Do-it-yourself friend's birthday cards

A handmade postcard will be a great addition to a gift for any occasion. There are a huge number of ideas for the creation and design of such products. Today we'll talk about how you can make your own birthday card for a friend.

Let's look at several options for making such products in stages.

First, let's take a look at how to make a simple postcard with decorative elements inside. For this we need the following materials and devices:

• scissors;
• glue;
• cardboard (blue and white);
• colored paper (any three colors and also red, yellow);
• white thick paper.

Step-by-step instruction.

• First, they create the basis for a future children's postcard, you should take blue and white cardboard. In this case, the second piece should be about 1.5-2 centimeters smaller on each side so that the contour is of a different color. Both parts are glued together.
• After that, they begin to make a figurine in the form of a cake, it will be placed inside the postcard. For its manufacture, a sheet of thick white paper is taken, it is carefully folded in half, and then drawn, while it is necessary to apply four lines from the fold zone. Three of them will have to gradually decrease in length.
• Further along the lines, cuts are made with scissors. Each of them is folded so that it is possible to outline the location of the side fold. The result should be a small cake in three layers.
• Then all the strips are carefully folded inward. According to the size of each strip, it will be necessary to cut out three of the same elements from colored paper, they are glued to the layers. Also, parts are cut out separately to create candles.

A good option for a girl of 8-9 years old would be a homemade card with small volumetric hearts.

• For this, a cardboard base is taken. You also need to prepare two sheets of colored paper: red and pink. Each of them is folded in half.
• On a paper basis, draw a drawing in the form of small hearts with a simple pencil. They are cut out. The result should be two elements of each color. First, we take the red blanks, glue them together in the middle with glue. Do the same with pink details.
• After that, the resulting hearts are attached to a cardboard base. Using a black felt-tip pen or paint, you can easily finish painting individual elements. You can also cut a small cloud out of plain white paper and stick it over the hearts.

In this case, a postcard with inscriptions will be an excellent gift option for the best friend.

• Prepare in advance a white cardboard base for a future postcard. You should also immediately prepare several sheets of colored paper, you can take the remnants of unnecessary gift wrapping.
• Several small strips are cut out of colored material, they must all be of the same size. At the same time, a small rhombus is cut out at one end of each of them. All the resulting multi-colored parts are glued to cardboard.
• After that, take white paper or cardboard. Small circles are cut out of it - there should be as many of them as there are strips. On each of them they write a letter, making up a word. You can choose any word you want, but remember that the number of individual parts of the postcard will depend on the number of letters.
• Next, white circles are glued to multi-colored strips. You can also take a string or other thin rope, tie small bows at both ends and attach all this at the top of the finished postcard to colored strips.

A sweet gift card can also be a good option.

• In this case, thick white cardboard is taken. It folds in half. On one half, they make a sketch with a simple pencil: you can write a congratulation for a friend in the upper part, if desired, they draw various pictures in the form of cartoon characters there. It is better to paint the background in any color using colored pencils, you can use several colors at once.
• Next, they begin to design the second half of the future postcard. Sweets will be attached there - you should pick up different chocolates, marmalade, candies and other similar gifts in advance. They are neatly fixed on a cardboard base with double-sided tape.
• You can also write a short birthday wish next to each sweets. At the end, all this can be additionally decorated with stickers, rhinestones, beads, small photographs.

Homemade postcards can also please adults, cheer them up.

Such a product with voluminous flowers will look interesting. In this case, you will need the following elements:

• scrap paper;
• pink cardboard;
• double-sided paper (red);
• halves of beads;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• glue gun;
• scotch tape (double-sided);
• template with an inscription-congratulations;
• curly scissors.

Step-by-step instruction.

• First, prepare the basis for the product. To do this, it is better to take cardboard, it is bent into two equal parts and denotes a square with a side of 15 cm, after which all excess parts are cut off with scissors.
• Next, measure out special scrap paper so that from all edges it is about 0.5 centimeters smaller than the base. Its edges are neatly trimmed with special curly scissors.
• Later, the formed blank is fixed on the cardboard material.
• Then you need to take green paper, from which a blank for the future flower is formed. In terms of its dimensions, it should be slightly larger than the inscription.
• To form a flower, several separate identical blanks should be cut out of red material in the form of a base with small petals. They need to be well moistened with water: the material should be soaked in it, but not soaked. After that, the wet blanks are placed on a towel.
• Next, they begin to create individual petals. To do this, take a small spoon and begin to shape the bends of each such element by lightly pressing.
• The processed workpieces must be left to dry completely, after which they begin to form the bud. They take one blank and fix a small rolled paper ball in its central part, it can be fixed with glue. Later, one petal is wrapped around this element.
• All other parts are also glued to the base. The finished part can be fixed on a decorative ribbon with a bow and in this form can already be fixed on the basis of a postcard.
• At the end, a stencil with a congratulatory inscription is taken, it can be applied to a separate paper piece and glued to a postcard.

A good option would be a gift card with balloons and an inscription.

• First you need to take one sheet of thick paper, fold it in half. A frame is cut out of a material of a different color according to the dimensions of the first sheet, the resulting element is glued along the edges of the base.
• Many strips of different thickness are cut from colored paper, but with the same length. The resulting parts will become blanks for future balls. One strip should be mentally divided into three equal parts, and then bend twice along the marks.
• A circle is drawn on the obtained part with the help of a compass, it is cut out with scissors strictly along the contour. As a result, you should get three even circles. Mugs are also prepared from other colors. Later, small triangles are cut from the paper residues, they are fixed on the lower part of each workpiece.
• A small paper strip is folded in half, and then unbend and fold each part with an accordion. It is better to do a lot of such details at once. They are attached to the circles with an accordion up. A small piece of twine or other thick thread is fixed on each ball with a glue gun.
• At the same time, simple white paper is taken, its edges are bent by about 2 centimeters, then all this is cut off so that 2 strips are bent along the direction. Each of them is folded in half across three times. Triangles of the same size are cut out of the blanks so that the base of the parts remains on the bend.
• One letter of congratulation is written on each triangle. Inside, the flags are well greased with glue, later they are carefully put on two ends of a thick rope and glued together. The ends of the string are tied together.
• All accordions on the back are also thoroughly lubricated with glue. They should be distributed inside the postcard. At the same time, it is better to leave a few of them for the cover design. All ends of the rope are tied tightly to each other, all excess can be cut off.
• At the end, using a glue gun, all flags with letters are attached to the inside of the product. A suitable inscription is written at the bottom of the finished product. The balls that will be placed on the cover of the card can be tied with a ribbon.

When making postcards with your own hands, it is worth remembering some important tips.

• In the process of work, you should use curly scissors, they will help create original and beautiful patterns on the postcard.
• Also, do not forget that only thick cardboard should be taken for the base.Otherwise, the postcard will quickly be remembered, it will lose its original appearance.
• To decorate the product beautifully, it is recommended to use various decorative details: multi-colored beads, satin ribbons, bows - they will make the postcard more elegant and festive. Also a good option would be special corrugated paper, scrap paper.
• When creating postcards, you can use a variety of techniques, including scrapbooking, origami. This will make their appearance more interesting.
• When creating inscriptions on products, it is better to use special pens or stencils.

For how to make a birthday card with your own hands, see the next video.