Before the new year, you can find a lot of all kinds of postcards in stores for every taste. The postcard will complement the gif.webpt, and in it you can write the most sincere congratulations to your loved ones and loved ones. But it is much more pleasant to receive handmade New Year cards, because a piece of warmth and love is invested in their creation. To make homemade postcards, you will need materials that can be found in every home: cardboard, colored paper, ribbons, beads, buttons. We offer to make simple and beautiful New Year's cards that will bring joy to family and friends.
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Options for New Year's cards
There are many options for creating New Year's masterpieces:
- Scrapbooking;
- Application;
- Picture;
- Minimalism technique;
- Cutting technique, and many others.
Choose your favorite version of postcards for the new 2019 year, connect your imagination, and you can make a real surprise with your own hands. You can use materials from the store for creativity, but in the house you will probably find ribbons, beads, lace, fabric and felt scraps, cotton wool, colored cardboard and paper. All of this will come in handy for your creativity. Involve children in creative work, they will be happy to help you create a beautiful New Year's card.
Various techniques can be used to make New Year's cards.
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Volume postcards
A postcard with a voluminous Christmas tree is very simple to perform, and it won't take much time to create it. You will need heavy base paper, glue, colorful paper, and decor. Roll each type of paper into small tubes of different lengths. Take the longest tube, grease one side with glue, glue the bottom of the cardboard base of the future postcard. Assemble the Christmas tree by gluing the tubes in such a way that a cone is formed at the base. As a decoration, multi-colored beads, beads, ribbons are suitable.
Volumetric Christmas trees can be made from multi-colored paper. Cut out several triangles of different colors, fold in half to make three-dimensional figures. Sew gently to the cardboard base. It remains to decorate the tops of the trees with stars, which can be cut out of colored cardboard.
Another option for a voluminous DIY Christmas card. Glue a green string on the base. Glue small multi-colored pom-poms, cinnamon sticks, lace, dried fruit pieces on it. Such a creation will delight not only in appearance, but also with a pleasant aroma of spices.
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Christmas trees
Together with the children, make your own New Year cards with Christmas trees from multi-colored decorative tape. You will need a minimum of materials: cardboard base, colored tape and colored paper.
How Christmas trees are made from colored tape:
- Cut out the trunk of the Christmas tree from plain tape, stick it on a cardboard blank.
- Cut thin strips of different sizes from the tape of different colors.
- Glue each strip to the "trunk" like a pyramid to create a cone.
- It remains to cut an asterisk out of multi-colored paper - this will be the top of the Christmas tree.
A handmade Christmas card with a Christmas tree made of buttons will look unusual.Draw a cone on a thick cardboard blank - this will be the layout of the future Christmas tree. Glue to the layout with a glue gun or sew on colorful buttons with thread. Decorate the top of the Christmas tree made of buttons with a drawn star, and write a congratulatory inscription in the free space.
The herringbone on the postcard can be made in the form of an applique. Prepare the following materials:
- Multi-colored paper of different texture;
- Double-sided tape;
- Decorative hole punch;
- Glue;
- Thin twine.
Applique creation technique:
- Fold the cardboard base in half.
- Glue a triangle of green paper to the front side - this will be the base of the Christmas tree. Below you can depict the trunk of a Christmas tree from a brown paper rectangle.
- Cut out circles of different diameters from colored paper.
- Use a decorative hole punch to make snowflakes out of white paper.
- Glue the circles on the Christmas tree, glue a piece of openwork white paper from below.
- Decorate the Christmas tree with beads, rain, snowflakes.
On a note! To create such a bright and wonderful postcard, you can come up with your own design. The main thing is that the image turns out to be festive, and the ideas of New Year's cards with your own hands can be any.
Snowmen
Holiday cards are often decorated with a picture of a New Year's snowman. Usually this is a drawing or applique of three white circles, to which a bucket on the head, a carrot nose, eyes, and mittens are drawn. But you can be creative in creating a New Year's gif.webpt and depict a snowman on a postcard in some unusual way.
Paste the snowman image onto a cardboard blank (you can cut the snowman from a magazine or a ready-made postcard). Glue a cone cut from thick green paper on top. Thus, the snowman will peek out from behind the Christmas tree. It remains to decorate the tree with glued beads, bows, stars, snowflakes or any other New Year's decor.
You can cut parts of the snowman's body not from standard white paper, but, for example, from a newspaper or magazine sheet. The New Year's snowman made using the quilling technique looks beautiful. To make it, you will need special paper modules, accessories for which can be bought in stores for creativity and hobbies.
As a decoration for a snowman, you can use multi-colored buttons, ribbons, bows, paper snowflakes, knitted scarves, hats and mittens.
Photo of postcards with snowmen
Christmas reindeer
How to make a postcard with a deer for the new year:
- Draw a picture of a deer wearing a red sweater on thick paper.
- Glue the fawn to a light-colored cardboard blank.
- Draw the deer antlers, on which attach two red bows as decoration.
- Sew a few small buttons onto the deer sweater.
- From the bottom of the workpiece, glue the two halves of the red ribbon, which will need to be tied in a decorative bow in the middle.
- The finishing touch is the inscription "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!"
Craft variation of a New Year's card looks very nice. A deer figurine can be placed in the lower corner, and the card itself can be tied with a ribbon or red rope. Use buttons, lace, bows, beads and beads as decoration.
You can cut out the silhouette of a deer from felt, make a hoof from ropes, and a nose from a black button. Cut the horns out of shiny paper, and tie a striped scarf around the neck.
Get creative with the process of creating a New Year's gif.webpt and depict a Christmas reindeer, for example, singing a New Year's song, sitting on a swing, or skating. Making gif.webpts with your own hands is not so difficult, but they will cause a lot of positive emotions for the recipient.
New Year decoration
The postcard depicts not only Christmas trees and snowmen.Options with the image of New Year's decor will look original and festive: Christmas tree decorations, garlands, festive fir wreaths, bells, deer.
How to make a Christmas card with a button wreath:
- Fold a piece of cardboard in half.
- Draw a circle on the front with a simple pencil.
- Use a glue gun to glue colored buttons of different shapes and textures.
- Decorate the top of the button wreath with a red satin bow.
On a note! Buttons can also be sewn neatly. In this case, you need to take thick cardboard as a basis so that it does not break during the sewing process.
A simple yet festive idea for postcards is a Christmas garland. It is very easy to make it. Glue a thin string to the cardboard base, to which glue the lights cut out of multi-colored paper. You can draw a twisted rope, to which you can paint lanterns with multi-colored paints. Artistic abilities are not important here, the postcard will turn out to be festive and bright anyway!
The images of Christmas tree decorations, Christmas deer, Santa Claus cap made of multi-colored felt look interesting. We cut out the details of the future picture from felt, collect them and glue them on a cardboard base. Satin ribbons, lace, beads can be used as decor.
Do-it-yourself original postcards for the New Year are obtained with a pattern of sequins. It is better to take a dark base on which yellow and white sparkles will look beautiful. If using light-colored cardboard, choose dark-colored glitter. How to make a glitter pattern:
- Using a brush dipped in glue, draw on the cardboard an image of a Christmas tree, Christmas balls, a snowman, bells - choose any drawing that you like best.
- Sprinkle glitter on top of the drawing.
- When the glue is dry, brush off any remaining glitter.
- At the bottom with a shiny marker, write a Happy New Year.
Do-it-yourself beautiful New Year cards can be created using the minimalist technique. Cut a few Christmas tree balls out of thick paper. On a craft basis, draw straight, clear lines according to the number of balls cut out. Glue balls to the drawn "ropes". Decorate the balls with beads and beads, but do not overdo it so as not to overload the composition.
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Winter variations
Structured cardboard can create a spectacular winter picture. Fold the base out of dark cardboard. From white cardboard, cut out figures of trees, a hut, snowflakes, a snowman with sharp scissors. On the bottom half of the base, glue white cardboard, which will represent a snowy field. And on top, glue the figures to get a complete composition.
Draw a green spruce branch on craft paper and glue cotton balls on top to simulate snow. Glue a string to the branch, and a multi-colored button to it from below. You will get an original New Year's ball. Separately cut a rectangle out of craft paper, write "Happy New Year" on it and glue it at the very bottom of the blank.
To create a winter picture on a New Year's card, the paper cutting technique is ideal. Prepare cutting templates, sharp scissors, and colorful paper. For example, you can carve out snow-covered houses, the moon, and stars. Glue the cutouts onto thick cardboard in a contrasting color.
Drawings
Simple options for New Year's cards look spectacular and beautiful. It is important to pay attention to the accuracy of the drawing. The New Year's drawing will look stylish on glossy white or craft paper.
Creating an unusual New Year lettering will require certain skills and abilities. An ornate inscription made in a decorative style does not need additional complex drawings. You can decorate it with small snowflakes or a snowman figurine.
Original postcards
DIY vintage Christmas and New Year cards look beautiful. To create them, unnecessary sheet music, old postcards, pictures cut from magazines, sequins, lace are suitable.
- Glue the sheet music onto thick cardboard, fold in half.
- On the front side of the blank, glue the cut-out picture with the New Year's pattern.
- Paste the drawing around the perimeter with a shiny ribbon, decorate the blank with paper snowflakes and sparkles.
A DIY Christmas card-shaker looks unusual. In a special frame against the background of the New Year's pattern, multicolored sequins and a scattering of snowflakes slowly float. On the Internet, you can find detailed instructions on how to achieve this effect.
New Year gif.webpts for children
Hand-made Happy New Year cards for children should not be overloaded with drawings and complex decor.
Children will love this postcard with a picture of a funny penguin. What you need to create it:
- Thick white and black cardboard;
- Orange colored paper;
- Several snowflakes cut out of white paper;
- Eyes.
Let's start making a New Year's penguin:
- Make a base out of black cardboard.
- An oval must be cut out of white cardboard, which will be the body of the penguin.
- Cut out a triangle from orange paper - a penguin's nose;
- Putting together the layout: glue the body on the black cardboard, on top - the nose.
- Decorate the card with snowflakes.
- The highlight of the picture, of course, is the eyes of the penguin. These can be purchased from the craft store. Stick the eyes over the body, and the gif.webpt for the kids is ready!
Crafts made in kindergarten
Before the new year, children in the kindergarten are happy to make postcards for the new year from paper or cardboard with their own hands. Options for children's touching and cute crafts:
- A green herringbone is painted on a cardboard blank with paints. Children dip their fingers into the paint, and then leave prints on the tree. Thus, on the Christmas tree, multi-colored Christmas balls in the form of fingerprints are obtained.
- The child completely lowers his palm in white paint and leaves an imprint on a plain cardboard. When the paint dries, a snowman is drawn on each finger. Let the kids show their imagination and decorate each finger in different ways. One snowman can be wearing a Santa Claus hat, while the other has headphones on his head. The third finger can be tied with a multi-colored scarf, the fourth can be decorated with a crown, and the fifth can be put on a warm knitted hat.
- Cut the raw potato in half. Let the child dip one half in paint and make a print on the cardboard blank. After the paint is completely dry, the rest of the details of the picture are drawn to make a snowman, penguin, Christmas deer, or any image that a child wants to make.
- Very young children can, together with their parents or educators, make mini-postcards for the New Year with their own hands.
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Postcards for 2019
The upcoming 2019 according to the Chinese calendar will be the year of the Yellow Earth Pig. A postcard with a picture of a funny pig will be a wonderful addition to a New Year's present.
DIY New Year's cards in 2019 year of the pig can be very different. One of the simplest options for a New Year's card is done like this:
- Use sharp scissors to cut a pig figurine.
- Glue it to the base.
- Sew a colored button to the tip of the drawn tail.
Such a do-it-yourself New Year's card can be attributed as a present from a baby to a kindergarten teacher.
You can place a whole row of piglets on cardboard, and instead of patches, glue multi-colored buttons. Stick bows on the ponytails, and “fasten” New Year's caps on the heads.
If you are planning to present money to a loved one for the new year, you should not buy a standard envelope.Better to make a postcard yourself, in which you can put money. Glue the pig cut out of pink thick paper onto the cardboard base. You only need to glue the outline of the figure so that there is free space inside. Make a slot at the top for the bills.
To please your loved ones, spend your personal time creating a handmade postcard. After all, it is so nice to receive a handmade present, even if it is a small rectangle of cardboard with glued figures or a simple drawing. Show your imagination, create and enjoy the anticipation of the New Year holidays. When creating New Year's cards with your own hands, do not forget to write inside the postcard a sincere congratulation and wishes to the most dear and beloved people.
