Making Handmade Cards: A Family Bonding Activity
by admin on 15/02/10 at 10:30 am
One of the wonderful family bonding activities you can do with your loved ones during weekends, long vacations and especially the holidays is creating handmade cards. For sure, kids would enjoy this activity as it involves a lot of creativity and imagination. In making a handmade card, it does not matter if you are a boy or a girl—or whether you are old or young. All you have to do is bring with you your creative vision and craftsmanship—and of course, your willingness to have fun and spend quality time with your family members and loved ones!
Buying Supplies
The first step is for the parents and children to begin preparing the materials and supplies needed in making handmade greeting cards. Make a visit to any good craft store or supplies bookstore near your area like a mall or a retail store and establishment. Gather all the necessary items, which are essential in preparing these cards: scissors, glue, tape, adhesive materials, colored papers, and cardboard.
Purchasing Embellishments
Then, once you have decided on what type of cards you will all be making, you can decide on what type of decorations, embellishments, and additional craft supplies you will need. For instance, let us suppose you and your loved ones will be making handmade Christmas cards. It would be advisable for you to choose additional design supplies like glitters (they come in an assortment of colors) and shiny specialty paper.
Rough Draft
Once you have all the materials you need, you can now decide to sketch a rough design or draft of your handmade Christmas card. These sketches do not have to be expertly drawn or very much detailed. The important thing is that you and your loved ones get an idea of exactly what you will be making. Call it a template for your card.
Birthday Cards
What are the other types of cards you can make at home as your arts and crafts projects with your family? Well, you can create handmade birthday cards if anyone in your household is celebrating his or her birthday soon. You can decorate these cards with balloons, and also party favors, a birthday cake and candles, and even make it really personal and customized by putting the photo of the person celebrating the birthday. Then, to give it an even more handmade touch, you can put the name of the guests you will be inviting in handwritten format.
Online Sources
If you find it hard to sketch rough drafts and drawings or illustrations, you can check out the Internet for a lot of creative and exciting handmade card ideas. There are tons of websites out there that have sample cards that you can get inspiration from. Let us say you want to make wedding invitations. Well, a lot of online card companies and wedding stores post images of their handmade wedding cards. Simply browse through their selections and pick the best features of your favorite types of cards. You can then use the ideas you get in creating your very own handmade cards.
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Apr 13th, 2010
Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!