Make a Christmas Card |
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| A hand-made Christmas card is very special, and not at all difficult to do. Start collecting things early in the year - interesting pieces of paper or card, ribbon, braid and gold decorations. | |
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| a piece of card 17cm x 25cm a piece of crepe paper or tissue paper slightly smaller than the card several pieces of coloured paper, recycled or interesting texture metallic braid or cord, or coloured ribbon ruler glue scissors pinking shears |
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1. Carefully fold the piece of card in half.
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| 2. Use a very small amount of glue to fix the tissue paper inside the card as a lining. |
| 3. Trim a piece of coloured paper with pinking shears, so that it measures 13cm x 8cm. Glue it to the front of the card, leaving an equal margin on each side. |
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| 4. Cut a simple shape - a Christmas tree, a star, bells etc. - from an interesting paper of a toning or contrasting colour. Glue the shape to the front of the card. |
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5. Make a bow from metallic braid, gold cord or ribbon and stick it to the front of the card, or slip a piece of coloured cord or ribbon right round the spine of the card. Gently tie it in a bow, without crushing the spine. |
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Go to a page of printable instructions |
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Go to a page of printable simple Christmas images |
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