DIY Christmas card for children

Children's Christmas card is a pleasant, sweet, memorable gift for each of the relatives (grandparents, aunts, etc.). Do not waste your time. Create holiday souvenirs with your children. Any creative process with which the kid is engaged in kindergarten or at home brings positive results in development. A gift made independently gives the baby self-confidence and pride in the work done.

Card Ideas for Kids

Do-it-yourself children's Christmas card can be made in the form of objects of different shapes. Options are as follows:

• Traditional geometric (square, rectangle, circle).
• Christmas tree or triangle stylized as it.
• Christmas tree toy.
• Snowman.
• Santa Claus.
• Snowflake.

These are the most commonly used species. All complex objects are certainly simplified.

Technicians

Do-it-yourself children's Christmas card can be made using different techniques. The most popular and interesting are:

• Application made of paper, cardboard, fabric and other materials.
• Silhouette carving.
• Quilling.
• Origami.

Creating their greeting souvenirs, some copy the template they like, and many like to create their own exclusive options based on what they see.

Craft "New Year's card in kindergarten"

Corrugated paper is very interesting and easy to process. It is sold in a large assortment. There is even a metallic with decorative effects. Use it to make a New Year card. The central element will be a Christmas tree.

The sequence of execution is as follows:

1. Take a piece of thick paper or cardboard (white, color, single-sided or double-sided). Fold the blank in half so that the decorative side is the front for the postcard.
2. Draw a Christmas tree in the form of a triangle on the cover or simply outline the boundaries of the future object.
3. Cut the green corrugated paper into rectangles. For one card, you can take 2-3 details. Of these, the tiers of the Christmas tree will be executed. The height of the workpiece should correspond to the tier, and the length should be greater, since the rectangle will be folded accordion.
4. Fold each rectangle, making neat folds equal or different in width. Corrugated paper allows you to form the volume of the element, slightly bending the material.
5. Glue the blanks to predefined locations. Glue can only be applied to the top of the elements so that the tiers of the Christmas tree look more voluminous.

So, you have learned how to make a children's Christmas card with a Christmas tree. If time permits, you can invite the children to decorate the resulting Christmas trees.

You can do it this way:

1. Kids can stick the finished circles on the base.
2. It is not difficult for older children to cut out decor from colored paper on their own.
3. Alternatively, suggest twisting the balls of corrugated paper.
4. Big guys will be able to stick beads, stars and other small elements.

New Year's cards in kindergarten (senior group)

Craft will be performed in the form of a paper Christmas tree, folded from a colored sheet and decorated with small details. To complete this, you will need

• Green colored paper (preferably double-sided).
• Stencil Christmas tree.
• Pencil.
• Scissors.
• Colored decorations.
• Glue.

The work will go like this:

1. Take a sheet of paper and put a stencil on it.
2. Circle the outline with a pencil.
3. Cut the workpiece with scissors.
4. If the paper or cardboard was prepared one-sided, lay the tree in front of you so that the green part becomes the front for the postcard, and the white is inside.
5. Use the ruler to draw guides for future fold lines.
6. If the cardboard is dense, it is better to first draw along these lines with a rib on the back of the pencil, a corner of the ruler, or a pointed tip of scissors. This will help to accurately and evenly follow the fold line.
7. Bend the workpiece along the prepared lines.
8. Proceed to decorate the surface of the Christmas tree. For convenience, lay out the template again on a plane. In this case, the fold lines will be clearly visible, the child will no longer stick decorations on them.
9. Decor can be offered to cut out of colored paper yourself, if there are appropriate tools. Scissors with curly edges and curly holes in the form of snowflakes are perfect for this. The main thing is to use thin paper so that the child does not have to put a lot of effort into getting jewelry. Be sure to explain where the sheet is embedded. Even a 2-year-old baby will be happy to stamp stars and snowflakes.
10. If you do not have curly hole punch, use the usual one. You will get colored circles from which it is easy to assemble beads or stick like New Year's balls on your Christmas tree card.
11. When the decor is ready, proceed with gluing. If circles, stars and snowflakes are not made of self-adhesive paper, apply PVA glue to the base and attach decorative details.

When the glue dries, the card will be ready.

We occupy the child at home

Children's New Year's card, made with parents, of course, will be different from what the child can do in the kindergarten. It offers options that the baby will be able to cope completely on their own, with minimal help from the educator to do some actions according to the instructions.

At home, you can make more complex "Happy New Year" postcards, as you will work together with the children. Under the individual control of an adult, a younger child will be able to use small details in his work (beads, beads, sequins) to decorate the product.

If mothers themselves are engaged in needlework, they not only know the ways and technologies of work, but also have many remains of beautiful craftsmanship (decorative paper, cardboard, fabric, satin ribbons, etc.).

In a word, home- made postcards "Happy New Year" will be more interesting, informative and developing than a similar lesson in the garden. Here you can devote more time and attention to your baby.

Origami herringbone (very easy way)

When working with this method, the child will very quickly get a beautiful New Year card. The master class will teach you how to do the work step by step.

Prepare the following:

• Cardboard or decorative paper for the base.
• Green thick paper for the Christmas tree.
• Glue.
• Decor

Make a postcard like this:

1. Cut the base blank into a square or rectangle.
2. Fold the part if necessary.
3. Take a rectangle of green paper for the Christmas tree. Fold an accordion out of it. To make it smooth, you can first draw the fold lines.
4. Glue the part obtained from one of the sides so that the shape resembles a triangle (fan).
5. Glue the Christmas tree fan to the base of the card.
6. Decorate the Christmas tree and the card surface with prepared decorations using the applique technique.

Greeting card with Christmas tree inside

In this way, a folding New Year's card is performed. The master class from the previous section taught how to make a Christmas tree in the form of an accordion element. Here he will be used as the initial part.

Work like this:

1. Take a rectangular base sheet and fold in half.
2. From green paper, prepare several rectangles according to the number of tiers of the Christmas tree. The size should be from larger to smaller.
3. Fold each blank in the form of an accordion in the same way as in the previous method.
4. Based on the markup, where the tiers will be glued.
5. Glue the accordion blanks between the sides of the base.
6. Decorate the surface of the card inside and out in any way and material, for example, glue small circles made with a hole punch from white paper in the form of falling snow. This option will look spectacular on a dark blue background.

Thus, when you open a souvenir made using this method, it will turn into a voluminous decorative Christmas tree.

Greeting card with a snowman

It is often required to make New Year's cards for a kindergarten for a craft contest or for decorating a group. Such a souvenir is performed at home under the guidance of parents or a child on their own. It is easy to make a beautiful card in the form of a snowman or with its use as the main element of the application.

To work, you need the following:

• White paper.
• Compasses or stencils (circles).
• Scissors.
• Glue.
• Base (preferably color, for example, blue or blue).
• Paints and brushes (colored pencils, felt-tip pens or other materials).
• Decorations for the background and the snowman (snowflakes, stars, artificial snow).

How to make a card with a snowman

Work as follows:

1. Fold the base sheet in half.
2. On white paper, draw circles or suggest making them for your child yourself according to the stencils of a suitable size.
3. Cut the workpiece.
4. Glue the resulting parts on the front side of the card from the larger one to the lower one.
5. Cut out of colored paper or glue the finished plastic eyes.
6. Draw or make an application a nose-carrot and a hat (bucket).
7. Glue a scarf from braid, satin ribbon or crocheted.
8. Decorate the bottom of the card with artificial snow, cotton or crumpled paper balls .
9. The background can be decorated with snowflakes cut out of white paper or made using a figured hole punch.

The souvenir is ready.

As you can see, children's New Year's card is done in many ways. For work in kindergarten, simpler options will be suitable using ready-made templates and applique elements. At home, parents can do part of the work together with the child, so the result of family creativity will turn out to be more effective, elegant and professional.