It's starting to look and feel like Christmas! With Christmas fast approaching, now is the time to plan the ideal Christmas to spend with your loved ones! Nothing beats getting each of them their own unique Christmas card. A handmade Christmas card doesn’t take long to make and costs less, but for a card that can stand upright it needs to be at least 250gsm while basic printing paper is usually 80gsm. So keep that in mind when trying to design your personal greeting or invitation card.
We also understand how hectic the holiday season may be, so we've collected 15 simple Christmas card ideas for you! From simple handprints of your kids to easy low-mess craft cards that you can make together with your family at home. And if you need more than a handful – for clients, extended family and friends, there is a section at the end for printing them instead. You can still design the cards at home, you just don’t have to cut out all fifty of them by hand.
1. Snow Globe Christmas Card
Source: https://raisingveggielovers.com/snow-globe-christmas-card/
If you want some snow, even though we don't have any here, this snow globe Christmas card idea will suffice! It's not only beautiful and enjoyable to make, but it's also quite simple!
Print the template from the website link above, cut out the circular window, add loose white craft confetti or polystyrene beads that you seal under a clear plastic sheet, then place a small drawing or photo behind that. And it’ll snow when you shake it.
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You need: card stock, two pieces of clear plastic (a sheet protector or freezer bag works), fake snow or small white craft confetti, double-sided tape or a glue gun, glue stick, scissors
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Time: 30 minutes
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Difficulty: adult supervision needed — the seal has to be airtight to avoid glitter escaping.
2. Simple Christmas Tree Card
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL1RSJa40QQ (Noreva Projects)
Christmas trees are always a good choice! Take this origami Christmas tree as an easy project to bond together this festive season and add your own decor around the tree for that personalised touch.
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You need: white card stock, green card or paper, a gold or yellow scrap for the star, glue stick, scissors
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Time: 10 minutes
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Difficulty: kid-friendly
3. Christmas Tree Handprint Card
Source: https://www.makelifelovely.com/handprint-christmas-tree/
This handprint Christmas tree card will make your kiddos very happy while they are crafting it! Kids and paints are always a hit since it means getting their hands dirty so getting them involved in making a family card won’t even sound like a bore and actually create great memories.
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You need: white card stock, green acrylic or poster paint, a shallow plate, a Q-tip, gold glitter glue, coloured pens or dot stickers, baby wipes within reach
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Time: 15 minutes, plus 20 to dry
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Difficulty: enjoyable for adults
4. Button Ornament Christmas Card
Source: https://www.doodlecraftblog.com/2014/12/button-ornament-christmas-cards.html
This set of simple Christmas cards adds the ideal festive touch! It's simply that easy because all you need is a sheet of cardstock, markers or pens, and lots of colourful buttons! Add a meaningful Christmas wish on it and this card will brighten someone's day without a doubt!
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You need: card stock, assorted buttons, a glue gun or strong craft glue, a fine black pen
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Time: 20 minutes
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Difficulty: kid-friendly — but adult supervision for the glue gun
5. Christmas Stocking Card
Source: https://inthebagkidscrafts.com/christmas-stocking-card/
This adorable little stocking card is another great Christmas card example! Look at how lovely the fluffy cotton touch on the socks is! Doesn't it just make you feel warm and fuzzy? It does for us!
Print out the stocking template on the red card and fold the card in half. Cut out the stocking shape from the front side, add washi tapes at the back to create your own cheerful stocking pattern. Add cotton wool for the top fuzzy cotton cuff and a small insert inside for your Christmas message.
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You need: red and white construction paper, two Christmas washi tapes, cotton wool, glue stick and PVA, scissors, a pencil — the source has a printable stocking template
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Time: 20 minutes
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Difficulty: enjoyable for adults
6. Button Tree Christmas Card
Source: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/christmas-button-cards/
We're back to fiddling with buttons because something about it screams "CHRISTMAS!!" This cute and simple Christmas button card is the ideal Christmas card DIY! But don’t let your imagination stop you, go crazy with your ideas, the supplies are easy to get so build a snowman, Christmas ornament or even a Santa hat.
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You need: white card stock, small green and red buttons, one small brown button, a glitter foam star, hot glue — or glue dots for younger children
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Time: 20 minutes
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Difficulty: enjoyable for adults
7. Reindeer Christmas Card
Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/535506211939637856/
This reindeer Christmas card is full of texture and adorableness, with bright jewels and a cute red button nose. It'll be the ideal Christmas card for a special person.
Trace your reindeer head first and the wriggly antlers with a marker then glue your brown thread on. Make it creative with tiny wiggle eyes or over the top antler ornaments. Add Rudolph’s big red nose and Christmas cards decoration for the final touch.
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You need: Coloured thread, white and coloured card stock, blank cards, scissors, adhesive, coloured markers
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Time: 15 minutes
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Difficulty: kid-friendly
8. Thumbprint Christmas Card
Source: https://www.gluedtomycraftsblog.com/2016/11/thumbprint-christmas-cards-kid-craft.html
Can you believe how much art you can create with your thumbprints? Your thumbprints can create everything from charming Christmas trees to ornaments to little reindeer. It’s also a very simple Christmas card example, especially if you have small kids!
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You need: washable ink pads, white and coloured card stock, blank cards, scissors, adhesive, tiny wiggle eyes, coloured markers, baby wipes
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Time: 10 minutes
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Difficulty: kid-friendly
9. Cotton Swabs Christmas Wreath Card
Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/86623992818248805/
Don't we all simply adore a good DIY project? This cotton swab Christmas wreath painting card is a lovely way to create a quick and easy wreath painting. We're sure you have a few cotton swabs in your vanity drawers, so you can make one yourself!
Check out this cool idea for a Christmas wreath greeting card! Attach overlapping rings of cotton buds around a toilet paper roll with a rubber band. Dip your cotton buds in green paint and dab them on the card to build the wreath, switch to a second green for depth, then red dots for berries. Add glitter glue for the wreath ornaments and a gold ribbon for that perfect finish. Glue your masterpiece onto coloured stock and add your seasonal greetings. And there you’ll have your wonderfully unique custom-made cards.
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You need: coloured card stock, cotton buds, green paint, red paint, toilet paper roll, pencil, gold ribbons, glitter glue, and markers.
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Time: 30 minutes
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Difficulty: kid-friendly
10. Cupcake Wrapper Angels
Source: https://www.craftymorning.com/cupcake-liner-angel-craft-kids/
Instead of wasting your cupcake wrappers, make these adorable angel Christmas cards! It's a really sweet and simple idea. You may also give each of the angels a unique personality when drawing their faces!
Simply fold a cupcake liner in thirds for the angel’s body. Then cut 2 triangles out of the second liner for the wings. Add a tan paper circle for the head and a pipe-cleaner halo taped on behind. Finally, glue the finished angel to the front of a card.
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You need: two cupcake liners, a pipe cleaner, tan paper, glue or tape, scissors, markers, cards
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Time: 15 minutes
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Difficulty: kid-friendly
11. Tree Lacing Christmas Card
Source: https://artsycraftsymom.com/christmas-tree-lacing-cards/
Who would have imagined you could produce anything like this for a Christmas card? Some people are truly creative. This simple DIY Christmas card not only looks pretty but also teaches you how to tie shoelaces. If you have young ones, this would be a cute and entertaining project!
Draw an inverted V drawn on the front of a black card, and punch holes in matching pairs down both sides, then add lace string zigzagged between them and knotted behind.
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You need: card stock (black looks best), lace string, a small circular hole punch, a ruler, a pencil, scissors, a star sticker
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Time: 25 minutes
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Difficulty: enjoyable for adults
12. Cupcake Wrapper Christmas Tree Card
Another fun way to use your cupcake wrappers is to make this quick and simple Christmas card! With just a few Christmas cupcake wrappers, you can achieve a crafty and festive card.
Paint three cupcake liners with green paint then fold three cupcake liners into triangles. Stack them on top of each other to make up the tree. Then add your decorative scraps for a star topper and a rectangular trunk.
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You need: three patterned cupcake cases, coloured card, scissors, glue, any decorative scraps lying around
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Time: 15 minutes
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Difficulty: kid-friendly
13. Reindeer in the Dark
Source: https://in.pinterest.com/pin/560909328565186311/
Reindeers are traditional Christmas animals, and you can never go wrong with them throughout the holiday season! This original concept of reindeer in the dark is both cool and adorable. The googly eyes create such a fantastic image of the reindeer's eyes peering around! To give the reindeer a nose, add some red pom poms!
Start with a 5 x 7 inch folded white card. Cut black card to the same size, then trim half an inch from every edge so the white shows as a border all round. Use a white pen to trace a line ½ inch inwards of the black card to create a fun little border. Then you can take your googly eyes and paste them around the card. Feel free to add the red poms poms for the reindeer’s noses. Check out the video to follow along!
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You need: black card, folded white card, white pen, ruler, scissors, glue, googly eyes and red poms poms
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Time: 15 minutes
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Difficulty: kid-friendly
14. Washi Tape Christmas Cards
Source: http://www.aplayfulstitch.com/2014/10/washi-tape-christmas-cards.html
Washi tapes always come in the sweetest designs throughout the Christmas season, and trust us when we say you can't stop yourself from buying a bunch of them! One thing you can do with them is make these adorable baubles and use them as Christmas cards! It's such an adorable and easy Christmas card idea.
Draw around a plastic lid on a scrap white card for the bauble. Then cover each circle with strips of washi tape, before drawing the hanging strings and hooks above them with a silver pen.
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You need: blank cards, round scrap white card, two or three washi tapes, a plastic lid as a circle template, a silver pen, double-sided tape, scissors
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Time: 10 minutes
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Difficulty: enjoyable for adults
15. Cotton Ball Snowman Christmas Card
Source: https://www.thebudgetmom.com/diy-cotton-ball-snowman-holiday-cards/
This cotton ball snowman Christmas card will be everyone's favourite because the little cotton balls that make up the snowman's body are just so adorable. Also, everything you need for this card is probably already in your house, making it even easier!
Draw a snowman outline on the card, shred the cotton balls into small pieces and glue them flat to fill it in. Use beads for the eyes, nose and buttons, a knotted ribbon makes the scarf, and draw on the hat and arms if you want to.
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You need: blank cards or card stock, cotton balls, a hot glue gun, beads, ribbon, a pencil and pens
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Time: 15 minutes
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Difficulty: adult supervision for the hot glue gun
Printing Christmas Gift Cards with Gogoprint
As you can see, there are many simple Christmas card ideas that you may make at home. Although it's fun, making fifty cards by hand will be more than a chore.
So, design your Christmas greeting cards at home, and send them to Gogoprint Malaysia for printing! We’re fully online: upload your artwork to gogoprint.com.my and we’ll print it on a proper card — 260gsm or 310gsm art card, matte or gloss, in 4×6, 5×7 or 6×8 inch. Minimum order is 50 pcs.
Before anything goes to print, we check your file ourselves and tell you if something won’t print properly. You never leave the house, and the cards arrive at your door within 3 working days throughout most of Malaysia.
