Such a cute flower or a bouquet of flowers can be given to your loved one, girlfriend, mother, grandmother, teacher for any holiday!
Making a flower postcard is very simple and even a young child can do it. The very first and most important thing is to make a flower template. You can come up with it yourself, or you can use the one suggested. The type of flower can be completely different: tulip, rose, chamomile... it all depends on your imagination and creativity! Now we will make a flower in the form of a tulip.
In order to make a flower card with your own hands, you need to prepare the following materials:
- colored cardboard – 1 sheet, it is necessary for the bud;
- colored paper – 1 sheet, it should match the color of the cardboard sheet, and is necessary for gluing inside the postcard;
- 1 sheet of green paper for the stem and leaves;
- white printing paper – 1 sheet, it is necessary for drawing the template;
- glue (preferably a glue stick, it will be more convenient);
- scissors and stationery knife;
- a simple pencil and eraser.
To begin with, as mentioned above, you need to make a template. You can sketch out the template drawing on a sheet of printed paper yourself, or you can print out the tulip template we offer.
The template must be cut out and then traced on the back of the cardboard sheet. Cardboard for this crafts Any will do, but a tinted one with embossing will look much more impressive and advantageous. (In the photo, the reverse side of the cardboard is red, since in the process of making the flower, tinted cardboard with embossing is used, and it is double-sided).
Now the colored cardboard blank can be cut out.
The blank needs to be bent so that you get a flower bud. If after this the underside of the cardboard or any flaws become visible somewhere, they will need to be cut off. If suddenly the flower turns out to be angular, then the corners can be cut off smoothly and carefully.
So, the flower is ready, let's move on to the leaves. From a sheet of green paper you need to cut a strip the length of the sheet, approximately 2 or 3 cm wide. Lubricate the strip with glue on one side. It is better if the paper is double-sided. If you don’t have one and you are using single-sided paper, apply glue on the wrong side.
We begin to twist the flower stem from a strip of green paper.
Now the stem is ready!
Now you need to start assembling the flower.We place the elements as follows: at the bottom there should be a sheet of colored paper matching the color of the bud itself - this is the gluing inside the postcard. We place the stem on top of the leaf, and then the unfolded bud, which should be smeared with glue on the back side. The stem should be placed about 2 cm inside the bud. If you see that the stem is too short and will look disproportionate to the bud, you can twist an additional stem from half of the same strip of green paper and glue it to the first stem on top.
In this form, without cutting the paper, fold the bud, and then place the postcard blank under the press for a short time.
Now you need to trim off the excess paper. And in order for the card bud to close more tightly, you need to make an arched cutout on one of its sides using a stationery knife.
Now let's start making leaves. To do this, take a strip of green double-sided paper measuring approximately 4 cm x 20 cm. If you are working with single-sided paper, you should glue two such strips with the wrong side inward.
So, we bend a strip of green paper in half crosswise and draw a leaf with a small stalk on the near side. Moreover, the cutting should be at the very fold line so that you can cut the same sheet on both sides and then unfold it.
We cut out the sheet without unbending the strips. It should look like this:
Now we bend the leaves back along the fold line, and then bend them again, but this time in length. Now we fold the leaves diagonally, as shown in the photo.
Now we unfold the leaves - they have veins on them. Glue the leaves to the stem.
So, the flower postcard is ready! You can decorate the inside of it to your liking: it will look beautiful if you stick a photo there and write a wish. Such an unsurpassed little surprise will delight your loved one! And every time a glance at a flower will remind him or her of you...
