DIY postcards for 2019 +75 photo ideas

It is unusual and original to congratulate relatives, colleagues and friends on the upcoming New Year holiday not only with purchased, but also with homemade gifts. For example, you can make New Year's cards with your own hands, using scrap materials and inexpensive sets of paper, decor. As a basis it is recommended to use a usual cardboard. But to decorate homemade cards are perfect and lace, and multi-colored paper, and even beads.

After carefully studying our workshops, you will find many options for crafts and great ideas for creating bright and cool cards. However, most of the instructions are suitable for the joint manufacture of handicrafts with children and adolescents. Pupils of kindergartens and schools will certainly enjoy working on New Year's cards, using all sorts of materials.

The advantages of creating cards with their own hands

Making Christmas cards does not take much time, while you can create a truly unusual and very stylish product that donated will never find in the stores. In addition to the uniqueness of such crafts, it is possible to highlight the possibility of working together on original postcards with children and teenagers. Among the workshops listed below, it will not be difficult to find simple and interesting instructions that even kids will like. In the manufacture of their own Christmas cards, you can use a variety of materials, which eliminates the need to separately purchase any items to decorate crafts. A stylish and very beautiful postcard for the New Year can be made even from improvised and affordable natural materials.

Original card "snowflakes in a frame"

The simple postcard making class discussed below is ideal for collaborating on handicrafts made by parents and children. That is why we recommend using this instruction to create with preschoolers and schoolchildren lightweight and stylish Christmas crafts and gifts. The direct production of such a postcard is carried out as follows:

A rectangle is cut from the blue or blue cardboard (the base of the card). A rectangle of the same size is cut out of white cardboard.
On the white rectangle you need to make a small indent on each side of 1-2 cm. The resulting small rectangle needs to be cut. Thus, a peculiar frame will be made.
From white paper cut a lot of different sized snowflakes. Glue these snowflakes to a blue / blue cardboard. On top of the snowflakes, glue a previously made frame.

Layered postcards

The simplest option for making a multi-layer card would be to use a set for scrapbooking and double-sided tape. The work is carried out as follows:

A small circle is cut on the white cardboard. Below it is glued to a golden or bronze stand. This element will act as a snow globe.
Circles with a radius of 1 cm larger than a circle in white cardboard are cut out of colored cardboard and transparent strong film. The film circle is glued to the back of the white cardboard.
On a circle of colored cardboard, the decor is glued from a set for scrapbooking, sequin.
Along the perimeter of the film circle are glued pieces of double-sided tape.
The circle with the decor is glued to the card on the previously prepared double-sided tape.

Another simple multi-layered postcard can be made in the following master class:

On three postcard pages of the same size, different motifs are drawn on the theme of the snow-covered forest.
"Extra" details are cut out from the prepared pages.
The fourth page (of the same size) is painted with blue and blue paint, complemented by shiny sequins (stickers) in the form of stars.
And white paper is cut into two pieces with a width of 12 cm and a height equal to the height of previously prepared pages.
Every 1.5 cm, a vertical line is drawn on the prepared paper elements and a bend is made (back and forth, alternating). Thus, are made accordion-sidewall.
The prepared central sheets of the postcard are glued between the harmonicas, creating the effect of multi-layered postcards.

Silhouette appliques

To create a beautiful silhouette greeting card, it is recommended to use the Christmas decorations. Simply by printing such patterns, you can easily make a large number of patterns to create a variety of handicrafts. But you can also make a silhouette Christmas card with your own hands and from scratch:

To draw on the white sheet of paper the contour of the New Year character or object (Christmas tree decorations, Santa Claus, bullfinch, snowman).
Cut the drawn silhouette and glue it onto a sheet of blue, blue or gray cardboard. Supplement the picture with other elements (snowflakes, Christmas trees). They are cut in a similar pattern.
If desired, you can make such a postcard a thin frame of white paper. This frame can be located both around the perimeter of the sheet (or half of the sheet) of cardboard, and placed right around the silhouette image.

Memorable card from the child

It’s easy and simple to make a cool commemorative card with your child for the New Year. Below we have reviewed simple workshops with drawing prints that will help you make very beautiful and funny crafts. We recommend using white cardboard as a base (whole sheet or folded in half).

"Penguin".

The central part of the baby’s foot is painted in white, the outline is black. An imprint is made, to it the beak, eyes and fins of the penguin are drawn.

"Santa Claus".

The fingers (from the index finger to the little finger) and the tubercles under this fingers on the palm are painted with white paint. The thumb and part of the palm under the wrist are painted with red paint. An imprint is made, complemented by the face, fur and pompon on the cap.

Herringbone.

The foot is painted with green paint, an imprint is made. When the paint is dry, toys and decorations are drawn to the tree.

Stained glass postcard sheets of lasagna

You can make a cool and original Christmas card not only from cardboard, paper and various decorations, but also from food products. For example, on sheets of lasagna, you can draw a very beautiful stained glass image with the children. For work you will need the sheet itself, markers, ruler. Making crafts is carried out according to this scheme:

On a sheet of lasagna with a black felt-tip pen drawn thematic images (tree, house, snowman, bullfinch, pig).
Under the ruler, chaotic lines are drawn over the main pattern (as on stained glass). It is recommended not to make a large number of auxiliary lines so that the main pattern is well viewed.
With the help of colored markers with similar tones, the background is colored (for example, light yellow, orange, beige). The character itself is similarly painted in the appropriate colors. For the pig, you can choose pink and red felt-tip pens, for the Christmas tree - green, salad, emerald.
To dry the markers on a sheet of lasagna will take about 1 day.

Postcard with colored stripes

You can make a very beautiful Christmas tree from colored paper using the appliqué technique. It is recommended to use 3-4 sheets of designer paper (with patterns, dots) or 5-6 sheets of plain colored paper for work. For the manufacture of crafts additionally need glue PVA, white cardboard. The work is carried out as follows:

Strips with a thickness of 0.5-1.5 cm and a length of 10 to 1 cm are cut from colored paper (as the Christmas tree narrows).
At first, the longest strips are glued onto a sheet of cardboard, gradually moving up, you need to select strips with a shorter length. You can have them on top of each other, with a slight indent.
It is possible to supplement the application with the trunk of a Christmas tree, cut out of brown cardboard. At the top (as the top) you can glue the rhinestone, semi-bead, button.

A stylish card with a striped Christmas tree can also be made from strips of colorful magazines, cuts from musical notes or foreign newspapers.

Snow-covered cards with sparkles

Making a snow card for presentation as a gift is not difficult either for a teenager or a child. But to work with glitter you need to consider the need to use a transparent all-purpose adhesive with a thick texture. As a basis for crafts, you can use an old postcard or draw a thematic drawing. It is also recommended to use both silver and white glitter, as well as larger glitter-hexagons and shiny sequins in the form of snowflakes. The following workshop will help you easily make an original craft out of such materials:

Apply glue along the perimeter of the postcard and sprinkle it with white, silver sparkles.
In the lower part and lower corners of the postcard, apply glue in larger quantities (creating a snow-covered effect) and similarly sprinkle with glitter, as well as shiny hexagons.
Separately, glue the top, bottom (next to the shiny frame) sequins-asterisks.
Let the glue dry for 1 day.

Volume postcards

Unusual voluminous cards are great for congratulating relatives and friends. Your child can present this craftwork as a gift to his friend, class teacher or kindergarten teacher. There are many ways to create bulk crafts. They can be made of cardboard and paper, cotton balls, pompons and other available materials and items. In this case, volumetric details can be located not only on the front of the postcard, but also be located in the middle of the congratulatory “book”. Therefore, before starting work it is recommended to explore all the available options, their level of complexity and the required materials. Some of the workshops listed below are suitable only for adults or teenagers, but most of them even kids can repeat with their parents.

Origami cards

You can make a simple and original postcard for the New Year using the origami technique using our next master class. For work, we recommend using design paper with Christmas patterns. The work itself is carried out in stages according to the following instruction:

3 squares are cut out of paper with dimensions of 10, 15 and 20 cm.
The smallest square is formed in a triangle one by one, and then on the second diagonal (the color side remains visible).
A folded triangle with visible folds is turned down by one side. Between the upper and lower parts of the diagonals on the left, the paper is folded down. Similar work is done for the right side. The square returns to its original position (leveled).
The square is folded so that the folds of the diagonals protrude left and right, and the horizontal folds between them are “recessed”. Get an isosceles triangle.
Holding the right diagonal (one!), You need to turn it to the center line of an equilateral triangle and iron it. Repeat work for the left diagonal.
In a similar way to carry out the folding of the remaining squares. Glue them to a sheet of cardboard, from the smaller to the larger, forming a Christmas tree and gently inserting the lower modules into the upper ones.

Volume application of Santa Claus

You can decorate the Christmas card with any thematic characters. To create original crafts with children, we recommend choosing Santa Claus. All kids love this character. For the manufacture of cards need a sheet of cardboard, colored paper, wool, PVA glue, scissors, pencil. The work is carried out as follows:

Details for sticking appliqués (costume, face, shoes) are cut from red, white, pink paper. The application is glued to the cardboard.
Balls are made of wool for pasting "fluffy" elements: beards, furs on a hat and a suit.
With the help of PVA glue, cotton balls are glued onto the prepared substrate.

Additionally, you can glue not paper, and glue toy eyes. They will give the figure greater realism.

Volumetric Christmas trees

Making a cool postcard with a voluminous Christmas tree step by step is easier than ever. You will need cardboard (2 sheets), a pencil, PVA glue, scissors, 2-3 types of green paper. It is easy and simple to make such an article by the following master class:

Draw a symmetrical Christmas tree on a single sheet of cardboard.
Cut a Christmas tree out of cardboard and transfer it to green paper of different colors (use the blank as a stencil). It is advisable to make 4-5 such Christmas trees.
Cut paper Christmas trees. Each of them should be folded vertically in half (the colored part of the paper should be inside).
Glue together the Christmas trees folded in half, alternating different types of paper. That is, glue half of one folded Christmas tree with another and repeat the same work for the remaining blanks. As a result, only the halves of the side fir-trees should remain free.
After the blank has dried, coat the side halves of the Christmas trees with glue and glue the finished figure to the postcard. If desired, you can decorate it with rhinestones.

3D figures

Not only voluminous Christmas trees can be made from ordinary paper, but also other themed Christmas figures. For example, using blue, yellow and black cardboard, white paper, you can do this postcard with a voluminous snowman:

From white paper cut a large circle. Fold it 5-6 times.
The edges of the folded circle are cut to shape (by analogy with cutting out the curly edges for paper snowflakes). Spread out the billet and smoothly smooth the obtained ribs of the accordion to form a beautiful volume circle.
Glue the circle to the blue cardboard. From a black cardboard cut a small top hat and eyes, glue a snowman.
From yellow cardboard to make a strip on the cylinder and carrot-nose. Glue them to the figure.

By analogy with the master class for the production of bulk Christmas trees, you can make bulk balls:

From multicolored paper cut 9 identical circles, fold each of them in half.
Glue together the halves of the folded balls (from 9 blanks to make 3 separate balls).
After drying, the bulk blanks stick them to the cardboard, make a greeting inscription on the card. Optionally, you can make not 3 identical, but three different balls or one large volumetric ball.

3D effect inside postcard

Using colored dense and plain white paper, you can in two accounts make a cool three-dimensional card for the New Year. With the following simple workshops, you will learn how to collect such crafts with Christmas tree and gifts.

On the white sheet, mark the vertical middle. On the back of her need to carefully draw a scissors.
Regarding the marked line on the front of the sheet, draw a Christmas tree (or a pile of gifts) with the same left and right sides.
Make cuts in the figure on prominent horizontal lines. For the Christmas tree it will be a transition between the tiers (+ the bottom of the Christmas tree itself), for gifts - the lines between 1 and 2, 2 and 3 gifts (+ the bottom of the last gift).
Bend the Christmas tree (gifts) to yourself, along a vertical line previously marked with scissors. The sheet of paper itself will fold inwardly projecting pattern.
Thick colored paper folded in half vertically.
Glue the white paper to the color, observing the coincidence of their central vertical lines. Thus, when opening a postcard, a Christmas tree or presents will come out and become voluminous.

Felt Cards

An unusual and very "cozy" postcard in honor of the New Year's holiday can be made using felt. For work it is recommended to purchase a rigid fabric with a thickness of about 2 mm. Glue the details of the felt should be a transparent all-purpose adhesive (thick). Regular PVA will be quickly absorbed into the fabric and the parts simply will not stick. It also requires a washable or disappearing fabric marker. The work itself is carried out as follows:

On the felt of different colors to draw the details of the house: the roof, walls, door, window. Additionally on a white felt draw small drifts (will be located to the left and right of the house).
Glue to the cardboard base, first the walls, then the roof and the other elements of the figure.
To the left and right to glue the snow drifts. In addition, the felt application can be decorated with small felt cuttings in the form of fir trees.

Figured cards

Using ordinary cardboard and paper you can easily make funny shaped cards. For the manufacture of any type of crafts (in the form of a Christmas ball, Santa Claus or Santa, a snowman) you need to carry out the following preparation of the base (cardboard or heavy paper):

Fold the sheet in half.
Using a pencil, draw a half of the selected character or a New Year element. This should be done in such a way that the middle of the picture is located exactly on the vertical fold.
Cut the cardboard or paper along the contour of the created picture.
Lay out the figure card and draw the “missing” half from the back of it.

Для создания другого типа фигурных открыток (не с половинками, а лицевой и передней частью) нужно также сложить основание пополам, но сгиб расположить сверху. Рисовать объект, персонажа следует максимально близко к сгибу и вырезать таким образом, чтобы передняя и задняя часть поделки оставались соединенными. Next, you need to draw the back of the postcard, and in the upper part of the front, glue some decor that partially covers the fold: for a snowman - a small cylinder, Santa Claus - a pompon hat, a Christmas ball - a shiny "hat" for hanging on the Christmas tree.

Postcards using improvised means

Even with such simple and affordable materials as ribbons, lace and beads you can make very beautiful and cool New Year cards. To select the best idea, you can use the following hint:

lace: stick it on the cardboard in the shape of a Christmas tree, sew a Christmas tree out of lace and then stick it to the card, use it to frame the perimeter of the card or to create an openwork frame;
beads: stick on a thick transparent glue in the form of a New Year character or thematic element;
tapes: stick in the form of a Christmas tree, use as "threads" to complement the balls depicted on the card;
buttons: by analogy with beads, can be used for pasting a contour image (fir-tree, snowman, Christmas-tree ball);
small bumps: will be a beautiful addition to the postcard, they can be glued in the central part of the crafts, and in one of the corners;
dried orange circles with zest: suitable for creating a frame or used as a decor.

Postcard decoration using quilling technique

Working with quilling for making postcards requires perseverance and attention. That is why this material is suitable for children of school age. A child attending kindergarten will still be quite difficult to make many separate elements from quilling. For work it is better to make simple shapes: twisted circles, spirals and droplets. You can easily make Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, Snowman, Original Christmas balls from circles. From the elements of the droplets easily collected such figures:

herringbone;
New Year's flowers;
Christmas toys in the form of cones;
ordinary bumps;
snowflakes;
Christmas wreaths.

You can also make outlines of quilling strips of contours or thin patterns in the contour drawing. With their help, you can complement the silhouette of a Christmas tree or a Christmas ball with very beautiful patterns.

Ideas for the design of cards with paints and pencils

To quickly and easily make a children's card for a class teacher, educator or grandparents, you can use the most affordable materials - pencils and paints. The easiest solution is to draw the main objects with your fingers. For example, you can make a cool snowman to the white specks placed with your fingers under each other. To do this, you just need to finish his face, buttons, pens. By this principle, you can draw funny elves, bullfinches, penguins, herringbone. The main rule is to supplement footprints with a contour or other important elements. But with the help of ordinary pencils, using the following master class, you can also make stylish and unusual cards:

On the paper sheet to draw the contour of the New Year character or thematic element.
Cut the drawn picture.
Attach the stencil remaining after cutting to a piece of cardboard and paint over with a pencil of the appropriate color.
To add a picture with missing details (for example, Santa Claus's sleigh can draw stripes, Snow Maiden's face - hair-do and nose, mouth, eyes), using a black pencil or felt-tip pen.

Use of thread when making

With the help of cardboard and colored threads, you can make a stylish and interesting postcard for the New Year holiday in just 1 hour. However, such work is more suitable for adolescents and adults than to kids. The following brief workshops will help you to make original handicrafts step by step:

"Embroidered Christmas tree".

The silhouette of a fir-tree (the simplest one) is drawn on the cardboard. Holes are made around the perimeter. Herringbone stitched with green thread. The finished card is pasted on an additional sheet of cardboard (to hide the back of the embroidery).

"Bulk fir-tree from threads".

Pyramid is cut out of cardboard. At the bottom of the pasted edge of the green knitting thread. The whole pyramid is wrapped with this thread (periodically the thread is fixed with glue so that the figure does not unwind). The finished decor is decorated with rhinestones, glued to the greeting card.

"The most fluffy herringbone of threads."

Green knitting threads are cut into small pieces. A contour of a fir-tree is drawn on a sheet of cardboard. All space inside the contour is coated with glue. Immediately (until it is dry), the scraps made are poured over the glue. For better fixation, they can be slightly pressed down.

Conclusion

Handing a DIY handmade greeting card is a pleasant experience. In addition, using simple materials, you can easily make both stylish and cool crafts. It is allowed to make original postcards not only from paper and cardboard. This may be the usual applications or modern vytynanki, voluminous crafts, not inferior to the purchase of postcards. You can add different cardboard materials to your cardboard: threads, lace, beads, pieces of fabric. From such "ingredients" are obtained the most unusual and at the same time the most festive crafts. You can make simple postcards for the New Year for both adults and teenagers or children. Simple instructions will even help kids from elementary school or kindergarten to create with their own hands colorful items that they can give to their grandparents or give to their favorite teachers and educators.