We have the most amazing and simple (although it doesn’t look like it) Christmas tree card idea to share with you.
Follow our easy step-by-step instructions and you’ll be making these cards in no time (and impressing everyone who receives them). These are great kid-made cards, with a big wow factor.
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We love making Christmas cards with kids, and this one looks great! The great thing about this design is that you can modify it to suit all ages – you can do a simple version that even preschoolers can do, or you can do an advanced version with multiple “cutouts” that will make a great project for kids of all ages.
There’s nothing better than homemade Christmas cards, I’m always excited to make them and even more excited to receive them (we have quite a few from nephews and friends).
How to make simple homemade Christmas tree Christmas cards
What you need:
- white construction paper for making cards (any other color will do, you can also use white card)
- red or blue construction paper for the base (any other color or pattern will work)
- green paper (regular or construction paper) – again, other colors are fine too
- some brown paper
- Gem star for decoration (optional)
- drag
- glue
If you feel like your Christmas cards need a little extra festive flair – glitter glue is the way to go.
Watch Video Tutorial
Follow the step-by-step instructions
First, let’s make the card base. We use thicker letter/A4 size printer paper or construction paper to make the card base. First, we fold it in half.
Then we cut along that fold to get two smaller pieces of paper (making two card bases). Younger children can make one extra large card, folding the paper just once.
Next, we fold the smaller piece of paper in half again.
Take the card base, place it on colored cardstock or wallpaper and draw around it.
Cut rectangle.
Cut it a little smaller than the card base – this will cause the paper to overhang as the card base will be exposed at the edges of the rectangle.
If working with young children, ask them to draw this smaller rectangle on a piece of green paper.This will make it easy for younger children to fold the Christmas tree to fit the card, while older children (and kids at heart) can cut the tree straight along the “eyes”.
Cut out a green rectangle and fold it in half lengthwise.
Cut a piece of wood to make the tree smaller than the card.
While still folded, cut diagonally from bottom to top to form a triangle – the tree shape when you unfold it.
Now comes the tricky part but still extremely easy.You will need to cut diagonally (starting from the folded end).
Let’s make magic!
Let’s make magic!Glue a red (or any other color) rectangle onto the base card.
Glue a small brown rectangle to make the trunk.
Unfold the Christmas tree triangle and apply glue to the outer edges (all 3 lines).
Press down and glue the tree to the base. It doesn’t look very impressive yet.
Now let’s make magic!Starting from the bottom, fold down each “triangle” one by one, gluing the ends to the base (you can see this best in the video tutorial at the end of this tutorial).
Work hard to reach the top.
Add a little gem star on top and you have a beautiful DIY Christmas tree card.
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