Even though we live in a technological time I still love receiving the old ‘snail mail’ from the postman. Christmas cards are no different and each year we send out a card, containing a printed A4 sheet of photos and news from the past 12 months.
Today’s activity can be done in two ways – you can write on already purchased cards, or you can make your own following our simple instructions below.
PURCHASED CARDS OPTION
You’ll need:
- Cards and envelopes
- Pen
- Stamps
- Extra typed sheet with a Christmas letter outlining your year (optional)
What to do:
Write in and address your cards. Include extra Christmas letter if applicable. Seal envelopes, add stamps and get your children to help post the cards.
HANDMADE CARDS OPTION
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You’ll need:
- A4 card (you will get two cards per sheet)
- Envelopes
- Assortment of Christmas wrapping papers (or plain paper in Christmas colours)
- Gold card
- Adhesive foam craft circles or squares
What to do:
1. Cut A4 sheets in half so that you are left with 2 A5 halves. Fold these in half, they will be the card base.
2. Cut a rectangle of plain white paper (to make a template) or baking paper that is 14x9cm. On the right hand side of the rectangle mark a dot 3cm in from the top and 4.5cm in from the right. Draw lines from this dot out to the sides at random intervals to create at least 5 triangle shapes.
3. Cut these shapes out and use these templates to cut out enough triangles in different Christmas papers to cover all of your cards. Glue in place.
4. Draw a star shape that would fit inside a 5cm square, on your plain or baking paper and use as a template to cut stars out of the gold paper. You will need one star per card. Affix star to card with an adhesive foam circle or square, so that the middle of the star sits on the dot.
5. Using Word create a textbox 5cmx1.5cm in size and type in your Christmas greeting to fit. Copy and paste until you have enough and print. Cut out and glue onto card. Now that your card is finished you can follow the steps in the purchased card option in order to complete this activity.
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Option: if you don’t want to cut out so many triangles from different papers you could just use one rectangle of Christmas paper and use some embroidery thread or glitter glue to create lines from the dot out to the border to create a similar effect!
Originally posted 2013-12-04 03:24:40.
I love this Emily, such a clever way to make cards, so simple yet unique! Thank you for posting 🙂