One of my new years goal was to more craft projects, firstly because its something I love doing but don't do nearly often enough and secondly because I find it incredibly therapeutic. Another reason for wanting to do more crafts is because than receiving something handmade and knowing that someone has gone the extra mile.
Over the festive period I had a lot of extra time on my hands and was able to make my friends personalised Christmas cards and it was great to see the reaction on everyone's faces as they opened them and how something so simple brought joy to both me and them. Since I have some cards spare I thought what better than to continue this joy throughout the year with birthday cards (rather than waiting for Christmas to come back).
So here are a few ideas of some generic and easy to make handmade cards which you can easily customise by using someones favourite colours or prints and can easily be make in one long craft session for your 'card draw/box' or can easily be made last minute.
Basic supplies:
- Blank Cards
- Glue
- Scissors
- A Pen
Card 1 (Polka Dot):
Extra Supplies: Felt Tips/Coloured Pencils
This card is the kind you can make in three minutes, literally. Simply take your coloured pens or pencils and randomly draw dots around the card leaving space in the middle for a message and fill this in after.
Card 2/3:
Extra Supplies: Birthday/Cake Candles, Cupcake Case, Glitter
Card 2 (Candle): Take your card and glue 1 (or more, if desired) candles to the centre of the card, add glitter and a message to decorate the card.
Card 3 (Birthday Cake) : Take the same steps as card 2,but this time cut a cupcake case in half and place at the bottom of the candle so it looks as if it is on a cake
Cards 4/5/6/7:
Extra Supplies: Several sheets of wrapping paper/craft paper
Card 4 (Candles): Cut several thin rectangles out of different sheets of wrapping paper and glue onto the card, draw flames at the top so the wrapping now resembles candles.
Card 5 (Balloons): This time cut 3 oval shapes out of the paper that resemble the shape of balloons, arrange these together in a bundle, draw some string on the bottom of these and add a message on the front
Card 6 (Presents): Cut 3 short rectangles out of the wrapping paper, they don't have to be perfect but make sure they get gradually smaller, stick these onto the card as if stacked and for decoration draw on a bow and string as if tying the presents together.
Card 7 (Bunting): First draw some rough guidelines in pencil on the card of how the bunting will hang. Next cut your wrapping paper into small triangles that are similar to bunting, glue these onto the card in an alternating pattern. . Tidy up by either drawing the string in pen or simply erasing the pencil marks and add 'Happy Birthday'
Card 8 (Balloons):
Extra Supplies: 3 or 4 Balloons, String
Simply tie the balloons together with the string and leave some on the end like a tail and attach all of these to the card, add extra string if desired and a message on the front.
So as you can see all of these designs are pretty simple, inexpensive and all take under 5 minutes to make and I look forward to making more of these and giving them out throughout the year.
- Cloee xoxo
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