Production of postcards by their own hands: technology, master class. Making an Easter card. Making postcards by May 9

A postcard is an element by which we try to convey to a person our feelings, our mood, a festive state. Big and small, in the form of hearts and funny animals, strict and elegant, comic and exciting ... Postcards sometimes become much more important than the gift to which they are attached. And, of course, the postcard made by own hands will bring even more joy.

Making a postcard - where to start?

Those who believe that a card can only be done with paper and pencils (felt-tip pens, paints) think incorrectly. If you decide to make a real gift, you can not be shy and give flight of your own imagination. Do you have old buttons, beads, beautiful ribbons, feathers, beads and fringes, trimmings of colored fabric, sparkles? Then you can be completely confident - making a postcard will be a real masterpiece process. Collecting the best material it's important to remember what kind of event the handicraft will be dedicated to - if it's a New Year's surprise - do not be shy with shiny accessories, if on May 9 - accent on red, yellow and black tones, if the birthday is - do not be afraid to experiment. So, we begin to prepare the necessary material.

Stage preparatory

Making postcards by oneself is an interesting and fascinating process. After all, during it you can not only put the right meaning in the congratulatory poem, but also arrange the card itself, guided by your feelings. In addition to all the above materials, we also need paper and cardboard, scissors and glue, adhesive tape and stapler, plasticine and cotton wool, simple and colored pencils, eraser and ruler and much more.

What will help to make from the ordinary sheet of paper the most unusual and beautiful hand-made article. So, we are defined with the sizes - a card can be made quite small, having decorated it with flowers or bows or usual - from sheet of a format А4. The basis of any postcard is a folded sheet. It is such a preparation and will become a field for further manifestation of fantasy.

Manufacturing technology

The technology of making postcards is similar at the initial stage - a framework is being prepared, which will then be decorated in accordance with the triumph to which it is prepared. For example, New Year's holidays. What is most often painted on New Year's cards? Dressed Christmas trees, good-natured snowmen, funny beasts, the main characters of the holiday - Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, just glass balls and much more. An interesting solution will be to mix several types of decoration.

For example, draw a snowman walking along snowdrifts, make felt boots, a bucket and mitts of colored paper and paste on the drawn silhouette. A broom to make the most real - from a spikenka or a stick (depending on the size of the snowman itself), with a fluffy "crown" - it is very convenient to make it from hard threads (synthetic), or a more delicate version - a beautifully laid piece of cotton wool.

Complicating the process

A beautiful postcard can be made not only in the standard way - by folding a piece of paper in half.

An interesting solution will be postcards with folding chains inside - and, believe me, the master class on the production of postcards will not be needed here (although it is not inconvenient to get acquainted with its stages). All this is easy to make by own efforts. To do this, a sheet of paper folds in half, and then - each half in half again. Figures on such a postcard can be very diverse - it is not necessary to repeat the same element. The most important thing is to cut the handicraft correctly and accurately - you can not cut the places of contact between the drawings. Such an accordion can be pasted inside a regular folded sheet (of course, designed in accordance with the festive theme). And then when you open the figure will be lined up (it looks like a cot-book).

Fantasize on

The ideal option for the child will be the production of a postcard with windows. First, a rectangular pattern of cardboard (folded in half) is made, on which several square windows on the front side are cut. The windows can be decorated with edging made of braid, ribbons, or simply glued with cotton and sparkles. Inside, at the level of the cut-out windows, you should paint colorful pictures. When the postcard is folded, the drawn figures will appear in the improvised windows. You can make a small surprise - for example, when the postcard is closed, a part of the inner picture will be visible in the window - the head of the kitten, the petals of the flower and so on. But if you open the card - the entire drawing will appear. Even more enthusiasm will cause a puzzle card. A ready-made hand-made article should be cut beautifully and put in an envelope - the originator of the celebration will have to work a little to be able to read the congratulation addressed to him.

Speaking of envelopes

You can also make a postcard in the form of an envelope. Usually, such hand-made articles are made for birthdays and weddings, when a monetary gift is added inwards. Now such variants of postcards have become popular for romantic encounters (a leaflet with a confession of love or with a specified place of appointment is inserted inside), and also for congratulations on the Great Victory Day.

Let us consider an example of a master class dedicated to this holiday. The production of the postcard by May 9 looks like this - first the base is prepared. This will be a rectangle made of cardboard with a rounded upper part in the ratio - the first and second are equal in size, the rounded one is slightly smaller. The base is bent along the planned lines, and the edges (first and second parts) are glued and decorated with straps. The same strap (but free-walking on the base) is put on the bent rounded part, closing it like a pocket. Inside is put St. George ribbon, or beautifully designed from her craft.

Unusual options

Making an Easter card is no less entertaining than all the options discussed earlier. Of course, the main symbols of this holiday are the Easter egg and Easter cake. Postcards made in the form of eggs can be decorated with ribbon flowers. Spread on them drawings of beads, glue small chicken feathers and plant in them a tiny bright yellow chicken.

You can also make a postcard with a surprise - on the title side, cut out a big egg, and inside, draw a basket with Easter accessories. Postcard in the form of eggs can be done and so - glue along the edges of two identical oval shapes, cut them, fasten them with the help of a figured carnation, and inside to enclose a letter with wishes. Or a bunch of small feathers. Or even a small candy.

And in conclusion

The most important thing to remember when undertaking the production of a postcard is that this process is not forced, but creative. That only on how much you let your fancy run wild, the final result will be magnificent. Sometimes, from the heart, a made postcard becomes much more valuable than the most valuable gifts. Admit, almost everyone of us had such a postcard, which we carried everywhere with us in a purse, purse, purse, until the paper was completely erased. And do not think that only an amazingly beautiful postcard will appeal to the person to whom you are going to give it.

Even the simplest flower, unevenly glued, with traces of glue, with angular edges can become the most expensive for the heart, if made by the hands of your child.