Instead of an epigraph, I want to recall the anecdote of perestroika times. The new Russian purchases a picture of Van Gogh at an auction for big money, and then calls a friend: “Ale, listen, Serega’s birthday is coming soon, you figure it out about the present. If I’ve bought a postcard ...”
Thanks God, those troubled and dashing times have passed, and having overcome the growth diseases, we have become more civilized, we are more calm and optimistic about the world, and now we are not so different from Europeans. Our values have also changed. Now, if we want to please someone with a pleasant gift, the decisive factor will be not price and “show off”, but originality and the ability to give a particle of our heat. It is no coincidence that recently it has become very popular (one might even say - fashionable) to give gifts made by yourself. And if for the manufacture of some nice little thing you need to have hands growing from the right place, then a do-it-yourself birthday card is available to anyone, even a beginner handmaker.
A card made with the soul, signed with its sincere words, and not cliched clichés, close people are able to appreciate more than any gift, and can keep it for years.
A do-it-yourself birthday card will please not only the birthday man, but also the donor himself, because he will be lucky to experience the joy of creativity, good feelings from sharing his work and warmth.
So, what you may need to make a birthday card with your own hands. The most diverse materials will be used - multicolored paper and cardboard, threads, buttons, braid, beads, sparkles, shreds of fabric, as well as glue, scissors and a little imagination. Paper is the most affordable and versatile material, you can work with it by various methods (drawing, cutting, folding, gluing).
You can just draw something beautiful or funny, and the card will be ready. If the drawing is not too strong, you can print and redraw your favorite pictures. This method is simple, without any special effort.
A DIY postcard in the form of an application will be more interesting , there is already more scope for imagination. You can cut out any figures from colored or velvet paper, foil and stick to the base of the card. For gluing parts, you can use double-sided tape, the image will seem more voluminous. Decorate cards well with beads, sequins, confetti, colored woolen threads and braid. Without restraining imagination, you can use the most unexpected materials, for example - different cereals, pasta. Finish work will give the edges, braid decorated or simply decorated.
A pleasant surprise-riddle can be a do-it-yourself birthday card in the form of puzzles. To do this, draw the desired picture on thick cardboard, then cut it into several parts and put the received elements into a beautiful envelope.
The most desired and sweetest heart will be a birthday card for mom with her own hands. Let it be far from perfect performance, such a card - as a recognition of the dearest man in the world in his feelings. Children, always plunging into any creative process “with their heads,” involuntarily invest in their masterpieces a huge part of their little soul.
A postcard made by a child, and after many years does not lose the warmth and love invested in it, rather, on the contrary, the children's creativity of children who have already grown up will even more affect the soul and heart of mother.