Kids Handmade Christmas Cards - Ideas for Kids Handmade Christmas Cards
My friend (and fellow crafting enthusiast), Debbie McNeill, submitted the following article with great ideas for kids handmade Christmas cards. I love the way that she makes it all sound so simple - why not enjoy some time with your family this year, and make kids handmade Christmas cards - they're sure to be a big hit!
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Family Time: Make Christmas Cards with Kids by Debbie McNeill
The Christmas holidays are the most joyous time of the year for families.
Especially important is the time families spend together decorating, wrapping, and
baking. So let's explore how you can spend family time making Christmas Cards with your kids.
Here are some items you will need. Buy a Santa coloring book and a package of
colored construction paper. Cut the construction paper to the size of the cards
your family wishes to make. Get out the crayons, magic markers of all colors,
cotton balls, pipe cleaners, ribbons, glue or glue stick, sparkles, red, black and
green fabrics, and small candy canes. Your family is ready to begin making unique
Christmas cards.
Make Christmas tree cards by drawing several trees on green construction paper. Cut
the trees out. Glue fabric and candy to the cards for a beautiful visual effect.
Draw a house with Santa climbing down the chimney. The card can be decorated with
cotton balls for Santa's hat and beard with a line of trees cut from construction
paper for the front of the house. Use colored markers to add ornaments to the
branches of the trees. Sprinkle glitter on the ornaments, as well as the tree, to
resemble snow.
Use rubber stamps to stamp holiday scenes on cardstock and have the children color
in the stamped images. Rubber stamps are very affordable option because they can be
used over and over again for other decorating projects.
A picture of a full-sized Santa could be cut out of a coloring book, and pasted to
the front of a card. After it is colored in with crayons, add fabric to enhance the
picture. Make a green sack out of material and place it over Santa's shoulder; use
black material to glue onto Santa's boots; use the red material to glue onto Santa's
hat. You can adorn the card with small candy canes.
Draw a reindeer and sleigh card. Instead of drawing antlers, take some brown pipe
cleaners, arrange the brown pipe cleaners into antlers and glue the pipe cleaners to
the top of the reindeer's head. If the coloring book has a picture of the sleigh,
cut the sleigh out of the book; color the sleigh using crayons; and paste the sleigh
in front of the reindeer.
Once the fronts of the cards are decorated, your family can write a personal
Christmas message inside the card, with everyone signing their names using colored
crayons or markers. Or, to really make the card special, insert a family photograph
and sign all your names.
Making personalized Christmas cards is probably one of the most popular craft ideas
for the entire family. While the kids are on Christmas vacation, take a day to sit
around your kitchen or dining room table and create memorable Christmas cards.
Debbie McNeill is an Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator
and the owner of The Inspiration Club. The Inspiration Club is a low cost, high
quality package of rubber stamping inspiration delivered to your door on a monthly
basis. For more details visit her website at http://club.craftyperson.com .
Thanks, Debbie, for submitting this - I love the easy ideas for creating kids handmade Christmas cards. You're an inspiration for crafters everywhere.
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