Happy New Year cards are beautiful. History of postcards

The festive season is the right time to congratulate your family and friends, wishing them happiness in the new year. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to do this in person. Therefore, the custom arose of sending each other warm words. Today, postcards are not only sent by mail, but also attached to. You can buy a New Year's card in a store - but it will never compare with the one you made with your own hands, putting sincere feelings into every detail. Here is a selection of ideas for creating New Year's cards. Most of them are extremely simple and suitable for children's creativity, while others will appeal to experienced needlewomen.

Postcard with volumetric balls

Simple and colorful New Year cards with 3D elements

Can you imagine New Year without shiny Christmas decorations? This unusual postcard will surely bring a happy smile to the recipient. To make it, you will need:

  • a compass or object with a round bottom
  • designer paper with six different patterns
  • sheet of white cardboard
  • thin satin ribbon
  • pencil
  • scissors
  • glue or Double-sided tape

Fold a sheet of white cardstock to form the card base. From paper of each color, cut out a circle with a diameter of about 5 centimeters and bend it in half. Take three circles and glue them along the fold line to make balls like in the photo. You can use paper with four or more prints, but they must match well with each other. Glue the finished balls to the base of the card. Attach ribbons above them, making bows at the base of the balls. Leave space for wishes at the bottom of the card.

Postcard made of colored threads


Handmade postcard with Christmas tree from colored threads

The forest beauty is the main symbol of the New Year. And in such an unusual embodiment, both adults and children will like it! To create this craft you will need:

  • three sheets of cardboard or thick paper
  • scissors
  • PVA glue
  • Double-sided tape
  • dense threads of different colors
  • colored pens
  • ruler
  • decorative beads
  • paper snowflakes
  • ribbon

Fold a sheet of colored cardboard or thick paper in half. It will serve as the basis for the postcard. Cut out a rectangle from paper of a different color and stick it closer to the top of the card. Cut a triangle from the third sheet of cardboard. Wrap it with multi-colored threads, securing them to the back of the tenderloin. Decorate the Christmas tree with shiny balls of multi-colored beads and glue the tree to the card. Decorate the craft with an elegant ribbon and don’t forget to print and stick a congratulatory inscription.

Postcard "Snowman"


A funny and easy-to-make postcard with a snowman

A postcard with a funny snowman just seems complicated. In fact, even a schoolboy can make it! A novice scrapbooker will need:

  • one or two sheets of thick cardboard
  • white and colored paper
  • scissors
  • pencil
  • compass
  • glue or double-sided tape

First, make the base for the card. It is desirable that it has the shape of a square. The background can be made multi-layered, as in the photo, or decorated with paper snowflakes, but this is not necessary. Cut out three circles of different sizes from white paper. Shade their edges with a simple pencil to make the craft seem voluminous. Glue the circles one on top of the other - and you will get the body of a snowman. From colored paper, cut out a scarf, hands, carrot nose and eyes of our hero and glue them to the craft.

Openwork card with snowflakes


Experiment with the shape, size and number of snowflakes!

December days are not always blessed with beautiful snowfall. But to create a snowy New Year's atmosphere, sometimes this is enough wonderful postcard! To create it you will need:

  • sheet of colored cardboard
  • sheet of white paper
  • scissors
  • simple pencil
  • white ink pen

Surely you had to cut out paper snowflakes as a child. If you suddenly forgot how to do this, we remind you of a simple technology. Place a round object (for example, a plate) on an A4 sheet of paper and trace its outline with a simple pencil. Cut out the circle. Fold it, select it and transfer it to the resulting fragment of the sheet. Cut out the snowflake along the contour, unfold it and iron it. Fold the cardboard in half and glue one or more snowflakes to it. Don't forget to sign the card!

Felt fabric cards

Felt is the favorite material of many needlewomen. It's easy to use, inexpensive, and most importantly, looks great in a variety of crafts! To make cards from colored scraps, stock up on the following materials:

  • pieces of felt in different colors
  • thick brown paper
  • scissors
  • glue or rope optional

Think about the patterns and number of cards you want to make in advance. Some simple ideas can be seen in the picture above, but experienced scrapbookers can choose a more complex plot. Cut out the necessary details from the fabric and create a composition. Then glue the fragments to the paper - and your cute card is ready!

Ideas for New Year's cards are not limited to the options on this list. After all, you can always combine several techniques in one work or come up with an unusual plot. We wish you inspiration and great holidays!

A good addition to New Year's gift will become original postcard, made with your own hands. It can be made at home with your child, in kindergarten and school.

Volumetric postcard “Christmas tree”

You will need:

Green cardboard.

Scissors, stationery knife.

Postcard template.

Decorations.

1. Transfer the postcard template to cardboard.

2. Stationery knife cut out the outline of the Christmas tree and the corners.

3. Fold the cardboard along the fold line and straighten the tree so that it is in a vertical position.

4. Decorate the card with snowflakes and sparkles. WITH reverse side Christmas trees write a wish.

"Mittens"

This card is very easy to make, and you can make it together with your child.

For the postcard you will need:

Cardboard of any color or pattern.

Decorations.

Sequence of making a postcard:

1. Transfer the template to a sheet of cardboard.

2. Cut and fold along the fold.

3. Decorate the card and write a wish.

4. In the corner of the card you can make a small hole (hole punch) for the ribbon. If the card is not plain, but with patterns or designs, then print the desired design on the printer in advance and then transfer the template onto it and cut out the card.

"New Year trees"

For production you will need:

Cardboard of any color.

Lighter cardboard or a sheet of A4 paper.

Decorations.

A compass or something round, such as a mug.

Manufacturing sequence:

1. Bend a sheet of cardboard in half.

2. Draw a circle on thin cardboard, use a ruler to divide it into two equal parts and cut out these two parts.

3. Fold the resulting semicircle like an accordion into six folds. Then fold the second semicircle in the same way. You will get two Christmas trees.

4. Apply double-sided tape to each layer.

5. Glue Christmas trees to the base of the card and decorate them.

"Snowflakes"

You will need:

Thick cardboard of any color.

Cardboard of lower density is white or light blue.

Styrofoam.

Hole puncher or awl.

Manufacturing sequence:

1. Fold the cardboard in half.

2. Make the required number of snowflakes from thin cardboard; if you have a hole punch in the shape of snowflakes, this will make the work easier. If not, then cut out snowflakes in any shape.

3. Crumble the foam into small balls and glue them to the base of the card in the places where the snowflakes will be.

4. Attach snowflakes to the already glued grains of foam.

Template type postcards. They are made very quickly and easily.
"Ornate Christmas tree"

For production you will need:

Cardboard of the color you need.

Decorations.

Manufacturing sequence:

1. Print the template and transfer it to cardboard.

2. Cut out the Christmas tree according to the template.

3. Fold along the fold line.

4. Decorate the card with ribbons, rhinestones, and snowflakes.

"Ball"

You will need:

Cardboard or paper with a pattern or design.

Decorations.

Manufacturing sequence:

1. Print the template and transfer it to cardboard.

2. Cut along the contour.

3. Fold along the fold.

4. Decorate and tie a ribbon. This card can be hung on the Christmas tree.

Card template with binding “Gift”

This card is made in exactly the same way as the previous template cards.

Volumetric postcard “Spruce”

To make a postcard you will need:

Cardboard of different colors.

Decorations.

Ribbons.

Manufacturing sequence:

1. Print the template and transfer it to cardboard. Cut out.

2. Additionally, cut out 2 outer templates.

3. Make folds along the dotted lines.

4. Glue ribbons to the outer edges so that the card does not open randomly. Or make patterned edges and thread a ribbon through the holes.

5. Glue additional 2 Christmas trees.

6. Decorate with rhinestones and write a wish.

Postcard with a pocket for a gift.

You will need:

Decorations.

Patterned hole punch or lace ribbon.

Ribbon.Drawing with a rooster.

Sequencing:

1. Transfer the template to cardboard or patterned paper.

2. Cut and fold along the lines.

3. If there is a patterned hole punch, then make the edges patterned, or glue a lace ribbon.

4. Glue the pocket to the base of the card and tape around the edges.

5. Decorate the card.

6. Cut out the rooster and paste it to the foreground.

Felt card “Snowman”

For production you will need:

The cardboard is thick.

Decorations.

Manufacturing sequence:

1. Make a snowman pattern and transfer it to felt. Cut out.

2. Bend the cardboard in half.

3. Stick a snowman on the front side of the card and decorate with snowflakes and sparkles.

Felt postcard template “Bunny”

Postcard "Surprise"

An original postcard in the shape of a Christmas tree is suitable for congratulations or simply as a gift.

For production you will need:

Postcard template.

Ribbon.

Decorations.

Execution sequence:

1. Transfer the postcard template onto cardboard.

2. Cut.

3. Fold all parts of the card along the dotted lines.

4. Make holes at the top of the tree with an awl.

5. Glue three sides at the edges.

6. Decorate the Christmas tree with beads and snowflakes.

7.Put a souvenir inside and write a wish on the fourth part of the tree.

8. Thread a ribbon into the holes and tie.

Background patterns for cards

Of course, it is not so easy to cover the entire circle of friends and relatives - many of them live in distant countries or other cities. And no amount of money is enough to buy and send at least a small surprise to everyone. However, modern technologies make our life much easier. Do you remember how many years ago, a couple of weeks before the New Year, queues lined up at post offices of those who were in a hurry to send numerous New Year cards to every corner of the world where people dear to them lived?

You can find the right one on our website!

Today this can be done using the Internet. It is enough to download templates for making postcards, and then place words of congratulations on them in poetic form or prose, wishing all the best and joyful things for the coming year. To do this, you can use any graphic editor convenient for you. Well, then email or instant messenger will allow you to deliver a message anywhere in the world in just a few seconds!

Also, postcards can be printed at a copy center or on a home printer, decorated with rhinestones, sequins, beads and voluminous paper figures, and then signed by hand and sent by mail (or handed to the recipients in person). Well, in order to make it easier for you to find the most beautiful templates for New Year's cards, we have prepared a set of thirty amazing options!

Templates for postcards for the New Year 2018


Postcard “Congratulations to Santa Claus”
Postcard “Congratulations + photo”
Postcard "Santa and Reindeer"
Postcard "Santa with gifts"
Postcard "Christmas Book"
Postcard “Letter to Santa Claus”
Postcard “Spruce wreath”
Postcard “Congratulations from Santa Claus”
Postcard “Holiday Candle”
Postcard "Christmas Dove"
Postcard “Holiday Toast”
Postcard “Santa Claus Scroll”
Postcard “Animals in the forest” Postcard “Cheerful Snowman” Postcard “Cat Songs” Postcard “Little Elf” Postcard "Snowman" Postcard “Preparing for the holiday” Postcard " Holiday mood» Christmas Elf Card Postcard “Champagne glasses”

Templates for children's New Year cards


Disney Princess Card
Postcard “Well, wait a minute!”
Postcard "Cartoons"
Postcard "Father Frost and Snow Maiden"
Postcard "Winnie the Pooh"

Funny winter holiday New Year is a joy not only for children. Many adults also, with undisguised trepidation, await the onset of New Year's Eve, to once again plunge into the atmosphere of a magical time when one year comes to replace another. On the New Year, you can hope for a fabulous miracle, for the fulfillment of your most cherished dreams.

And, if the New Year celebrations begin on the evening of December 31, then preparations for a wonderful holiday will begin much earlier. You need to think through everything down to the smallest detail - what to cook, what outfit to wear, how to surprise guests, how to decorate the Christmas tree and apartment, and, most importantly, what to give to your family and friends.

Any gift will be dear and meaningful, and a gift made with one’s own hand will even bring joy and good mood not only to the recipient, but also to the donor.

On New Year's Eve it's time to remember the old good tradition give each other New Year's cards. Despite our age of nanotechnology with its modern means communications, it’s still not worth pushing real, “live” postcards into the background. After all, it’s an incomparable feeling – to pick up a colorful hand-made card and, literally, breathe in a piece of New Year's mood and atmosphere.

Want to do DIY postcard for New Year 2017 and please your friends, family and loved ones? Our site will help you with this. It would not be a shame to give a stylish craft to a colleague and, thereby, congratulate the employee on the New Year and wish him happiness.

You can make a New Year's card with your child and make your grandparents happy. Making a greeting card for a friend or relative is not at all difficult, and the joy from such a manifestation of attention will linger in the soul for a long time.

Postcard “Cockerel” using quilling technique

To make the “Cockerel” postcard you will need:

  • multi-colored strips for quilling;
  • glue;
  • a sheet of cardboard for the base;
  • pencil or template;
  • decorations and decor.

Step 1. On thick paper you need to draw a drawing of a cockerel.

Step 2. Twist each strip according to the instructions and, after dropping a drop of glue to prevent the bobbin from unwinding, give it the desired shape with your fingers.


Step 3. Having made a lot of bobbins, you can begin to “assemble” the cockerel, filling the space of the drawing, simply by gluing paper parcels onto the most common PVA glue.

Step 4. When the cockerel is already ready, you can add some chic to the card by decorating it with sparkles, beads, snowflakes, ribbons and other cute decorative elements. You can also write wishes for happiness in the New Year.

New Year card using corrugated paper

To make a New Year's card from corrugated paper You will need:

  • colored cardboard or colored thick paper;
  • corrugated paper;
  • scissors;
  • glue or double-sided tape;
  • any decorations you wish (beads, sequins, seed beads, sparkles, etc.).

Step 1. Fold a sheet of cardboard or thick paper in half.

Step 2. Using a simple pencil or double-sided tape (if you take double-sided tape, you won’t need glue) you need to outline a certain layout of the future Christmas tree.

Step 3. Prepare rectangular pieces of corrugated paper different lengths.



Step 4. Glue the strips of corrugated paper a little so that you get a Christmas tree.

Step 5. All that remains is to decorate the card to your taste and/or add a cute inscription wishing you happy holidays.

To make an embroidered New Year's card you will need:

  • a sheet of cardboard for the base of the card;
  • knitting threads or floss of different colors;
  • button, needle or pin;
  • masking tape;
  • printout of words or drawing;
  • small decorations.

Step 1. Fold a piece of cardboard or construction paper in half.

Step 2. Print out the words or design you want to embroider and temporarily attach it to the card using masking tape.

Step 3. Now very carefully use a needle or pin to make holes along the contour of the inscription or design.


Step 4. To fill the design with embroidery, use different colored threads and a sewing needle. It is advisable to first “outline” the outline, and then “color” the inside.

Step 5. When the card is ready, you can slightly embellish it to your taste using ribbons, bows, beads, etc.

New Year card made of threads

To make a postcard from thread you will need:

  • thick colored paper or cardboard;
  • knitting threads (preferably thick and different colors);
  • scissors;
  • glue;
  • decorations and decor.

Step 1. Fold a sheet of colored cardboard in half and set it aside for now.

Step 2. The threads need to be cut into pieces of different lengths (in descending or increasing order).

Step 3. Now you can start gluing the threads, starting with the longest, and gradually moving up and adding threads of shorter lengths to complete the thread herringbone. Alternate colors as you like.

Step 4. Glue a couple of small pieces of thread of the same length under the base of the Christmas tree to depict the trunk of a New Year's tree.

Step 5. A few beads or sequins will look good on such a laconic Christmas tree.

DIY New Year's card “Geometric Christmas tree”

To make a “Geometric Herringbone” postcard you will need:

  • a thick sheet of white paper (ideally green cardboard on one side and white on the other);
  • stationery knife;
  • ruler and pencil or printout of the drawing.

Step 1. Fold the cardboard in half green inside.

Step 2. Using a pencil and a ruler, try to draw a triangle evenly, and divide it inside into small identical triangles. It will be easier to draw diagonal lines - first in one direction and then in the other, retreating the same distance.


Step 4. Using a utility knife, carefully cut out the triangles without touching the base.

Step 5. Now fold the small triangles down from the outside of the card. The original New Year's greeting card is ready!

Postcard for the New Year 2017 “Accordion Christmas tree”

To make the “Accordion Christmas Tree” postcard you will need:

  • thick colored paper or colored cardboard;
  • colored paper (you can take green or any other color);
  • scissors;
  • glue or double-sided tape;
  • various decorations (glitters, tinsel, sequins, etc.).

Step 1. Fold a sheet of cardboard in half - this is the base of the postcard. After folding the thick paper, set it aside for now.

Step 2. From green (or other) colored paper you need to cut out six rectangles of the same length, but different heights (each next rectangle should be 2 cm smaller than the previous one).

Step 3. Now fold each of the rectangles into an accordion shape. Try to make the accordion “step” the same for all rectangles.



Step 4. Fold each accordion in half and, starting from the largest to the smallest, glue it inside the card at the fold from bottom to top.

Step 5. To top it off, snowflakes, sparkles and so on. If you wish, you can write several kind words or a good phrase of congratulations.

New Year's card "Fir trees made of felt"

To make a felt postcard you will need:

  • sheets of felt of different colors;
  • glue;
  • scissors;
  • colored cardboard or colored thick paper.


Step 1. Cut strips, trapezoids, or triangles from felt in different colors and sizes (observing the order of increasing or decreasing the size).

Step 2. Now you can glue all the details and, if desired, add glitter or write congratulations on the New Year and Christmas holidays.

To make a postcard with buttons you will need:

  • a sheet of thick paper or cardboard;
  • buttons of different sizes;
  • multi-colored glossy paper;
  • glue;
  • scissors;
  • decorations.

Step 1. Glue buttons onto a sheet of cardboard so that you get the outline of a Christmas tree.

Step 2. Cut out squares of different sizes from multi-colored paper - these will be gifts that need to be glued under the button Christmas tree.

Step 3. All that remains is to decorate the card to your taste and you can give it away!

It is not known for certain when the first postcard appeared, but some historians believe that not so long ago - only 200 years ago. The “grandmother” of the modern postcard is business card with wishes, which the Chinese sent to those whom they could not see on the holiday. They even had a certain system of symbols: for example, the image of a bat meant a wish for family happiness, and a fish symbolized wealth and prosperity.

In 1795, the first series of Christmas cards was released in Europe, the author of which was the artist Dobson, unknown until then. They depicted a still popular scene: a family around a decorated Christmas tree. Five years later, these postcards were already sold along with letter paper and envelopes.

Postcards appeared in Russia much later - only in 1872. Initially, they were not illustrated: one side was intended for writing an address, and on the other a message was written. The first “color” postcards contained images of Moscow sights, and soon they became a real work of art: they were used to decorate living spaces, were collected, and pasted into personalized albums.

In pre-revolutionary Russia, postcards were no worse than modern ones: they were decorated with dried flowers, decorated with beads, sparkles that looked like real snow, and even scented; Embossing and gilding were also widely used.
New Year's cards most often depicted old Russian rituals, forests and huts buried in snow, church domes and, of course, Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, racing on three beautiful horses, carefree children and angels.

After 1917 Greeting Cards They stopped producing almost completely. However, it is a tradition to send to family and friends holiday greetings failed to eradicate. The first Soviet New Year's cards featured images of the Kremlin towers, Father Frost and the Snow Maiden.


Today in the age of computer technology the main role in congratulatory illustrations belongs to the author's drawings. The most popular illustrators creating New Year's stories are artists from England, America, Canada and, of course, Russia.
One can only admire the works of the Englishman Joseph Holodook. His cute snowmen decorating New Year's cards for 2017 have fans all over the world. Many people even collect a collection of these postcards with the famous series of snowmen.


Postcard illustrations by American Donna Green touch to the core. Her work is dedicated exclusively to children. Together with the main characters of winter stories - children who skate, decorate a Christmas tree, listen to grandmother's fairy tales, we seem to be immersed in a distant and cloudless country of childhood.


Lovers of the most beautiful winter landscapes with unique corners of Russian nature, they will undoubtedly admire postcards with drawings by the Russian woman Irina Marinina. Tree branches dressed in fluffy snow, cheerful bullfinches, windows of houses with intricate frosty patterns take us to a real Russian winter, shrouded in a festive atmosphere.


The works of Marina Fedotova are real works of art. Detailed to the smallest detail, Santa Claus is made in the style of Russian illustrations folk tales. Small details and a captivating plot evoke a storm of emotions and make the artist’s works truly priceless. Congratulate a loved one like this beautiful postcard everyone can.


2017 - Year Fire Rooster, and, of course, we cannot do without postcards depicting the symbol of the coming year.



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