Handmade Anniversary Greeting Card

Home made greeting cards for our loved ones are always special,memorable and treasurable . This was given by my daughter for our Marriage Anniversary .

Materials Needed:-

White cardstock
Foam sheets
Orange and Yellow Card stock
scissors
glue stick
Green Satin Ribbon
Red Ribbon
Stamp
Red Ink Pad
All Purpose glue
Stars
Markers
Buttons

Instructions:-

Cut a white  piece of card stock and fold it in half to make a plain card. 
Cut heart from the foam sheets and  attach it to the card with glue. 
Cut 2 round circles from yellow and orange cardstocks and write "
Happy Anniversary" with markers.
On it stick bow made of small green color satin ribbon.  
Make flowers at the bottom with stamps.
Add embellishments as desired. These can include buttons, lace, ribbons, trim ,stickers ,sparkles ,stamps and other decorations.
This is a perfect card for to make and gift.  

Linking it up with Shruti's Artsy Crafts Challenge

Easy Mothers Day Card / Easy Mothers Day Craft

Mother's Day will be here soon and you can quickly and easily make something for your mom.If you are a Dad, preschool teacher, or a School teacher looking for a simple craft that mom will love, try this out. My daughter made this greeting cards for me last year on Mother's Day in her School.

What you'll need:

    * Print out of poem or hand print poem
    * Water based paints - finger paints or tempera paints or acrylic paints.
    * Plate or something to hold the paint.
    * Brush or sponge to apply paint to hand.
    * Markers
    * Paper towels or some other way to do a quick cleanup

How to make it:

Here's the poem for you to copy or to print.

      Sometimes you get discouraged
      Because I am so small
      And always leave my fingerprints
      On furniture and walls

      But every day I'm growing --
      I'll be grown some day
      And all those tiny hand prints
      Will surely fade away

      So here's a little hand print
      Just so you can recall
      Exactly how my fingers looked
      When I was very small

      Put a date here
      Love, put name here

         written by T. Lambert, Jr.

What to do:

   1. Cover the table with newspaper where kids are going to paint..
   2. Have the children paint the palm of their hand with one color then press hand on the constuction paper .
   3. Keep it aside for drying.
   4. Clean the hand with paper towel or wash your hand.
   5. Print the poem or write the poem with marker inside the card.
   6. Personalize with the date and name (if it isn't already).
   7. Let it dry completely.
  8. Gift it to your Mother on Mother's Day.

You can have the child write " Happy Mothers Day"  and " I Love you Mom"on the front of the card and decorate it with pictures or colours using their creativity. Once mom reads the poem and sees the handprint she might just shed a few tears, the poem is quite touching and it is true how quickly children grow up.

Make sure that you put the date on the card and possibly the child's age at the time. That way when mom looks back through her cards she will know how long ago it was given to her and just how little that hand print was.

Happy Mothers Day !!!

Handmade Birthday Greeting Card

My daughter made this greeting card for her  grandfather.


Card Making Supplies Used :-

    * Light yellow color cardstock
    * Happy Birthday Sticker
    * Foam flowers
    * Golden Glitter pen
    * Glitters
    * Glue
    * Markers
    * Scissors

Handmade Valentine's Day Card

         Card making is easy.  Make you own greeting cards and sign them by rubber stamping "Handcrafted by (YOUR NAME)" on the back of every of your handmade cards.
         Card making as a hobby is not expensive since you should have most of the supplies for making all kind of greeting cards in your home. For a basic homemade card, all you need is paper, cutter, glue and some color pencils.
          But though inexpensive, making your own greeting cards has many benefits.Making greeting cards is a great way to relax, be creative and connect with others. Receiving a handmade greeting card is so special, isn't it? So do start making greeting cards today!
          Make this Valentines Card and express your love for those you hold close to your heart. Surely a card made with your own hands is especially precious and will be treasured by the one you love. My daughter made this greeting card for her teacher.


Materials Needed:-

White cardstock
Foam sheets
Sparkles
scissors
glue stick
Ribbon
Happy Valentines Day clear sticker
All Purpose glue
Flowers Stickers
Hole Punch
Markers

Instructions:-

Cut a white  piece of card stock and fold it in half to make a plain card.
Cut heart from the foam sheets and  attach it to the card with glue.
Write "Happy Valentine's Day with markers or stick Happy Valentines day clear sticker.
Add embellishments as desired. These can include buttons, lace, ribbons, trim ,stickers ,sparkles and other decorations.
With the hole punch,punch the foam sheet.After punching small round pieces are there stick them together to make a flower.
This is a perfect card for to make and gift. 

Butterfly Card / Valentines Day Card

Two classic Valentine's Day gifts — Butterfly Card and candy — combine to make one sweet treat.These can be perfect Valentine handmade cards for your kids to take to school .

Materials:-

        * Card stock (optional)
        * Pencil / Markers
        * Scissors
        * Construction paper
        * Colored card stock
        * candy stick
        * Pipe cleaners
        * Stickers
        * glitters

Instructions:-
     
I Downloaded  the Butterfly template from here.

Print the template onto Colored card stock and Cut out.

Cut the slits for the candy-stick.

Open the wings and weave the candy stick down into one slit and up through the other.

To make the antennae, wind the pipe cleaner tightly around one end of the candy stick so that two equal lengths extend upward and then curl the ends.

Finally, decorate your butterfly with one decorations (cut out shapes of paper, stickers, glitter, etc.) and write your message on the wings or back.

Note:- Instead of candy stick you can also place a color pencils or pencils or markers as a gift for kids.

 Source:- Familyfun.go.com

Fingerprint Flowers

Kids love to get messy, and allowing them to do so actually improves their motor skills and they will also have lot of fun.Allow kids to express their creativity with a finger-painting activity.My daughter made this beautiful flowers with her fingerprints.This idea can be used to make a beautiful greeting card also.

Materials needed:

construction paper ( We used white)
paints or ink pads
Newspapers to lay across the table
markers or crayons
Paper Plate or Plastic Palette
Small cup
Water
Tissue paper

 
How to make your Fingerprint Flowers:

1) Cover the table with newspaper where kids are going to paint.
2) Take a tissue paper and small cup with water (for rinsing the hand).
3) The first thing is to take the light colored construction paper and a paper plate with a few colours on it.
4) Let them dab their fingers into the paint and then put fingerprints on the paper. We can also use washable ink pads to do this, instead of paints.
5) They can make fingerprint flowers by arranging four or five or six prints in a petal formation.
6) After the paint dried we can add some final touches with markers.With the markers children can draw some stems for flowers.

Your cute fingerprint flowers are ready.

Handmade Diwali Greeting Cards

Diwali is a festival of lights.Diwali involves the lightning of small clay lamps (diyas) filled with  oil  to symbolize good winning over evil. At night, fireworks light up the sky for the celebration. You can use this light theme to create some beautiful Diwali greeting cards to share with your friends and family during this festive season.My daughter made this greeting cards for her  grandparents.

Materials Needed:-

# Plain card stock
# Colored Papers
# Scissors
# Pencil
# Glue stick
# Letter stickers
# Glitter glue pens
# Markers
# Crayons
# Kundan / Rhine stones

How to Prepare:-

1) Cut and fold a plain card stock to the size card you want to make.

2) Use a pencil to draw a light outline of a diya, a small, round, bowl-shaped oil burning lamp . Above the diya, draw a flame in the shape of a teardrop.

3) Use letter stickers or die cuts to spell out "Happy Diwali" across the top of the card or Write a Diwali greeting across the bottom of the card cover with your glitter glue. Allow the glue to dry.

4)  Decorate the Diya with markers ,Crayons, Glitter glue ,Glitters ,Rhine stones etc.

5) Print your message for the inside of the card on a light-colored piece of paper. Cut it to fit the inside of the card and glue it to the card stock.

This is reaching Mindful Meanderings Atsy-Craftsy-November Diwali Craft

Tree with Pencil Shavings

Materal :-

A4 sheet paper or any chart paper
Pencil
Pencil Sharpner
Markers
Crayons
Glue

Method:-

1) Sharp the pencils.While Sharpening try not to break the pencil shavings.The fuller the shavings the prettier tree will be there.
2) Make pencil shavings and glue it to the shape of tree.
3) Draw the trunk of the tree and grass with markers or crayons.
4) Then  draw the clouds and birds with crayons to give natural look.

Lovely tree with pencil shavings is ready.

We can either frame it or make cute greeting card.

Craft with Pencil Shavings : Flowers

Materials Required:-

A4 sheet paper or any chart paper
Glue
Pencils
Pencil Sharpener
Markers
crayons

Steps to be followed:-

While Sharpening try not to break the pencil shavings.The fuller the shavings the prettier flowers will be there.

1) Draw flowers with the pencil.
2) For flowers ,make pencil shavings and glue it to the shape of flowers.
3) Draw Stem and Leaves with markers OR You can also use green paper cutouts for stems and leaves.
4) Then decorate the flowers with colour markers.

We can either frame it or make cute greeting card.