New Year’s card ideas to make with children: simple designs using stickers and stamps
“Maybe I’ll try making New Year’s cards by hand with my kids.” If you’re thinking that but aren’t sure exactly how to make them, this article introduces ideas for handmade New Year’s cards you can enjoy creating together.
You can finish them off brightly with stamps and stickers, use your child’s handprints or footprints, or make a little lottery that recipients can enjoy—there’s sure to be a method that suits your children’s interests.
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New Year’s card ideas to make with kids: simple designs using stickers and stamps (1–10)
Scratch-off New Year’s card

You can make your own scratch-off cards! Here’s how to create scratch-off New Year’s postcards.
You’ll need a postcard, dish soap, acrylic paint, and wax.
First, mix the dish soap with the acrylic paint.
Next, write a message in pencil on the area you want to make scratchable and enclose it with a circle or other shape.
Apply wax over the message, then paint over it.
Once it’s fully dry, you’re done! It’s fun to write words of thanks or turn it into a little fortune slip, so I recommend it.
If you want to make New Year’s cards that are a bit different from the usual, give it a try!
New Year’s card design that can be drawn in three colors

Here are New Year’s card design ideas you can create with just three colors.
If you don’t want to spend much time but still want a stylish card, this is a must-see! You’ll use India ink, and red and gold gansai paints.
You’ll also need a brush or brush pen.
There are plenty of simple yet chic and celebratory designs—ideas that turn numbers into design elements, illustrations of New Year’s motifs like Mt.
Fuji and daruma dolls, and layouts that make the postcard look like a gift envelope.
Feel free to use these as inspiration to create a wonderful New Year’s card.
New Year’s cards made with stencils

Stenciling is easy to do at any age, so it’s great for designing New Year’s cards too.
First, sketch the zodiac animal’s silhouette on a postcard-sized sheet of paper.
Cut out the inside with scissors, then place it over your New Year’s card and secure it so it doesn’t shift.
After that, simply add color on top of the paper however you like! You can stamp, paint patterns with brushes and paint—color it in whatever way you prefer.
Once you’ve finished coloring, remove the top sheet.
The zodiac shape will appear clean and crisp!
New Year’s card ideas to make with kids: easy projects using stickers and stamps (11–20)
Making New Year’s cards with sputtering

Let’s design a lovely New Year’s card using a sputtering (splatter) technique! Prepare a postcard, drawing paper, paint, a toothbrush, and a fine-mesh wire screen.
First, cut the drawing paper into the shape of your favorite zodiac animal.
Place it on top of the postcard and hold the wire screen in one hand.
With the other hand, dip the toothbrush in paint and rub it against the wire screen.
When the paint has fallen all over like powdery snow, remove the zodiac-shaped paper.
You’ll see the zodiac shape appear in white!
New Year’s lion dance card using a child’s footprint

Here’s a handmade New Year’s card featuring a shishimai (lion dance) that you can make with your kids! You’ll need colored construction paper, a postcard, a brush pen, glue, a photo cut into six L-size pieces, double-sided tape, stamps, a handprint stamp, and chiyogami paper.
First, put ink on your child’s feet and press onto the construction paper to make footprints, then cut out the photo pieces and the footprints with scissors.
Attach two strips of double-sided tape to the top and bottom of the back of the postcard and stick on your favorite chiyogami paper.
Create the shishimai parts from construction paper to match the photo.
Use the footprint as the body, and stick a shishimai face onto the photo like a mask.
Finally, decorate with stamps as you like, and you’re done!
Perfect for New Year’s cards! Shishimai (lion dance) origami

If you can spend some time on each New Year’s card, ideas using origami are also recommended! Here’s an idea for a shishimai (lion dance) made with origami.
The shishimai is known as a lucky charm for the New Year, so it’s perfect for New Year’s cards.
Make the lion’s head with red origami, use torn yellow origami for the hair, and draw the mouth with a pen on the white area.
For the body, use green origami decorated with spirals.
The result is a very striking New Year’s card, so a simple greeting should work well!
New Year’s cards made with torn-paper collage

Recommended for kids’ New Year’s cards! Here’s an idea for designing nengajo using torn-paper collage.
First, tear the origami paper you want to use into small pieces.
After sketching your design on the postcard, start pasting the origami pieces on top bit by bit.
It doesn’t have to be just one color—using a variety of colors and patterns adds depth and creates a colorful finish.
Once the origami is pasted, add fine details with a pen and decorate with stickers, too!



