VIDEO: Make birthday cards yourself
Birthday cards are most touching when they are tailored to the birthday person. This works with homemade ones cards better than with cards from the department store, since the handicraftsman can create a personal relationship with the recipient. To make birthday cards yourself, you will need some craft materials, and with a little creativity you can get started.
Do it yourself in just a few steps
- First of all, you should think about what you want to represent on the birthday card. Things like characteristics of the recipient or something he or she likes can be very beautiful on cards be presented, be it as a so-called "insider" only between you and the recipient, or apparently.
- It is also important to distinguish between a child and an adult. The message or the character trait shown on the card should be very easy to filter out, at least for children. In this case, memories of things that you have experienced together with the child are particularly suitable instead of characteristics, e.g. B. a nice trip.
- Now think about how you want to present what you have chosen on the birthday card. In the case of cards for adults, photographs are particularly good at depicting an endearing characteristic. It is possible to select a photo or several photos in which you yourself can be seen with the birthday child in a situation that both of you connects, or on which only the person to be gifted can be seen and the chosen property can be recognized, in the case of a somewhat clumsy person z. B. a picture on which she has spilled something or something similar.
- However, you should note that not everyone has the same sense of humor. So be careful about portraying someone in such a way that he or she feels exposed. You play it safe when you choose a property that can only be interpreted positively.
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Now you can turn to that Handcraft dare:
- Take a cardboard of the right color (you shouldn't be pink for a pubescent boy Tinker birthday card, even if it has been made with a lot of love), cut and fold You to. Pre-cut and pre-folded cards in various DIN sizes are also available from specialist retailers.
- Once the birthday card has been cut to size and creased, you can give it an unusual shape by clicking on Draw a nice shape on one side of the card with pencil and then both halves of the (folded!) card cut out. In the case of a more playful elementary school age girl, you could e.g. B. paint and cut out one half of the butterfly, the crease in the card creates a complete butterfly due to a kind of mirror effect when the birthday card is opened.
- You can then stick and paint the cut birthday card to your heart's content to represent your message. Glue together a small photo collage, cut out other cardboard, for example. B. a car, if the birthday child maybe has cars as a hobby - or has just turned 18 - contribute with glitter or brightly colored feathers little "princesses", use cardboard pictures to make the adventure forest through which you and your nephew strolled on the last excursion, or, or, or.
Make birthday cards yourself - that certain something
- A little tip for all poets: If you and the recipient like beautiful sayings or poems, you can also write such a text in beautiful font on the front of the birthday card perpetuate.
- If you like to cut out, you can e.g. B. cut into a window (you will need sharp scissors, patience and a little practice to do this); it is helpful to draw the motif in advance with a pencil) so that parts of the content of the birthday card can be discovered.
- If you like it mysterious and classy, you can shorten the front of the birthday card a little so that the Inner part of the rear half of the card can be seen, which is covered by the front when closed, and both halves then with wax to seal.
