Learn how to make beautiful gifts for loved ones with your own hands, using only improvised materials.

February 20, 2018 handmadebase

How nice it is to do this for a close relativea handmade gift for a person, putting your warmth, imagination and love into it. And if you involve a child in an interesting creative activity, the benefits and pleasure will be much greater. A handmade greeting card is relevant for any holiday. This article will teach you how to make simple greeting cards that are easy to make with your daughter or son.In addition to a beautiful ready-made postcard, the baby will receivea lesson in hard work, patience and creativity. The child will feel a surge of creative energy, and this will give him many new creative ideas. Gluing, cutting, selecting details of the card will be a great workout for the child's still inept hands. It is necessary for the child to develop motor skills every day.Time to make a postcard - no more than half an hour Materials for the postcard are available, and you may already have them at home:

colored cardboard;
scissors, preferably with a serrated edge;
paper napkins of two colors (4 pcs.);
colored bright paper;
PVA glue;
pencil;
ruler or triangle.

Preparation of the basis of a postcard

For the basis of the postcard you will need a color cardboard for the album sheet (A 4). The cardboard is cut in half on the wide side.

Not on the colored side of the cardboard, 1 cm from the edge,draw lines along the triangle along the perimeter of the future postcard. Cut the edge along the line with curly scissors. This operation can be entrusted to a child. Of course, he will do it crookedly, but how pleasant it will be for him to cut it himself! The miracle of the birth of a new masterpiece is happening right in the hands of a child!If you don’t have any curly scissors at home, no problem!The edge can be left even, gluing a rectangle of a different color, larger than the base, on the non-colored side below, so that the edge creates the impression of a frame. Making petals Open the napkin, cut along the fold of 4 squares with regular scissors or carefully tear. You get 4 identical squares.Torn edges will not spoil the product, but rather will add liveliness and piquancy. Each of the squares is folded again and cut or torn into 4 squares.One napkin makes 16 squares forpetals. When the squares are ready, they are transformed into petals. The baby puts his fist under, in the middle of the fist there is a place - a "well".A square is placed on top of the “well”.The square is pressed into the center of the "well" with a finger. You need to do it very carefully so as not to pierce the center of the napkin square with your finger. You need to show the baby how to make petals correctly. Soon he will learn to do it correctly.

Flower on the card

Draw a small picture on the future postcardcircle. A little glue is applied to its center, or glue is poured onto a small saucer for the baby. The child can be asked to dip the edges of the petals into the glue. The petals are glued to the center of the circle.The corner of the petal is fixed to the cardboard, andthe fluffed part rises above the cardboard. To make the flower fluffy, the petals should be glued close to each other. You can make one gorgeous flower by combining napkins of two colors or three small flowers of different shades. The unglued sides of the petals should be carefully straightened. Decorating the card All that remains is to make a stem and leaves for the flower using the paper applique technique. Now you can decorate the card to your taste. For example, glue a cute butterfly-nettle next to the flower. Using your imagination, you can add other details - a vase, an inscription, a bow. Congratulations will be written on a separate sheet of paper.