarily give child lock member in position.
	Glue on top of a red star.
	Instruct the child to self-stick carved decorative elements.

Postcard with prints of palms

This variant will love each child. To make a greeting card for the New Year with a child can be as follows:

Illustration	Description of the action
	If the child already knows how to deal with scissors, leave him alone to cut large items of decoration. Be sure to monitor at the same time, so it does not hurt.
	Using a brush, apply a palm child gouache white. As a result, a dense layer is supposed to be.
	Helping to make the imprint of her hands on the ground. The result should be a clear imprint.
	Above the palm imprint glue artificial eyes, previously cut cap and wool. The result is a nice Santa Claus.

Make a New Year's greeting cards with your own hands with the children of primary school age

more complex jobs can be delivered to primary school students. Children of this age are able to cope with rather complex crafts. We offer to meet interesting options that are sure to be interested in your student if he has already started to prepare for the holiday.

An volumetric Christmas tree of colored paper

To make sure your child is able to give a greeting card "Happy New Year" familiar children should prepare a colored paper, glue and scissors. The work was performed as follows:

Illustration	Procedure
	Cardboard manufacture basis. From the green paper-cut strips of varying widths and add them like an accordion.
	We have a bellows from largest to smallest, and adhered to the inner sides of the base. Fold card to have pasted decor formed fold line.
	On the outer side of each strip to apply the adhesive. The result should be a kind of fan. Adds a postcard to elements stuck together well. At the top of glue asterisk.

Postcard from buttons

To create a card, you can use the buttons green and brown. Draw on the basis of the contours trees and entrust their child to fill in the appropriate color buttons. Through the use of elements of various shades will be able to get a beautiful three-dimensional figure.

Share in the comments, some Christmas cards you have made and what materials were used.