It is quite happy for people to receive a handmade card which is composed of messages about greeting or love. In this era, many people would like to use the computer to do the things that they like. They will not want to use their hands to write something and they will just think that writing something is silly because they type better than write. If you do not want your kids to abandon writing at such a young age, you should teach them the culture of writing, such as writing some cards.
It is actually a kind of art based education. With this kind education, you kids are likely to be more interested in making something on their own instead of buying a lot of things which could waste money. They will know that handmade birthday gift is better than expensive gifts so that they will not try to be materialistic.
If your kids want to make some interesting cards instead of a simple and boring plain card, you can teach them how to make a card with buttons. First, you can fold a card or paper into half. If you are going to send this card to the others by mail, you need to fit the letter to the envelope.
Therefore, you can measure the size of the envelope and cut your paper to fit it. You may use ruler and pencils to mark the cutting line before you use a pair of scissors to do so. As mentioned above, this kind of work is an art based education. Therefore, you need to work hard to teach your kids that planning is important before we do anything.
After that, you can further cut your paper to make some special shapes. If you want to make a holly leave shape of card so that it could represent winter, figure out the shape of holly leave and cut the card in this way. If your kids love animals, you can also teach them to cut the card in the corresponding shapes. Of course, your kids may not understand a lot about the actual shape of those animals and they may not know how to cut it well. You should do research beforehand and teach them whenever necessary.
Then, you can try to find whether there are buttons in your home which could be used to make the card. You should try to find strong glues to attach the buttons in position. You can also add ribbons or bows to this card so that things will be beautiful.
This kind of design could also be used as a handmade birthday gift indeed. You may teach your kids that they could make use of this kind of gift to express their love to the receiver.
Therefore, you should remind them to leave spaces for writing some words on the cards if you know that your kids are going to send this kind of card to the others with message included. And you should remind that the buttons should not be crowded at one side or otherwise the card will bend.
It is actually a kind of art based education. With this kind education, you kids are likely to be more interested in making something on their own instead of buying a lot of things which could waste money. They will know that handmade birthday gift is better than expensive gifts so that they will not try to be materialistic.
If your kids want to make some interesting cards instead of a simple and boring plain card, you can teach them how to make a card with buttons. First, you can fold a card or paper into half. If you are going to send this card to the others by mail, you need to fit the letter to the envelope.
Therefore, you can measure the size of the envelope and cut your paper to fit it. You may use ruler and pencils to mark the cutting line before you use a pair of scissors to do so. As mentioned above, this kind of work is an art based education. Therefore, you need to work hard to teach your kids that planning is important before we do anything.
After that, you can further cut your paper to make some special shapes. If you want to make a holly leave shape of card so that it could represent winter, figure out the shape of holly leave and cut the card in this way. If your kids love animals, you can also teach them to cut the card in the corresponding shapes. Of course, your kids may not understand a lot about the actual shape of those animals and they may not know how to cut it well. You should do research beforehand and teach them whenever necessary.
Then, you can try to find whether there are buttons in your home which could be used to make the card. You should try to find strong glues to attach the buttons in position. You can also add ribbons or bows to this card so that things will be beautiful.
This kind of design could also be used as a handmade birthday gift indeed. You may teach your kids that they could make use of this kind of gift to express their love to the receiver.
Therefore, you should remind them to leave spaces for writing some words on the cards if you know that your kids are going to send this kind of card to the others with message included. And you should remind that the buttons should not be crowded at one side or otherwise the card will bend.
By Hosea Lim
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