DIY postcard for teacher - step by step with photo and video

For any occasion, the teacher will be pleased to receive a gif.webpt from his students, which they made with their own hands. A good option would be a postcard as a show of respect, care and attention to your mentor. It can be presented for any holiday: teacher's day, new year, birthday, March 8, September 1, etc. You can find master classes on the Internet, and all that remains is to choose the appropriate option. Let's take a step-by-step look at several options for such cards for different occasions. See also photo ideas and videos at the end of the article.

Teacher's birthday card with flowers

The best birthday present will be flowers and a card that the students will make to the teacher with their own hands. Such a present will surely touch the teacher, and will remain a long memory of the beloved class.

What is needed to make a version with voluminous flowers?

  • Cardboard that will act as a base. You can buy designer cardboard, but regular cardboard will work.
  • Colored paper
  • Heart-shaped buttons, ribbon, beads
  • Scissors, glue
  • The pencils

Let's get to work.

  1. The sheet of cardboard should be bent in half to form the base.
  2. Cut one type of paper slightly smaller than the base so that the top is rounded.
  3. Cut paper of a different texture and color so that it follows the contour of the bottom of the first paper blank and reaches its middle.
  4. First glue the first blank to the cardboard, and then the second blank onto it from below. To decorate the joint of two blanks, glue a beautiful tape in its place.
  5. Now we start making voluminous flowers. To do this, it is necessary to cut long, but not quite wide, rectangular strips from colored paper. Assemble the rectangles into an accordion.
    On a note! The width of one fold should be no more than 1 cm.
  6. The edges of the resulting colored accordion must be connected and glued to form a circle.
  7. Make another flower in the same way, only smaller and of a different color.
  8. Cut a circle out of colored cardboard and wavy the edges with nail scissors. Cut another circle out of cardboard of a different color in the same way, but smaller than the first. Paste the second circle onto the first.
  9. Next, you need to carefully glue the flowers to the base.
  10. Glue decorative buttons or beads in the middle of the flowers.
  11. Finally, cut out a rectangle from colored cardboard and write congratulations to the teacher on his birthday on it with colored pencils.

Photo of postcards with flowers

Postcards for the new year

Christmas tree made of corrugated paper

To make it, you will need the following materials:

  • Bright color cardboard
  • Corrugated green paper
  • Rhinestones, beads, thin beads
  • Scissors
  • Glue

How to make a New Year's card for a teacher with your own hands?

  1. The cardboard must be folded in half, followed by a ruler along the fold to make the base.
  2. It is necessary to cut rectangular strips of different lengths from green corrugated paper.
  3. Gather the longer strip so that you get ruffles, and glue on the bottom, then also glue the next strip, which should be slightly shorter in length than the first. We glue the following strips according to the pyramid principle. You should have a three-dimensional image of a Christmas tree.
  4. Glue the star cut from shiny paper on top. Decorate the tree with beads, hang a garland of necklaces or beads, you can come up with any other decorations.

Option for a postcard with a Christmas wreath

The following is required:

  • Designer cardboard
  • Green buttons of different diameters
  • Red ribbon
  • Glue

How to make a postcard:

  1. Fold the colored cardboard in half.
  2. Draw a circle with a compass on cardboard. For this, you can use any round object that needs to be outlined with a pencil or pen.
  3. Glue buttons of different shapes and sizes in a circle, alternating them so that you get a kind of Christmas wreath.
  4. Tie the ribbon into a beautiful bow and glue on top.

The product is made very quickly, but it looks very stylish. Do not forget to write congratulations and wishes to the teacher.

Postcards for March 8

The teachers are always presented with flowers on this day, but the postcard will also be a pleasant surprise, especially if the students made it themselves.

Origami style

From materials you will need colored cardboard, colored paper, scissors and glue.

  1. We fold the cardboard to make the base.
  2. There are step-by-step instructions on the Internet on how to make origami-style flowers from colored paper.
  3. Next, cut out the stems and leaves from green paper, glue them to the card.
  4. On top, multi-colored flower heads are glued.
  5. Now it remains to write congratulations from the whole class.

On a note! You can write a short poem, but if there are no poets among the students, again on the Internet find a beautiful poem for your favorite teacher.

Card with knitted flowers

An option for those who know the crochet technique. Usually, girls at school are very fond of needlework, but you can ask the mothers of the students to knit flowers from multi-colored threads. Use designer cardboard as a base, on which you carefully glue a beautiful ribbon and flower blanks. Glue a bead or small button inside each flower. You can decorate the finished version with a ladybug figurine, a bow, a heart and other decorative elements without overloading it.

Musical card

An original version of a gif.webpt for a teacher, which will surely surprise her very much. In order to record a video congratulation, you can use a mobile phone camera. Sing a song to the teacher with the whole class, then have each student say a few congratulatory words. The teacher can receive musical congratulations in the form of a message on social networks.

Teachers Day Cards

Scrapbooking

You can use materials bought in a specialized store, or you can use the tools at hand.

  • A rectangle of vintage paper is glued to the outside of the cardboard, which is folded in half. Curl the ends of the paper slightly to create an antique effect.
  • Several pieces of paper of a different texture are glued on top to make a collage.
  • We decorate the front side with artificial flowers, beads, lace and ribbons.
  • Congratulations on Teacher's Day, try to write calligraphic letters, so the gif.webpt will be designed in a certain style.

Photo of postcards using scrapbooking technique

Postcard using sweets

A very simple option that every student can do. Glue the stems with leaves cut from green colored paper to the colored cardboard folded in half, and instead of flower heads there will be curly candies of different diameters. Glue a round candy on top, which will personify the sun.

Pencil postcard

From thick cardboard, cut out a blank in the form of a large pencil so that it can be expanded. Decorate the front with a colored paper appliqué to make the pencil look more believable. Glue a bow or tape on top, which should also be glued on the inside. A beautiful congratulation lettering will be the finishing touch.

Photos of students

An original gif.webpt will be handmade cards for the teacher using photographs of students. Since the shared photo is unlikely to fit in a standard format, multiple copies can be made so that each has a photo of a group of children from the class.Cut out the students who are photographed with their hands up. Glue the outline to colored cardboard folded in half. A rectangle will be glued on top, which, as it were, is supported by the children’s hands. In it, write a congratulation to the teacher, and inside each student, depicted on the front side, will leave their wishes.

Designing postcards for various holidays

Depending on which holiday the handmade product is given, the following decor elements must be used:

  • On Christmas and New Year's versions, trees, toys, a snowman, Santa Claus with a Snow Maiden, deer, sleighs, a Christmas wreath, gif.webpt boxes can be depicted.
  • On March 8, use stylized flowers, mimosa twigs, lilies of the valley, snowdrops.
  • Teacher's Day and Knowledge Day: autumn leaves, bell, briefcase, stationery.
  • Birthday: cake, candles, gif.webpts, flowers, candies.

The postcard presented for the holiday will not leave indifferent even the most strict teacher. After all, imagination, warmth and attention of each of the class students were invested in its manufacture.

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