How to make a postcard with your own hands?

An original handmade postcard is a wonderful gift for a loved one or friend. It can be made by both an adult and a small child.

To create beautiful postcards with your own hands, you can use any materials at hand.

• Felt... Soft felt fabric is most often used to create voluminous flowers. This material does not contain toxic substances. It is soft and pleasant to the touch. Working with such raw materials is pleasant even for young children.

• Cotton pads... Ordinary cotton pads can be used to create budget postcards. They can be painted with watercolors or gouache. Cotton pads make beautiful flowers and snowmen. This material lasts on cardboard for a long time.

• Buttons... Young children enjoy working with this material. Bright buttons of different colors and sizes are easily glued to the cardboard base. Crafts made from them are unusual and embossed.

• Plasticine... Volumetric appliques made of this material will be a great addition to any gift. You can make flowers or cute animals from plasticine, as well as some more complex shapes. You can use in work both ordinary plasticine and glowing in the dark or supplemented with balls.

• Natural materials... Suitable for making crafts and blanks collected on the street or in the forest. If you have a herbarium with flowers or leaves in your home, you can also use them to create your own postcards. The main thing is that all materials are properly dried. In this case, the postcard can be stored for a long time. Dried herbs, spikelets or twigs will also come in handy. Crafts with such blanks are voluminous and interesting.

Most often, homemade postcards are made for birthday. They can be given to mom, grandmother, aunt, girlfriend, sister, dad, grandfather, son.

A beautiful birthday craft can be done very quickly. The main thing is that all the necessary materials are at hand.

• Felt... Felt, corrugated paper and colored ribbons are used to create a delicate greeting card with tulips. It is done very simply. The first step is to cut the petals out of pink felt. Next, you need to form beautiful buds from them. Tulip stems are made from corrugated paper. They must be gathered together and tied with colored ribbon. After that, they, like the buds, need to be glued to the base of the postcard.

• Coffee beans. A creative postcard decorated with aromatic beans will be an excellent gift for a coffee lover. To create such a craft, you need to prepare a dense cardboard base. On the front of the card, draw a heart or any other shape using glue. Coffee beans are attached to this base.

• Scrapbooking paper. To create this postcard from colorful scrapbooking paper, you need to cut out several squares of different sizes. Each of them must be carefully tied with a thin red thread or ribbon. The resulting blanks must be glued to the cardboard base. A neat themed inscription will complement this minimalistic postcard.

You can make a beautiful card for dad out of cardboard and scrapbooking paper. Even a preschooler can cope with this task. To do this, two parts must be cut out of blue cardboard. One will be used as the basis of the "shirt", the second - as a pocket. These parts need to be glued to the cardboard base. After that, these elements must be decorated with neat even patterns applied with a marker. A row of buttons must be glued to the base of the postcard. A bow made of scrapbooking paper is attached to the top of the craft. The postcard turns out to be original and stylish.

From the remnants of unnecessary paper, you can also make a gift for a loved one. To do this, you need to cut out a large number of identical circles from them. A transparent envelope is glued to the base of the postcard. It needs to be filled with paper figures. Their remnants must be glued over the envelope.

Unusual handmade invitations will also pleasantly surprise the recipients. You can make such cards together with your soul mate.

• Envelopes with lace... To create such invitations, colored cardboard, lace and satin ribbons are used. They are very simple to do. To begin with, you need to form the base of the craft from cardboard by bending its edges. The fold-out card shouldn't be too big. Next, lace should be glued to its edges.When the card is ready, all that remains is to tie it with a matching satin ribbon.

• Scrolls... Invitations made in the form of scrolls also look interesting. They are made of aged paper. You can buy it in the store or make it yourself by painting the sheets with strong tea or coffee. The edges of the invitation can be gently burned using a regular lighter. The resulting craft must be carefully rolled up and tied with a ribbon of a suitable size and color.

Bright Christmas cards can also be easily made with your own hands. You can use any materials for this.

• Ribbons... Green satin ribbons and red buttons are used to make this colorful craft. To do this, you need to form the base of the Christmas tree from the ribbon. Each turn must be carefully secured with high-quality glue or double-sided tape. When the base is ready, glue the figure in the center. Small multi-colored buttons should be glued to this part of the postcard. The finished craft must be dried well.

• Buttons... A child 2–3 years old, who is just learning to create simple cute crafts, will like making a New Year's card from buttons. First, you need to draw an image of a Christmas tree on a sheet of cardboard. After that, the base must be coated with glue. Buttons of different colors and sizes are attached to it. The finished craft can be decorated with a thematic inscription.

• Paper... The kid can easily cope with the creation of a card from double-sided colored paper. The first step is to make the base of the tree. For this, a sheet of paper must be folded like an accordion. The resulting figure must be glued to the cardboard base. To decorate the craft, you can use rhinestones, paper figures or buttons.

You can please relatives or close friends with beautiful postcards for other holidays.

A child can make a homemade postcard using the quilling technique for a mother as early as 3-4 years old. The process of decorating such a craft consists of five stages.

1. The first step is to make flowers from red strips of paper. Each such detail must be screwed onto a toothpick, creating a tight roll.
2. The edges of each piece must be carefully secured with glue.
3. Next, a small circle must be squeezed on one side. The shape will resemble a small droplet in shape.
4. The green paper needs to be cut into strips. The stems are attached to the base of the postcard. Neat pieces of paper should be made from the same material.
5. After that, the leaves and buds need to be glued to the cardboard.

A postcard made of cotton pads also looks beautiful. It is done very simply and quickly.

1. First you need to prepare the petals. To do this, the lower edges of each cotton pad must be fastened together with glue.
2. The stems and leaves are made from dark green paper. They are glued to the cardboard in the correct order.
3. After that, you can start forming flowers.
4. White petals are arranged in a circle.
5. The center of flowers can be made from corrugated paper or napkin.

To create a simple three-dimensional postcard for Victory Day, your child will need colored paper, double-sided tape, glue and a set of markers. A master class on creating such a craft consists of eleven stages.

1. To begin with, a sheet of double-sided colored paper must be cut into 7 squares of the same size.
2. Next, each workpiece must be folded into a triangle three times.
3. After that, the edges of the future petals must be carefully rounded.
4. The blanks must be expanded. You need to cut one petal from each small flower.
5. Neighboring petals must be glued together. Thanks to this, the flowers will become more voluminous.
6. The missing details need to be completed with dark felt-tip pens.
7. The edges of individual blanks must be joined together using double-sided tape.
8. Further, the remaining blanks must be glued to the edges of the central petal.
9. Cut out leaves with pointed ends from green double-sided paper.
10. Fold the base of the card in half.
11. Glue the resulting bouquet along with the leaves to the middle.

Grandparents especially appreciate the handicrafts made by the hands of their grandchildren. A simple postcard for retirees can be made out of plain paper. Here is a step-by-step instruction on how to create such a craft.

1. To begin with, you need to cut 4 circles of the same size from white paper, as well as three more small parts.
2. Fold the four circles in half.
3. The torso and head must be cut out of colored paper. These parts are attached to the cardboard base.
4. After that, the figure with the image of the grandmother is pasted over with the details folded in half. Complements the hairstyle with a small white circle attached to the top.
5. The other two circles are attached to the face. The eyes of the figurine can be colored with felt-tip pens or cut out of black and blue paper.
6. Decorate the craft with a red mouth and a neat collar.

You can also give themed postcards to your loved ones on other days.

• Valentine's Day. To create such a cute Valentine's Day card, thick red cardboard and light pink paper are used. First you need to make a blank postcard: a sheet of cardboard must be folded in half. After that, a beautiful heart must be cut out of it. Next, cut the thin pink paper into thin strips. It needs to be carefully cut around the edges. After that, the part must be screwed onto a knitting needle or pencil. The edges of the paper need to be secured neatly. The finished flower must be slightly fluffed.

• Halloween... An original postcard from scrap materials can be made for Halloween. To create such a craft, you need to buy eye kits in advance. They are sold in art stores. You need to glue a small square of black paper to the cardboard base. On it, with a white pen or pencil, you need to write a suitable congratulation. After that, you can start forming the frame. To do this, the moving eyes need to be attached to the edges of the postcard with glue.

• Easter... A light Easter card is made of thick cardboard and plasticine. To begin with, you need to cut out the base of the craft from paper. Several bright colors need to be fashioned from colored plasticine. They are all neatly attached to the Easter egg.

You can please your friends or family with cute postcards for no reason. So, a bright spring craft with an umbrella will cheer a person up on cold March days. A stylish card featuring a castle or a cute unicorn will make your daughter or girlfriend feel like a real princess.

When looking for sources of inspiration for creating postcards, you can look at ready-made homemade postcards.

• New Year... Stylish postcard made using scrapbooking technique will be a great addition to a gift. It is made in restrained pastel shades that go well with each other.

• Autumn... Crafts made from leaves and dried flowers are a great gift for an autumn anniversary or September 1. It is very easy to collect materials for its creation. To make the postcard look more voluminous, it should be attached to a base, sealed with cloth or scrapbooking paper. The craft will be decorated with a spectacular bow or bird made using the origami technique.

• Romantic... Such a minimalistic postcard can be presented to your loved one for the anniversary of their acquaintance. The base of the postcard is painted with watercolors. Hearts made of thin paper strips make it more voluminous and beautiful. A postcard like this can be easily done overnight.

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