Pretty Christmas cards delight young and old every year. Homemade cards in particular are particularly beautiful and very appreciated. Whether embroidered, painted or glued: Here you will find different ideas for original Christmas cards that are so easy to make that they are ideal for both beginner crafters and children. Making Christmas cards is a lot of fun and a great activity on cold Advent days.
Christmas card with fir tree
Materials required:
Construction paper
Decorative ribbon
Hot glue
felt
Scissors
1 branch
And it's that easy:
- From thered construction papercut out a rectangle. (A5 14.8 x 21 cm is a good format for folded cards)
- Shred the twig to the desired size and glue it to the front of the card.
- Cut the decorative ribbon and stick it on both sides of the branch so that it looks like a Christmas tree.
- Cut a star out of felt and glue it to the top of the Christmas tree.
Christmas tree with pearl garlands
Materials required:
Construction paper
Nadel
thread
Pearls
Marker
Lineal
Pencil
Scissors
And it's that easy:
- Make a folding card out of the construction paper.
- Now use a ruler and pencil to draw dots in the shape of a Christmas tree, about 2 cm apart from each other.
- Poke the needle through the dots.
- Thread the thread into the needle and tie a knot.
- Insert the needle through the first hole from the back to the front.
- Thread three beads.
- Now slide the needle through the second hole.
- Repeat the same process until the tip.
- At the end, draw a tree trunk and a star at the top with a green marker.
Snowflakesembroider
Materials required:
Construction paper
Nadel
thread
Pencil
Lineal
Scissors
And it's that easy:
- Make a card out of light blue paper.
- Draw snowflakes with a ruler and pencil.
- Poke the needle through the dots.
- Then cut a piece of white thread and thread it into the needle.
- Embroider the snowflakes on the Christmas card.
Christmas card withFairy lights
Materials required:
Construction paper (in different colors)
Marker
Scissors
Glue
Circle
And it's that easy:
- Make a card out of light blue construction paper.
- Use a compass to draw circles on yellow construction paper.
- Cut out the circles and glue them onto the card.
- Draw the details with a marker.
OneChristbaumkugelmade of rhinestones and pearls
Materials required:
Construction paper
Pearls
Hot glue
Decorative ribbon
Scissors
And it's that easy:
- Make a card out of green construction paper.
- Glue rhinestones and beads, arranged in a circle, to the front.
- Complete the look with a bow.
Pretty set ofChristmas tree balls
Materials required:
Construction paper (in different colors)
felt
Hot glue
Pearls
Marker
Scissors
And it's that easy:
- Make a card out of blue cardboard.
- Cut out different shapes: a circle from green felt, a circle from shiny gold paper, an oval from red construction paper.
- Glue the cut out pieces onto the card.
- Decorate the Christmas tree decorations with rhinestones and beads.
- Draw the details with a marker.
Christmas card with3DChristmas tree ball
Materials required:
Construction paper
Glossy paper
Glue
Jute twine
Hot glue
Circle
Scissors
And it's that easy:
- Make a folding card measuring 11 x 11 cm out of red construction paper.
- Cut out circles from gold and silver glossy paper.
- Fold all circles in half. Coat half of a circle with UHU and glue it to half of another circle.
- Glue the 3D Christmas tree ball onto the card.
- Tie a loop of jute twine and glue it over the ball.
Paper cut Christmas card
Materials required:
Construction paper (in 2 different colors)
Double-sided tape
Decorative ribbon
Scissors
Lineal
Pencil
Hot glue
And it's that easy:
- Make a rectangular card measuring 15 x 10 cm from green construction paper.
- On the red construction paperthose SilhouettesDraw and cut out three Christmas trees.
- Fix the resulting template onto the card with double-sided adhesive tape.
- Complete the design with a silver decorative ribbon.
Make Christmas cardswithButton snowmen
Materials required:
Construction paper
Buttons (in two sizes)
felt
Scissors
Hot glue
Marker
And it's that easy:
- Make a folding card in the desired format.
- First glue the large buttons onto the card.
- Cut two rectangles out of felt and fold them in half. These are the snowmen's scarves.
- Glue the felt pieces over the “body”.
- Then attach the small buttons.
- Cut out two hat shapes of different sizes from green felt and glue them over the “head”.
- Last but not least, paint on the details with silver fineliner.
Make a “Rudolph” Christmas card
Materials required:
Construction paper
Red thread
Nadel
Fineliner in gold and silver
Lineal
Pencil
Scissors
Circle
And it's that easy:
- Make a folding card measuring 11 x 11 cm out of black construction paper.
- Draw a circle with the compass. This is Rudolph's nose.
- Poke points along the line with the needle.
- Thread the red thread into the needle and embroider the card.
- Paint the antlers with a gold-colored fineliner.
- Paint the eyes and you're done!