Making a card for your grandparents is a simple way to express your love and gratitude towards them. For more information, explore this article.
How To Make Grandparents Day Cards
If you ever chanced to glance at a homemade card, there is a good chance that you must have marveled at its beauty. You might also have wondered and wished that you too could make your own greeting cards. Well, there is no reason to feel disappointed at that as making cards by yourself is no rocket-science. However, if cards made by others can evoke such awe from you, then imagine how much the others would be awed to receive homemade greetings made and designed by none but you! In fact, making cards is becoming more popular, especially among children, and now it is a novelty to send handmade greeting cards. This is because such cards carry a lot more sentimental value than shop-bought greeting cards. Do not worry if the card ends up looking pretty or not, or how others would find it. What is more important is that you have put in your efforts and genuine feelings to make it. The efforts and thoughts that go into making them enhance their appeal all the more. No wonder why grandparents cherish them so much! The information below will be helpful to you if you intend to prepare grandparents day cards.
Making Grandparents Day Cards
Homemade Card Idea - 1
Things you will need
- Card stock or construction paper
- Scissors or pinking shears
- Markers or crayons
- Googly eyes
- Glue
How To Make The Card
- To begin with, fold the piece of paper in half.
- Next, you need to delineate the shape of a cat on the folded paper. While drawing the figure, make sure that the fag end of its tail and both ears stretch out to the fold and go along for at least a quarter of an inch. This is because this is where the front and back will be attached to each other.
- Take the scissors and cut out the cat while making sure that there are areas of the fold that you leave uncut. This is done to keep the front and back of the card to be attached to each other.
- Take the marker or crayon and draw the facial features of the cat such as the eyes, nose and whiskers. To give a cute look to it you can stick the googly eyes.
- Dedicate this card to your grandparents by write a loving message for them in the inside of the card.
Homemade Card Idea - 2
Things You Will Need
- A sheet of brown paper, from a grocery bag or construction paper
- Pinking shears or scissors
- A hole puncher
- ¼ inch wide ribbon or thick yarn
- Markers or crayons
How To Make The Card
- Use the pinking shears to cut a card of any shape such as a heart, star or square, from the brown paper.
- Next, you need to make holes in a sequential manner around the edges of the card using a hole puncher. Make sure that the holes you punch are even numbered.
- Take the ribbon or yarn and string the ribbon or yarn through the holes. Tie the ends in a neat looking bow. If you find it difficult to make the bow neat, glue the ends of the ribbon to the back of the card instead.
- Draw any picture you want or express your feelings with loving words on your card. Granny and grandpa will love to receive this card from you!
Homemade Card Idea - 3
Things You Will Need
- A flower printed rubber stamp
- White cardstock
- A blank card
- Black pigment inkpad
- Watercolors and brush
- Scissors
- Glue
- Foam tape
How To Make The Card
- Ink the rubberstamps with black pigment inkpad and stamp it on the white cardstock.
- Take a scrap piece of cardstock and stamp an extra flower on it.
- Color all three flower images with different colors such as red, yellow and violet.
- Cut out the third flower from the scrap piece of cardstock.
- Use the foam tape to attach the third flower to the top of the other two flowers on the card.
- Write a message in the inside of the card and send it to your grandparents.
As homemade cards reflect genuine and innocent feelings, grandparents derive great pleasure in receiving homemade cards especially from their grandchildren.
