In spring, one of the brightest and most beloved holidays is celebrated on March 8. On this day, it is customary to congratulate your loved ones and beloved women. It is customary to give postcards. As one of the options, it can be a photo postcard. Photo postcard for March 8 will delight mothers, grandmothers, girlfriends, beloved girls.

Mimosas, tulips, snowdrops are spring flowers, suitable for holiday pictures, they can be bought in a regular store.

Types of photo postcards

• Only with a picture. You need to write the text of your wishes yourself.
• With poems already printed.
• The picture says to whom it is addressed: grandmother, mother, friend, sister.

As an alternative to the purchased one, you can make a postcard with your own hands. Will especially delight mom.

• Quilling.
• Origami.
• Application.
• Use of ribbons.

Application

One of the easiest paper handling techniques. A base is selected from cardboard, details are cut out from colored paper: flowers, the big eight. With the help of glue, the elements are glued to the base. You can write the text of congratulations.

Quilling

Beautiful postcards for March 8 can be made using the quilling technique. The blanks are purchased from a stationery store, but you can cut colored sheets of paper into thin, long pieces.

Part of quilling is paper rolling. Use corrugated paper, cut into strips, glued to the base. A quick way to create a surprise. Easy to make a variety of flowers, lettering.

Origami

In the origami technique, you can make beautiful greeting cards from March 8. In this technique, it is easy to make voluminous tulips, snowdrops. Snowdrops are suitable for a postcard, they are glued to the background, as a result, the picture is voluminous.

Ribbons

Ribbons are arranged together with paper. They can wrap an eight cut out of cardboard, then glue it. It will look much prettier.

How to make an origami card for March 8

It is the lightest and quick way to create masterpieces, suitable for both adults and the smallest children.

For such a technique, you need a minimum number of components: glue, colored paper, scissors, cardboard. It is better to use a glue stick, it glues the paper well, it takes a minimum amount of time to dry, it will not spoil appearance postcards.

Flowers in a vase

To decorate the postcard, you can use decorative elements: beads, sequins, sequins. Fold the cardboard in half, cut out a detail that resembles a vase, the shape can be any. You can pre-cut the template from paper and circle it on cardboard. One of the parts of the cardboard vase is two centimeters longer.

Glue the details of the vase together, only along the edge to make a pocket. Decorate the vase with an ornament. Cut a rectangle out of cardboard, the width of which is equal to the width of the neck, and the length is three centimeters more than the height of the vase. Insert into pocket.

Cut out the leaves from green paper. Glue to the protruding part of the rectangle. For more volume, add a few long leaves. Glue flowers on top, use different shades.

In the middle of each flower, you can glue a bead, button or sequin, decorate with sparkles. Write congratulations on March 8 on the vase.

Lilac from paper lumps

Made from napkin or corrugated paper. Cut into small squares and download into lumps. For lilac, use purple, red shades, the background is light. The lumps are glued to form flowers. Decorate with leaves and inscriptions.

Eight

Take a sheet of colored cardboard and fold it in half. Cut out a double eight, leave rectangles at the bottom, bending them in the middle, the number will stand. Glue the parts of the base. You can decorate with mimosa flowers from multi-colored napkins. Cut each into four parts, download into lumps.

Glue a twig of thuja to the bottom of the postcard. Decorate with mimosa flowers from prepared lumps. You can complement the composition with figures of butterflies, on back side write congratulations to mom.

Postcard with plasticine

You will need cardboard and plasticine. Choose a suitable background that differs from the tone of the flowers.

Swing thin sticks out of green plasticine, depict grass and leaves on cardboard from them. Swing the petal sticks in the same way. Twist with a spiral for each petal separately, you can combine shades. Fast and easy way.

Using your imagination and improvised means, you can make various works to please your mother on this bright holiday.

DIY photo of postcards for March 8

What do you need

• Black paper;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• scissors;
• patterned paper;
• glue;
• White paper;
• green double-sided paper;
• pink double-sided paper;
• red double-sided paper;
• peach double-sided paper;
• black felt-tip pen or marker.

How to do

Fold black paper in half across. From the top, measure down 8 cm and 19 cm and mark. From the first, draw a line 6.5 cm long to the right, and 2 cm from the second. Cut the paper along the marked lines.

Measure from the small incision upwards 3 cm and mark. Fold the cut paper over to it. The video shows you in detail how to do this. Open the future postcard and align along the fold lines.

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Place the closed postcard on the patterned paper and trace the outline of the volumetric detail. Cut out two small and large triangles and glue them from the inside onto the cut shape. Glue the black paper to the white paper. You do not need to glue the cut out parts to remain voluminous.

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Cut out many narrow strips 10 cm long from green paper. Glue them to the inside of the volumetric part, as shown in the video. Cut out many squares with sides of 3 cm from pink, red and peach paper. Fold them in half three times, cut a corner and unfold.

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Glue the flowers to the green stems, behind the volumetric figure and next to. Cut off excess strips. Draw a bow on pink paper, cut and trace it along the contour, and then glue it on the bouquet between the two volumetric details.

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What other options are there

It is even easier to make a postcard with a voluminous tulip. Print, cut out the necessary parts and glue, as shown in the instructions:

The stems can be easily and quickly made from accordion-folded paper, and the buds from hearts. Such unusual flowers are also somewhat reminiscent of tulips:

And here is another beautiful volumetric postcard:

How to make lattice postcards with flowers with your own hands

What do you need

• Thick peach double-sided paper;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• scissors;
• glue;
• pink double-sided paper;
• beads;
• green double-sided paper.

How to do

Such a postcard looks like a wall of a gazebo strewn with curly ones.

Fold the peach paper in half across. On all sides on the front side, make marks 1 cm from the edges. Connect them with lines and cut out a window.

Cut many strips of 0.5 cm wide from another sheet of peach paper. Glue them diagonally to the inside of the window, cutting off the excess. Then glue the strips diagonally to the other side, intertwining them with the ones already glued. The process is shown in detail in the video. From the inside, glue a 1 cm wide frame onto the grate.

Cut a small square out of pink paper and fold it in half diagonally three times. Draw a petal, cut and unfold the flower. In the same way, make the flower smaller and twist the petals with scissors. Glue the two flowers together and decorate with a bead in the middle. Make some more colors as well. The petals can be shaped differently.

Draw a small leaf on green paper and cut out. Fold it in half lengthwise and twist it slightly to create folds. Make some more leaves. Glue flowers and leaves to the bottom of the card.

What other option is there

Try to decorate the card in a different way:

How to make postcard dresses for March 8

What do you need

• Thick pink double-sided paper;
• ruler;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• White paper;
• narrow pink ribbon.

How to do

Fold the paper crosswise in half. To make it easier, run in the middle with scissors or a pen, without cutting all the way. On the front side above, make a mark 4 cm from the fold, and to the left 3 cm from the corner. Measure 3 cm to the right from the last mark.

Connect the first and third points with a smooth line. Use the same line to connect the last mark with the lower right corner - see the video for details. Cut the paper along the marked lines.

Cut a slightly smaller rectangle out of white paper than the card. Stick it on the inside. Place the ribbon at the waist on the inside of the dress and mark the fold. Cut a hole in this place, stretch a piece of tape and tie in front. Write your congratulations in a prominent place on the white paper.

What other option is there

How to make postcards with flowers from paper strips

What do you need

• Scissors;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• pink double-sided paper;
• blue double-sided paper;
• green double-sided paper;
• glue;
• thick white paper;
• narrow peach ribbon.

How to do

Cut six strips of 1 cm wide from each sheet of colored paper. Take a pink, orange or blue strip and glue its edges so that you get a small loop.

Lubricate its base with glue and make a larger loop around. In the same way, make another loop and glue the remaining edge of the strip - you will get a petal. You will need six petals of each color. Glue them together to form flowers.

At the end of the green strip, loop a little bigger size than petals. Wrap the strip around the loop and glue the tip. Give the shape a leaf shape. Make two more such details.

Fold heavy paper in half to make a postcard. Glue the resulting flowers on it. Tie the ribbon with a bow and pin it at the bottom of the card. Glue stems of green paper to each flower and under the bow, and leaves to them.

What other options are there

How to make do-it-yourself cards with butterflies

What do you need

• Thick white paper;
• pencil;
• black felt-tip pen or marker;
• scissors;
• pink note paper;
• peach note paper;
• rhinestones with an adhesive base;
• glue;
• narrow red ribbon.

How to do

Fold white paper in half. Draw a semicircle on the front side as shown in the video and cut it out. Trace the outline of the semicircle with a felt-tip pen or marker.

To decorate, you will need three pink butterflies and two peach ones. You can use ordinary colored double-sided paper, but it is more convenient to make them from.

Take a piece of paper from the block and cut off the adhesive layer, if any. Fold the paper in half and draw a butterfly on it with the middle on the fold. Cut out the shape and unfold. Make the butterfly smaller in the same way.

Decorate the small butterfly with rhinestones. Lubricate the fold with glue and glue the large part to the fold. Craft a few more butterflies in the same way. Glue them along the contour of the semicircle. Write in the window any congratulatory inscription and paste over it from the inside with rhinestones.

Cut some hearts out of paper and glue them in the upper left corner inside the card. It will be air balloons... Draw the threads coming from them and attach a ribbon bow at the bottom.

What other options are there

This video will show you how to glue voluminous butterfly inside the postcard:

And here's how to decorate a postcard with butterflies made using the quilling technique:

How to make do-it-yourself vase postcards

What do you need

• Scissors;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• green double-sided paper;
• orange double-sided paper;
• glue;
• pink double-sided paper;
• blue double-sided paper;
• White paper.

How to do

Cut a 21 x 9 cm rectangle out of green paper and fold it across in half. On the side of the fold, measure 1.5 cm from the edges and make marks. Connect them to the corners opposite. Cut the paper along the marked lines. Fold each part of the resulting part by 2.5 cm.

Cut a 30 cm x 0.8 cm strip of orange paper and fold it in half. From the fold, make marks at a distance of 2.5 cm and 5 cm. Fold the folded strip along these marks, as shown in the video. Unfold and fold the strip inward along the folds to the center fold. Glue the resulting bow and glue to the top of the green pot.

Cut out 3 cm wide pieces of orange, pink and blue paper. Fold each of them like an accordion with sides 2–2.5 cm. Draw a drop and cut along the outline. To make a tulip bud, glue three petals of each color together. See the video for details. You will need 7 tulips in total.

Cut a 10 × 5.5 cm rectangle out of green paper, and a 7 × 5 cm part from white paper. Glue the white part to the bottom of the green one. Write congratulations on white paper. Glue tulips on top. Insert the congratulation part into the vase so that the flowers are visible.

What other option is there

A vase can be placed on the cover of a postcard, and behind it you can hide a cute cat:

How to make a voluminous card-heart on March 8

What do you need

• Scissors;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• White paper;
• red corrugated paper;
• glue;
• black double-sided paper;
• red double-sided paper.

How to do

Cut a 18 cm square out of white paper. Fold it in half and unfold it. The fold in the middle should be clearly visible. On two opposite edges of the sheet, make marks 2 cm apart. Connect them with lines.

Cut 4 squares with 16 cm sides out of red corrugated paper.Lubricate the fold of the sheet with glue and glue one square in the middle. Glue the rest to this square in the same way.

Fold the card in half. Draw half a heart in the center of the paper so that the middle is on the fold - see the video for details. Cut out the shape along the outline. At this stage, you will have a booklet with corrugated pages.

Apply glue to the first, third, and fifth strips drawn on the white paper on the right. Glue some crepe paper to it. On it, grease the outlines of the even stripes drawn on white paper with glue and glue the next corrugated page. If the stripes are not visible, glue the parts by eye. In the same way, alternating strips, glue the rest of the pages.

Fold a sheet of black paper in half and draw a larger heart on it than you finished. Glue the latter to black and close the postcard. Make a 6 cm square out of red paper, fold in half and cut out a heart. Likewise, get a small heart. Lubricate the folds with glue and stick to the outside of the card.

How to make a carved postcard especially for mom

What do you need

• White paper;
• red thick paper;
• Scotch;
• stationery knife;
• white thick paper;
• double sided tape.

How to do

Print the template on white paper. Attach it to the red paper with duct tape on all sides for security. Cut out the hearts and outlines of the numbers and letters. Draw the fold lines.

Remove the template. Fold the white heavy paper in half lengthwise and fold the carved piece along the marked lines. Glue the piece to white paper using double-sided tape, as shown in the video.

How to make a flower postcard with your own hands

What do you need

• Scissors;
• ruler;
• yellow double-sided paper;
• red paper;
• glue;
• a plastic tube or wooden stick;
• Scotch;
• green paper;
• White paper;
• red felt-tip pen;
• black felt-tip pen;

How to do

Cut a square out of yellow paper and fold it in half. Unfold and fold in half again, but on the other side. Unfold, fold diagonally, unfold again, and fold diagonally at the other end.

Fold the square into a triangle along the fold lines. The video shows you in detail how to do this. Fold the triangle in half and cut out the heart so that the middle is at the fold.

Cut the same piece out of red paper, but in a smaller size. Glue it in the center yellow flower and write congratulations. Fold the flower into a heart and glue it to the straw or stick with tape. Glue the leaves cut from green paper to the stem.

Cut out of white paper ladybug and color it. Tape a paperclip to it and secure the edges of the flower with it.

It would seem, what to choose? The eighth day of March in our country is a women's holiday, which means you need something pleasant for women. And here is a place for thought, because the theme for the postcard can be:

• flowers (bouquets and individual flowers);
• plant motifs (leaves, twigs, blades of grass and other flora);
• beautiful abstraction (spots, splashes, curls and doodles);
• family motives (stylized image of the whole family, mother-child relationship);
• motherhood (happy mother in different life or comic situations);
• femininity (any images associated with femininity - personal care, outfits);
• culinary theme (charming pastries can cheer up many women);
• animals.

My daughter also suggested using all kinds of insects as a theme for postcards, but, in my opinion, it can be either butterflies or dragonflies - all the other insects do not seem cute to me.

Choosing a technique of work

To understand how to do it, you first need to figure out what techniques are available to you, what you can work with. It can be:

• painting and graphics;
• application;
• scrapbooking;
• origami;
• decoupage;
• embroidery.

Weaving from beads and knitting can also be used as a fallback, but such cards turn out to be too voluminous and time-consuming.

Different themes and different techniques

Several examples of postcards of different topics, which are made in different techniques with a brief description of the work.

Graphics and flowers

The simplest combination, it is very easy to make such a postcard. Draw flowers using any technique you like - watercolors, alcohol markers or even gel pens, fold the sheet in half and decorate the drawing a little by adding small details - for example, glitter gel pens.

Or, cut out several circles of different diameters from multi-colored paper, and then cut each circle in a spiral and twist them into buds, you get cute little flowers that you can decorate a postcard with.

Another option for a postcard:

You will also need to sign a postcard - you can try to depict a beautiful inscription with your own hands, using the technique of fake calligraphy, or you can simply print your favorite inscription from the Internet.

Options for phrases for printing from the site:

Plant motifs and quilling

Quilling is an ideal technique if you want you to get voluminous and original beautiful postcards by March 8,. To work, you will need a sketch or a master class, a blank of thick paper for a postcard (for example, colored cardboard) and strips of colored paper for quilling.

It is necessary to lay out a drawing from stripes according to a sketch, gluing it in such a way that it keeps its shape well. Or use a master class and follow its recommendations. These postcards turn out to be very effective and beautiful.

If you want you to get a voluminous beautiful postcard for March 8, made by hand, then it makes sense to make all the elements in the quilling technique separately, and then assemble them on the blank - so you can work out the composition and come up with your own style.

Abstraction in any technique

This is a pretty easy way to make beautiful cards in just a few minutes, especially if you have minimal paint skills and understand how to mix colors on a sheet so that you get beautiful streaks, and not dirt on the sheet.

You can try the technique of marbling or sumingagashi - dripping on the water special paints, and streaks are "removed" on the paper by dipping. This technique allows you to simulate marble - I think you will have beautiful abstract greeting cards.

You can try using a monotype - for this, on any smooth and non-absorbent surface, you need to apply a few drops of liquid watercolor, attach a sheet of paper and remove - you get a beautiful print that can be used as a background for a postcard.

Marbling, like monotype, is a very easy way to make a beautiful background, and a background made with your own hands can be decorated with a ready-made inscription (for example, printed from the Internet).

... more options for phrases for printing from the site:

Scrapbooking and femininity

Working in the scrapbooking technique is interesting and quite simple, but you will need to visit a creative store to buy materials for work - cuttings, chipboards, beautiful scotch tapes, interesting texturing pastes and all kinds of glitters.

Choose an image for your postcard - for example, dress and lace. This is not a very complicated image that even a child can embody. So, you need to choose a background for the card, cut it out and glue it to the base.

Then make the central element - the dress. Top part just cut out of paper, the lower one is better to fan out to give a little volume. Glue a piece of lace and some kind of small symbol on the background - it can be the number eight, a flower, a bird or a butterfly, and then set the center element, and your card is ready.

See the steps for creating cards with dresses in the video:

Origami and animals

Learning to fold origami is very easy, and volumetric postcard decorated with origami looks interesting. Try folding a cute fox, cat, or bird.

To make a postcard, you will need origami paper (you can replace it with ordinary colored double-sided paper), a base for the postcard and decor of your choice. If you want the card to be elegant, then you can use sparkles, foil ornament and stars.

And if you like minimalism, then a solid background and a bright paper animal are an excellent choice!

Culinary theme in different techniques

If you want to make a culinary-style postcard, then you can take different motives - a jar of jam, a beautiful cupcake, or just a cup of coffee. Such a greeting card will be cozy and charming.

For manufacturing, you will need materials for scrapbooking, but you can get by with improvised means - trimming beautiful paper, unusual laces and labels, multi-colored tape and voluminous flowers. Gather finished goods- a pleasure, especially if the topic is close to you.

Now you know how you can make an unusual beautiful postcard for any holiday and on March 8th. If your child wants to make a postcard for mom on March 8 with his own hands, then it is better to turn on a video lesson for him - one that was recorded by the child, so it will be clearer and more interesting for the baby, and the postcard for mom will turn out to be just great!