Make Kids Birthday Cards That Are Simple yet Awesome

In kid's birthday cards, use stuffs, ideas, and characters your youngsters already love. Plus get other card making tips and tricks

The one scary question that comes to mind when making your kids birthday cards is: “Will your child love it?”

The answer is actually simple but brilliant: in putting the birthday card together, use elements that actually excite your kids.

In other words, apply their favorite heroes, dolls, princes, princesses, cartoons, comics, and various other characters into the cards.

With this in mind, here are a few other things to consider:

Putting the greeting card art together

In the past, you had to actually draw the characters for the card. This was a big concern especially if the drawing looked nothing like the actual character.

However, these days, there are simpler methods that save you time.

For instance, there is probably a rubber stamp for that character your child already loves.

Therefore, there’s no need to sketch anymore unless you just want to. All you have to do is color the stamped art afterwards.

Don’t want to color the art? Not to worry. There are even stickers, 3-D pieces, and other essentials available in the craft stores as well.

What type of color medium suits best?

Are the colors too bright or too dull that they throw the rest of your kids birthday cards off?

For instance, here are two artworks from the same rubber stamps. One is with colored pencils and the other with felt pen markers.

Then, comparing them to match the pink cardstock paper showed that the felt pen marker art was the better choice. Because the cardstock paper was a little brighter than the colored pencil art.

However, If your kid loves even brighter colors, there are other options. Examples are ultra-bright colors like neon cardstock papers, colored pencils, and special felt pen markers.

Should the card “bling?”

A little glitter, “bling,” or other shinny stuffs here and there is always a great idea.

However don’t overdo it unless that’s what your kid wants.

For example, there isn’t any glitter on this card. However, the little shimmer from the silver ink letters is subtle and sufficient.

How about the edges: straight or decorative?

bland kids birthday cards are not always appealing. Instead, embellished cuts and decorative edges are cooler. And your child will love it.

For this card, there are decorative edges from the majestic-shape scissors. Plus, there are curved corners from corner trimmers.

Bottom line, feel free to make the card as creative as you want.

At this point, hope you are ready to make wonderful kids birthday cards? So have some fun and put a smile on your young celebrant’s face.

Cool Trick for Cutting and Aligning Decorative Edges

Want the decorative cut edges to align afterwards? One trick is to cut the adjacent edges at the same time.

To do this, on each piece of paper, draw pencil guidelines that represent the edges of the cut.

Then align the pieces on top of each other with the guidelines.

Next, hold the pieces together with masking tape before cutting.

Finally, make the cut then gently remove the tapes.

Remember to erase the pencil marks afterwards.

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