There is nothing nicer than receiving a homemade Christmas card and these simple ribbon Christmas cards are so easy for you to make with kids of all ages.
How to make simple Ribbon Christmas cards
Materials
- A selection of ribbon
- Blank Cards and Envelope
- Low melt glue gun
or Sticki Dots
for younger children
- Star sequins
To start with the boys ironed the ribbon we had so that it was all flat and easy to use. I supervised them with the iron and set the ironing board to the lowest height possible.
Ribbon Christmas Trees
This is a great card to make with kids of all ages. For younger children you can pre cut the ribbon and then discuss the sizes and which one goes where to make the triangle size for the tree.
Sticki Dots are a brilliant way to adhere the ribbon to card as it is tacky and already set, so the ribbon stays in pace.
Older children can cut the ribbon themselves. We discussed why we cut on an angle to prevent fraying. I try really not to make my idea of the outcome influence my boys and if they want to have blue ribbon in their tree then that is fine, it is their christmas card.
In fact when they had made their cards one stuck a white clay star at the top and the other a paper punched star and then they decided we should add some washi tape we had that said Merry Christmas on.
ZigZag ribbon Christmas trees
These were a little more challenging to make as the boys needed to hold down and fold the ribbon at the same time. We used our low melt glue gun for this, but if your children are younger than Sticki dots are amazing as they have immediate adhesion on contact with the ribbon and so not require them to keep pressing the ribbon down.
For holding down the ribbon when it has glue on we use lolly stick/craft sticks as even low melt glue is hot on little fingers.
We found that ribbon that is the same on both sides is best for the zigzag ribbon trees.
The children then stuck a star at the top of the tree.
A lovely simple idea. I think we need a glue gun! Juliex
We love making our own Christmas cards and these look great. Nice and easy for the girls to do 🙂
They look great and so fun to do with the kids as well!
Caroline
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This is a great idea. I’ve been so busy I haven’t even started making any cards yet this year
I really love these. They look brilliant
Lovely and easy to make, Emma would be thrilled if I suggested these to her!xx
Love that you make this sound so easy x
They look superb! Lovely Christmas card for the family!
Again, I find myself gasping and saying, “What a great, yet simple idea!”
I loved your tape ones last week, but these look great too
love these! they look so pretty – sometimes it’s the simple crafts that look the most effective
Perfectly simple! They’re great too for using up scraps of ribbon
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I’m pinning these. they are so effective. I have lots of ribbon scraps that I’ve saved that would be great for this. #pintorials
These are so cute! I shared them on Facebook and will pin them!
Hey, that was an easy idea. This time, i will ask my children to make the colorful ribbon works by using these ideas for the upcoming Christmas with lots of love to the god!
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