Original ideas are in the air. Catch and make your own works of paper art that will delight your loved ones. The most important thing is that all your works will truly appear in a single copy, which means that an exclusive hand-made postcard will be valuable not only according to high spiritual criteria, but also financially.
Working with scrapbooking technique
The most fashion technology working with paper today (scrapbooking) was invented and began to circulate around the world as one of the ways to design photo albums. But why not use it to create beautiful cards.
It has become commonplace that demand, sticking out its tongue, is trying its best to keep up with supply, and therefore the store has everything so that you and I can safely engage in our favorite hobby - making birthday cards with our own hands using the scrapbooking technique.
You will need:
- white paper for watercolors - sheet A4;
- colored paper(lilac, violet);
- wide lace ribbon – 12 cm;
- beautiful ribbons or braid – 30 cm;
- three white artificial flowers that can be cut from a hair tie;
- three small interesting buttons to match the paper;
- scissors, ruler;
- glue "Moment";
- felt-tip pen or purple gel pen.
How to make a postcard using scrapbooking technique
- At the beginning of the work, you can make paper blanks. Our greeting card “Happy Birthday!” when finished folded it will have a size of 10x16 cm. Therefore, we fold a white sheet of paper measuring 20x16 cm in half. Then we cut out four blanks from colored paper with our own hands (two purple and two lilac), as shown in the photo.
- Carefully glue the lilac blanks onto the purple ones so that there are equal margins of the same width on each side. Write the words of congratulations “Happy Birthday!” and outline the frame with a pen or felt-tip pen.
- Now you can glue all the rectangles onto the workpiece, stepping back 10-5 mm from the edge. Glue the lace and 12 cm of ribbon onto it, tucking and securing the edges of the textile on the back of the scrapbooking card.
- Glue the colored card onto a piece of paper folded in half. Now you can make a bow from the remaining ribbon and glue it, voluminous flowers and beautiful buttons using Moment glue.
- The final touch to decorating a birthday card in the scrapbooking style with your own hands will be to apply a drawing. Using a felt-tip pen or pen, draw a monogram and dots along the edge of the frame. Unfold the card and write congratulatory words.
Volume cards for mom's birthday
They do not require any additional material investments; any schoolchild can do it with their own hands; at the same time, these beautiful simple extensive work from colored paper.
You will need:
- colored paper;
- scissors, compass;
- double-sided tape;
- PVA glue;
- wooden stick;
- beads;
- beautiful ribbon.
The order of implementation of the idea
- Draw circles of different diameters on colored paper with a compass and cut them out. Using scissors from edge to center, make a spiral out of each circle. If you use curly scissors, the edges of the 3D flowers can be made terry or carved.
- Using a wooden stick, twist each spiral from the edge to the center, securing the resulting flower with a drop of glue in the center of the spiral circle. Try to make buds that are not very dense so that the bouquet is lush.
- Fold the pretty cardboard rectangle intended for the base of the birthday gift in half and do your first fitting.
- Cut out a flower pot from brown paper and attach double-sided tape to the back of it.
- Paste green paper 1-2 cm smaller in size onto the background of the card. Now you can make a composition from a pot and flowers for your birthday.
- Tie a bow and attach it to the pot. Glue the inscription “Happy Birthday!” and you can give a handmade card to your loved one.
Folding card "chicken"
- To bring this idea to life, you will need two sheets of cardboard or thick paper. Bend one sheet measuring 12x12 cm, 3 cm from the edge.
- The second sheet of cardboard measuring 15x18 cm must be folded in half. This will be the base of the card. Therefore, you can decorate it by covering it with beautiful paper on both sides.
- Cut 6 lines on the fold of the first piece. Step back 3 cm from each edge. The 4 side lines should be 3 cm long and symmetrical to the fold. The middle strip is cut 1.5 cm high from the fold axis, down 2.5 cm. The width of the resulting strips should be 1 cm. Bend them in reverse side so that you get three steps of the same height, but different lengths. They will serve as stands for paper figures.
- Cut out two brown eggs from colored paper, decorate them with appliques and glue them to the outer steps.
- Draw a chicken-in-the-egg pattern on paper. Using it, you must first cut out a newborn chick with legs and a comb from yellow paper, and then a shell from white paper. Glue them together, draw a beak, eyes and glue them to the middle step. Drape the background beautiful applique and chicken feathers.
Postcard using quilling technique
Elegant, voluminous jewelry On a postcard they don’t look at all like paper ones, but are very simply made. You just need to cut narrow strips of colored paper and roll them into spirals in a certain way.
The quilling technique is well described in many sources. You can learn the simplest techniques quickly. For such a picture you will need to make 4 “closed spirals” from green paper, 4 “off-central spirals” of yellow and 8 pink, as well as 14 green leaves in the shape of an “eye”.
Start with a large flower. Its center is also made of a strip of paper rolled into a spiral, previously cut to the middle of the width into a fringe. Then glue on the petals and leaves.
Attach the butterfly pieces in the upper left corner. Without gluing, lay out the details of the picture with congratulations and ladybug on a postcard, respecting the proportions. All that remains is to add “twigs” and secure the still life.
Gift ideas
To make the voluminous card even more voluminous, you can make not a flat pot, but a bag with a bow. Fold pink paper into an accordion fan or, as in the photo, into a bag. Secure the edges of the fan to the paper and glue the bottom with a corner. To prevent the fan from opening, limit its volume with a white ribbon with a bow.
In order for the inscription “Happy Birthday!” looked original on the postcard, it can be made using silicone. Next, you need to paint the background with a brush with dry paint, and then carefully remove the silicone film from the paper. There will be a white inscription on a colorful background.
There is no simpler and more original idea than an “endless” postcard. Write congratulatory texts, breaking and joining during folding, prepare appliques and drawings. Decorate with this a hand-made postcard according to the master class shown in the video.
Use natural material: leaves, dried flowers, flattened straws, ears of corn. This will bring the gifts to life and give them a natural, vibrant warmth.
A voluminous postcard, which is made by hand, will be unexpected and very pleasant surprise beloved and to a loved one. There are a huge number of beautiful cards for any event, so you can easily find the right holiday gift.
This is an original postcard, despite its apparent intricacy.
It is wonderful for every person close to you. The occasion could be Women's Day or New Year, and even Valentine's Day.
To make a postcard you will need:
- cardboard or paper thick enough
- knife
- First of all, you need to make a printout of the postcard template located here. There are several copies there.
You can try to sketch a drawing with a heart yourself. For this you need a ruler and a simple pencil. - Take a knife and use it to make special cuts on the resulting template.
- Try to fold the card as carefully as possible so as not to wrinkle it. First of all, you need to make the folds; in the picture they are drawn with a yellow pencil. Then slowly fold the card where you want it.
The remaining parts will form themselves. Iron each curve on the card well to ensure each one works smoothly. individual element.
To make it more convenient, you can attach the card with tape to the table. - Now it's time to decorate the card. Cover the edges with colored paper.
Almost everything is ready, you just need to add pleasant and good words.
Volumetric postcard Volcano of Hearts
This postcard consists of several parts that need to be connected using glue.
To create a postcard you will need:
- cardboard and colored paper
- scissors
- white glue.
- Download the template in a suitable format.
Templates for a three-dimensional postcard, which is made with your own hands.
Knowing some rules, you can draw hearts yourself. You will find the rules below. - Take out a huge heart from the middle. It is located on the fold.
- When cutting out the hearts, try not to touch the places where they bend (see picture).
- On the hearts shown in this figure, you need to make cuts to connect them together.
In order for the three-dimensional card to be closed as tightly as possible, you need to cut the paper on the middle fold to glue individual hearts to the base in the form of red cardboard. This cardboard is the background of the postcard. - After you have glued the halves to the base, you need to fasten the hearts using the cuts previously made on them.
The size of the hearts should be the same on all sides.
The line on the diagram, which is drawn in blue, indicates the same distance that there is from the center fold to the beginning of the cut, and the lines in red indicate that there is exactly the same distance between the hearts that are located closer to the middle of the card.
Ideas to note
Original ideas are in the air. Catch and make your own works of paper art that will delight your loved ones. The most important thing is that all your works will truly appear in a single copy, which means that an exclusive hand-made postcard will be valuable not only according to high spiritual criteria, but also financially.
Working with scrapbooking technique
The most fashionable technique for working with paper today (scrapbooking) was invented and began to circulate around the world as one of the ways to design photo albums. But why not use it to create beautiful cards.
It has become commonplace that demand, sticking out its tongue, is trying its best to keep up with supply, and therefore the store has everything so that you and I can safely engage in our favorite hobby - making birthday cards with our own hands using the scrapbooking technique.
You will need:
- white paper for watercolors - sheet A4;
- colored paper (lilac, purple);
- wide lace ribbon – 12 cm;
- beautiful ribbons or braid – 30 cm;
- three white artificial flowers that can be cut from a hair tie;
- three small interesting buttons to match the paper;
- scissors, ruler;
- glue "Moment";
- felt-tip pen or purple gel pen.
How to make a postcard using scrapbooking technique
- At the beginning of the work, you can make paper blanks. Our greeting card “Happy Birthday!” when finished folded it will have a size of 10x16 cm. Therefore, we fold a white sheet of paper measuring 20x16 cm in half. Then we cut out four blanks from colored paper with our own hands (two purple and two lilac), as shown in the photo.
- Carefully glue the lilac blanks onto the purple ones so that there are equal margins of the same width on each side. Write the words of congratulations “Happy Birthday!” and outline the frame with a pen or felt-tip pen.
- Now you can glue all the rectangles onto the workpiece, stepping back 10-5 mm from the edge. Glue the lace and 12 cm of ribbon onto it, tucking and securing the edges of the textile on the back of the scrapbooking card.
- Glue the colored card onto a piece of paper folded in half. Now you can make a bow from the remaining ribbon and glue it, voluminous flowers and beautiful buttons using Moment glue.
- The final touch to decorating a birthday card in the scrapbooking style with your own hands will be to apply a drawing. Using a felt-tip pen or pen, draw a monogram and dots along the edge of the frame. Unfold the card and write congratulatory words.
Volume cards for mom's birthday
They do not require any additional material investments; any schoolchild can do it with his own hands; at the same time, these beautiful simple three-dimensional works made of colored paper are very interesting and original.
You will need:
- colored paper;
- scissors, compass;
- double-sided tape;
- PVA glue;
- wooden stick;
- beads;
- beautiful ribbon.
The order of implementation of the idea
- Draw circles of different diameters on colored paper with a compass and cut them out. Using scissors from edge to center, make a spiral out of each circle. If you use curly scissors, the edges of the 3D flowers can be made terry or carved.
- Using a wooden stick, twist each spiral from the edge to the center, securing the resulting flower with a drop of glue in the center of the spiral circle. Try to make buds that are not very dense so that the bouquet is lush.
- Fold the pretty cardboard rectangle intended for the base of the birthday gift in half and do your first fitting.
- Cut out a flower pot from brown paper and attach double-sided tape to the back of it.
- Paste green paper 1-2 cm smaller in size onto the background of the card. Now you can make a composition from a pot and flowers for your birthday.
- Tie a bow and attach it to the pot. Glue the inscription “Happy Birthday!” and you can give a handmade card to your loved one.
Folding card "chicken"
- To bring this idea to life, you will need two sheets of cardboard or thick paper. Bend one sheet measuring 12x12 cm, 3 cm from the edge.
- The second sheet of cardboard measuring 15x18 cm must be folded in half. This will be the base of the card. Therefore, you can decorate it by covering it with beautiful paper on both sides.
- Cut 6 lines on the fold of the first piece. Step back 3 cm from each edge. The 4 side lines should be 3 cm long and symmetrical to the fold. The middle strip is cut 1.5 cm high from the fold axis, down 2.5 cm. The width of the resulting strips should be 1 cm. Bend them in the opposite direction to make three steps of the same height, but of different lengths. They will serve as stands for paper figures.
- Cut out two brown eggs from colored paper, decorate them with appliques and glue them to the outer steps.
- Draw a chicken-in-the-egg pattern on paper. Using it, you must first cut out a newborn chick with legs and a comb from yellow paper, and then a shell from white paper. Glue them together, draw a beak, eyes and glue them to the middle step. Drape the background with beautiful appliqué and chicken feathers.
Postcard using quilling technique
Elegant, voluminous decorations on a postcard do not look at all like paper ones, but are made very simply. You just need to cut narrow strips of colored paper and roll them into spirals in a certain way.
The quilling technique is well described in many sources. You can learn the simplest techniques quickly. For such a picture you will need to make 4 “closed spirals” from green paper, 4 “off-central spirals” of yellow and 8 pink, as well as 14 green leaves in the shape of an “eye”.
Start with a large flower. Its center is also made of a strip of paper rolled into a spiral, previously cut to the middle of the width into a fringe. Then glue on the petals and leaves.
Attach the butterfly pieces in the upper left corner. Without gluing, lay out the details of the picture with a congratulation and a ladybug on the postcard, observing the proportions. All that remains is to add “twigs” and secure the still life.
Gift ideas
To make the voluminous card even more voluminous, you can make not a flat pot, but a bag with a bow. Fold pink paper into an accordion fan or, as in the photo, into a bag. Secure the edges of the fan to the paper and glue the bottom with a corner. To prevent the fan from opening, limit its volume with a white ribbon with a bow.
In order for the inscription “Happy Birthday!” looked original on the postcard, it can be made using silicone. Next, you need to paint the background with a brush with dry paint, and then carefully remove the silicone film from the paper. There will be a white inscription on a colorful background.
There is no simpler and more original idea than an “endless” postcard. Write congratulatory texts that break and join during folding, prepare applications and drawings. Decorate with this a hand-made postcard according to the master class shown in the video.
Use natural materials: leaves, dried flowers, flattened straws, ears of corn. This will bring the gifts to life and give them a natural, vibrant warmth.
Handmade gifts and cards are valued much more than standard store-bought ones. And this is not surprising. After all, all hand made products are unique and created in a single copy. Moreover, a greeting card with warm wishes, made with your own hands, will pleasantly surprise the birthday person and complement the birthday gift.
Many people think what to create beautiful postcard at home without expensive materials and tools is impossible, but this is far from the case. Knowing the basic principles of cardmaking and scrapbooking, you can make original postcards Happy Birthday with your own hands from scrap materials that are found in almost every home.
What will you need to create a Happy Birthday card?
- First of all, you need to prepare the base of the postcard. It is best if it is cardboard or whatman paper. The base color is any, preferably monochromatic.
- You will need two types of scissors - some large ones to cut out the base of the card, others - small ones for manicure. The latter are convenient for cutting out miniature applications or pictures.
- A ruler and pencil are needed to correctly mark the length and width of the card on the cardboard.
- You can use colored pens, especially helium pens with glitter beautiful inscriptions and drawings on postcards.
- A glue stick will help you make beautiful paper appliqués on postcards without smudges or stains. For attaching fabric, lace, felt, it is better to use PVA glue, and for more “serious” decorations, such as buttons, rhinestones, sequins, etc., using universal Moment glue or a glue gun will help avoid troubles associated with postcard parts falling off the most inopportune moment.
- Anything can become a decoration for postcards: colored paper, felt, pictures from old magazines and newspapers, beads, rhinestones, sequins, beads, coffee, pasta, cereals, old twine, threads and much, much more. In general, anything that is in every home.
The process of making a simple Happy Birthday card
Making any postcard, no matter how simple or complex, begins with preparing the base. Postcards can be single or double, of different formats, configurations and sizes.
The simplest postcard is, of course, a single one, when a square or rectangle of the required size is cut out with scissors. If you need a double postcard, fold the cardboard in half and mark right size postcards and the detail is cut out along the contours.
The size of the base can be any. However, if you are going to send the card by mail, it is best to make it under an envelope.
Envelope sizes:
The same applies to the configuration of the postcard - it can also be varied: in the form of any shape - round, square, rectangular, oval with smooth or fancy-cut edges.
When the base is prepared, move on to preparing decorations for the card. The simplest thing is, of course, applique, when the parts are glued to the base. For example, this postcard with a balloon glued to it is made very simply and quickly, the whole secret is in the selected materials:
You don’t even need to use glue, but sew on the necessary elements using a sewing machine:
For universal birthday cards that will suit anyone, flowers are best. The parts can be cut out using templates or you can come up with something of your own.
The edges of the card can be decorated with ribbons, lace, beads, etc. 
And the finishing touch is the inscription. You can sign with a colored pen, a felt-tip pen, or you can use beautiful inscriptions for cards “Happy Birthday!” and “Congratulations!”, made using scrapbooking technique, print on the printer:
Creative ideas: how to make original DIY birthday cards
- Usage various types unusual basics. For example, watercolor paper for the background. Or apply a stamped design onto tracing paper, and use bright decorative paper as a backing for it.
- The color scheme, correctly selected, is the most simple composition will make it original. It is enough to use three colors – two contrasting and one neutral.
- Usage various options folding cards, breaking symmetry.
- For inscriptions and postcard signatures, use calligraphic outlines of letters and apply them with silver or gold paint.
- Using scrapbooking technique. The base of the postcard is made of colored cardboard. Decorative elements and backgrounds for them are selected, combining texture and color. Each background with decorative elements is glued layer by layer (using gel-based glue).
- Using quilling technique. These are three-dimensional drawings made from folded strips of double-sided colored paper. Figures are made (spirals, leaves, flower petals are rolled up) and glued to the base.
- Using decoupage technique. Select a napkin with the appropriate pattern, remove the top layer and carefully stick it with PVA glue diluted with water onto the base of the card, avoiding the appearance of wrinkled folds.
As you can see, making a quick, simple and creative card is not that difficult. If you spend a little more time on production, you can make more original cards with your own hands.
Original DIY birthday card made from watercolor paper
Making a birthday card using watercolor or ink on watercolor paper doesn't take long.
Materials:
- watercolor, ink, ink;
- watercolor paper;
- aqua brush;
- colored cardboard for the base;
- themed sets of stamps for drawing.
Manufacturing
- If you are making a square card, then the length of the cardboard should be twice the width. To fold the workpiece in half, you need to align the upper left corner with the upper right. Do the same with the lower corners, then make an even break in the middle and cover with a weight for a few minutes.
- Watercolor paper should be in the shape of a square, the side of which is commensurate with the width of the cardboard base.
- A design is applied to the paper using flower stamps. Stamping is done in a circle, changing the angle. The image is obtained in the form of a wreath of flowers and leaves directed both inside and outside the circle. Then the drawing is painted with watercolors or ink using an aqua brush. On separate sheet It is recommended to practice choosing colors for the wreath.
- When the drawing is dry, it needs to be trimmed (the sides of the square of the watercolor sheet should become slightly smaller than the sides of the base). The glue should be applied in dots in several places, or double-sided tape should be used. The picture is placed in the center. If you wish, you can make the inscription “Happy Birthday!” in ink.
The next craft is more difficult to make, but very beautiful.
Volumetric birthday card
An original option could be a voluminous postcard, made with your own hands according to the principle of children's books. When the postcard is opened, three-dimensional compositions with elements on different planes are formed.
You will need:
- thick decorative paper;
- white cardboard;
- curly and regular scissors;
- PVA glue or pencil;
- colored paper;
- colored pens.
Manufacturing
- You need to take rectangular shaped decorative paper and fold it in half. This will be the cover for a future postcard.
- For the “filling” you should cut cardboard to the appropriate size and also fold it in half.
- An outline drawing of the image is made in the center (using a stencil or patterns). It is enough to draw one large flower or, as an idea, use the following templates for three-dimensional cards - from simple to complex:
- You can make an applique on the flower from bright colored paper or leave it white and use a colored pen to highlight the details of the image.
- Using curly scissors, cut the cardboard along the edge.
- You should glue the cardboard with the flower to the cover and place it under the weight.
- Write your congratulations and wishes near the flower.
- On the outside of the card you can stick palettes, a ribbon, and write “Happy Birthday!”
A beautiful handmade greeting card will delight your loved ones for a long time.
During the holidays, it is customary to give gifts to family and friends. A handmade postcard with warm wishes will be a good addition to a gift, or an equivalent replacement. Why make it yourself if any postcards are sold in stores? But it often happens when a card you like has a signature and congratulations that are completely inappropriate for the occasion. It will also be cheaper to make a postcard than to buy it. And the recipient will be more pleased to receive a gift made by your hands, because you show how much this person means to you.
Do greeting card do it yourself from semolina
You will need: colored cardboard, PVA glue, pencil, semolina, watercolor paints.
On a sheet of cardboard folded in half, use a pencil to draw the outlines of the design.
Spread glue on the area of the painting and sprinkle it with semolina, shake off the excess grain. In this way, apply semolina over the entire drawing. Try to ensure that there are gaps between elements that differ in color without glue or semolina.
After a few hours, when the workpiece has dried, take paints and color the picture to your liking.
How to make a beautiful DIY card from laces
You will need: a sheet of colored cardboard, colored laces (1-3 m), thin threads to match the color of the laces, a needle with a wide eye, a thin needle, scissors, a sheet of white paper, a pencil, carbon paper.
Fold the cardboard in half with the colored side facing out.
Draw a design on a piece of paper and transfer it to the front of the card using carbon paper.
Colored laces can be purchased at a fabric store. They must be flexible and hold their shape well at the same time.
Thread the lace through the needle. Tie a knot at the end of the lace and start embroidering the picture. Do not tighten the cord too much, otherwise the image will be three-dimensional. Thread a thin thread into a small needle and use it to secure the cord in the desired position while turning or bending the design line.
Write the inscription on the card with a marker. You can use a printer: print the greeting on colored paper, cut out the letters and stick it on the card.
Make a postcard with your own hands video
(the video shows a method for making an endless postcard)
How to make a postcard for a small child
Postcards made by children, despite their simplicity, are very expensive for parents. And even if the execution is not perfect, such a gift will take pride of place on the shelf.
Bend the sheet of paper several times as shown in the figure, dividing it into 5 parts. The middle part is the back side of the postcard, the sheet is folded inward toward the middle, and then it is folded outward (there will be a design on this side).
In the center, between the edges of the paper, draw a picture, try to keep the drawing symmetrical.
Color the drawing and cut it out.
Write a congratulation inside, and to prevent the card from opening, put an elastic band on it.
How to make a DIY card for dad
For dad, a card-shirt would be appropriate for any occasion.
You will need: striped or checkered colored cardboard (shirt), colored paper (tie), scissors, pencil, ruler, glue, 2 small buttons.
Draw or trace the silhouette of a tie on colored paper. Cut it out.
Fold the colored cardboard in half. At the top, mark the middle of half the sheet and draw a 3 cm long line from this point down. And then cut along the line with scissors.
Fold the card along the intended fold with the colored side facing out, so that the half with the cut is on top. Fold down the corners of the cut. You have now created a shirt collar.
Glue on the cut out tie. Its upper edge should coincide with the end of the cut. Glue the collar on top.
Leave the card for several hours under a heavy book so that all the elements stick well.
Finally, glue 2 buttons to the corners of the collar and the card will be ready.
How to make a postcard for mom with your own hands
You can give your mom a card made from plasticine and then additionally colored with pencils.
Or you can make an applique from fabric, bows and paper.
You will need: red cardboard, white paper, curly scissors (preferably), a pink bow, a piece of soft pink paper with polka dots, lace, fabric or paper with a red checkered pattern, pink pencils, scissors, 4 beads, moment crystal glue.
The base of the card is folded colored cardboard in half.
Draw a frame on white paper and cut it out with curly scissors. Cut a strip from the plaid fabric, and cut a rectangle from the polka dot fabric to fit the frame.
Make a tag from the inside of the frame. Color it with a pink pencil and sign it. Cut out a flower from white paper.
Glue a strip of plaid fabric to the bottom of the base.
Glue the lace on top.
Then glue on the polka dot fabric and frame.
Glue a flower to the frame (use a bead for the middle), add a tag and a bow, and beads.
The postcard for the dearest person is ready.
How to make a postcard with your own hands for your grandmother
Grandmother is always happy when her grandchildren come to her. Grandma will give guests aromatic tea with homemade jam and feed them hot pies; will listen carefully to the problem and try to help with advice. On her birthday or any other holiday, it is very important to show her reciprocal care by giving her a gift.
You will need: a template, colored cardboard, beautiful ribbons, lace, pieces of fabric, scissors, glue.
Print the template and transfer it to colored cardboard, cut out the shape of the apron, pockets, and tool.
Apply glue to the bottom edge of the pocket blank, attach a frill, and glue it to the card so that you can put tools in the pocket. Glue a strip of lace onto the pocket.
Make 2 holes on top of the card and secure a loop of ribbon in them. Glue the 1st ribbon on the sides - the ties of the apron.
Put your kitchen utensils in your pocket and write kind words on a card.
How to make a voluminous postcard with your own hands
A voluminous card looks very impressive and gentle, but making it will require perseverance and patience. Just one wrong move and the job will have to start all over again.
Prepare: a sheet of white thick paper, a sheet of colored paper, a stationery knife, glue, a ruler.
Print the diagram on a white sheet of paper. The drawing is made using three types of lines: solid, dotted and dotted. Use a utility knife to cut ONLY along solid lines. It's best to start from the middle of the picture.
When the picture is cut out, begin to bend the dotted lines towards you, the dotted lines away from you. To ensure that the bends are even, use a ruler.
Glue the three-dimensional picture into a sheet of colored paper folded in half.
Schemes and examples of three-dimensional postcards
