Simple yet amazing! Handmade New Year’s card ideas that will delight
Have you given up, thinking “I want to make New Year’s cards by hand, but it seems difficult…”?The truth is, you can create surprisingly beautiful New Year’s cards just by using familiar materials like washi tape, stamps, and origami!In this article, we introduce ideas for New Year’s cards that will make people exclaim, “Amazing!” when they see them.Each one can be finished with simple steps, so even first-timers can try making handmade New Year’s cards with ease.This coming year, why not send a heartfelt, handmade New Year’s greeting to someone special?
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Simple yet impressive! Handmade New Year’s card ideas that people will love (41–50)
Draw with colored pencils! Cute horse
With colored pencils, you can create a wide range of expressions—from realistic horses to cute, character-like ones.
If you want to draw a cute horse with colored pencils, this method is recommended! First, sketch the overall outline with a light beige tone, then color the body with a darker brown pencil.
When you do, be sure to leave areas like the eyes (or any parts you want to render in a different color) uncolored.
Once you fill in the smaller parts that need different colors, you’re done.
Making the overall shape rounder, aiming for a character-like feel, or adding rosy cheeks will enhance the cuteness even more!
Horse origami New Year’s card!
This origami piece combines an ema plaque and a horse’s face into one design.
There’s a space on the ema where you can write, so you can add New Year’s greetings or a short message.
Because the idea involves detailed steps like making creases and small cuts, it’s suitable for upper elementary school students and older.
Start by making the horse, then shape the remaining part into the ema.
If 15 cm origami paper feels difficult to fold, use slightly larger paper.
If you plan to attach it to a New Year’s card as-is, it might be too thick or heavy to mail, so consider using a printed version instead.
New Year’s postcard with a horse illustration
Let’s try drawing a horse using ellipses.
It even explains how to draw those tricky legs, so it’s easy for beginners at illustrated letters to give it a try.
Use ellipses to represent the front part of the torso and the rump.
The key for the rump is to leave a one-ellipse gap from the body and draw it slightly higher.
For the legs, imagine a long, slender “S” and draw them extending up and down from the joints.
Once you master these two points, you’ll be able to draw horses in various poses, like a side view or a rearing horse!
Simple New Year’s card you can draw in 3 minutes
@yukarin_fudeart [Simple New Year’s card you can make in 3 minutes] Christmas is over and it’s starting to feel like the year-end, isn’t it? Next year is the Year of the Snake, and I’ve been seeing lots of cute little snakes on Instagram. So this time, we’re keeping it super simple. We’ll focus on the phrase you write most often: “Happy New Year.” Use a light-ink brush pen to draw a slithery snake, then just dab with a single red dot pen. That’s it.Dot penBrush lettering artTranslation#Brush Lettering CourseWatercolor paintingWatercolor illustrationBrush Sense Art
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Using a brush pen gives your writing a striking look, but simply drawing isn’t enough to make it feel well-designed.
So this time, we’re introducing New Year’s card designs that make good use of a brush pen.
Because the ink of a brush pen seeps out slowly, the key is to move the brush without rushing and write with tighter spacing between characters.
It’s also important to emphasize certain parts of the characters.
This idea set also includes easy-to-draw designs for flowers and the zodiac using a pen, so check those out as lively accents as well.
Warm and cute brush-lettered New Year’s card
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Here’s an idea for writing the characters “Shinshun Manpuku” (New Year’s blessings in abundance) in an impressive brush style.
Overall, use bold strokes with a conscious emphasis on rounded forms.
For the first stroke of the character 福 (fuku), draw it as an oval like a koban coin, and draw a cute face inside the 口 (mouth) component.
With just this, the design is complete! If you prefer a simple look, leave it as is; if you want something more festive, use stickers or stamps to decorate the blank spaces.
It’s also recommended to add color to the background before writing the characters.