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 everyone will love (1–10)
A New Year’s card featuring osechi dishes drawn with eraser stamps
@happyzlrakg Making New Year’s cards with eraser stamps of osechi dishes—where do you want to put what? Both carving and stamping are just too much fun!#EraserStampOsechi#New Year's cardEraser stampNew Year
♬ The Peak – SEKAI NO OWARI
This design represents classic osechi dishes in a tiered jubako box using stamps.
You can carve your own stamps from erasers or use store-bought ones.
After stamping, adding colors with pens or drawing patterns will make it look even nicer.
Even though they’re stamps, the process of “packing” the jubako is fun, and it seems interesting to change the contents depending on the recipient.
If you’re looking for a memorable New Year’s card design that can be used regardless of the zodiac year, please feel free to use this as inspiration.
Masking tape torn-paper art: “Daruma-san”
Introducing a New Year’s card featuring a daruma that you can make by tearing masking tape! You’ll need masking tape, a pen, and tweezers.
Tear the masking tape in the color you want for the daruma and shape it into a head.
Imagine the finished design and stick it where you like.
Use tweezers to round it out neatly, then tear another piece of masking tape for the body.
Leave a small gap between the head and body; it’s easier if you add a connecting strip afterward.
Shape the body with tweezers as well.
Finally, draw the face and body details with a pen, and you’re done! Adding gold or silver masking tape or patterned tape around the edges will make it feel even more festive for the New Year, so it’s highly recommended.
New Year’s cards made with hanko (personal stamps)
Writing New Year’s cards can be a lot of work, right? Many people probably buy pre-designed cards and just add a short message because there’s not enough time.
But that can get expensive, especially if you’re sending a lot of cards.
So here’s an idea: simply stamp a hanko and the design side is done! Even with just one stamp, you can make a great-looking card by using a larger stamp or adding effects like gradients.
Try looking for stamps at 100-yen shops or online stores.
Simple yet amazing! Handmade New Year's card ideas that everyone will love (11–20)
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, on the area you want to scratch on the postcard, write a message in pencil and circle it or add shapes.
Apply wax over the message, then paint over it.
Let it dry thoroughly, and you’re done! It’s fun to write words of thanks or turn it into a fortune slip, so it’s highly recommended.
If you want to make New Year’s cards that are a bit different, give it a try!
New Year’s greeting card made using origami
Here are some ideas for creating New Year’s cards by attaching origami! First, let’s make Mount Fuji.
Turn the paper over so the back faces up, place a corner toward you, and fold it into a triangle twice to make crease lines.
Fold the top corner down to the center, then fold the tip up to the edge, and fold the very tip slightly downward.
Flip it over, and fold the upper left and right edges in to meet the center line.
Fold the bottom corner up to just before the center line, and Mount Fuji is done.
Next, the sun.
With the paper flipped to the back, fold it into a triangle twice, open it up, and fold it using the “zabuton” (cushion) base.
Fold all four corners in by about 2 cm, and it’s complete.
Lastly, the cloud.
Place a corner toward you and fold in half.
With an edge now facing you, fold it in the “kite” base style.
Keep the narrower end toward you.
Flip it over, fold the bottom edge up leaving about 1 cm margin, then fold only the right corner down to align with the bottom edge, and fold the remaining upper-right corner so it lines up with the diagonal—done! Each step is simple, so give it a try.
New Year’s cards made with masking tape
Recommended for anyone who wants to make stylish and cute New Year’s cards! Here’s how to make a card using just masking tape.
You’ll need a postcard, masking tape, a pencil, and a pen.
First, use the pencil to draw a frame of your favorite design on the postcard.
Tear pieces of masking tape and stick them along the frame, then draw a face, text, etc.
with the pen—and you’re done! If you use masking tape with traditional Japanese patterns, you can create a Japanese-style New Year’s card.
These also make adorable cards to accompany small gifts, so I highly recommend them.
Can be drawn in three colors! New Year’s card designs you can use every year
Introducing New Year’s cards you can stylishly and easily paint with three colors of brushes! Use small brushes for fine lines or letters, and three inks: black calligraphy ink, red, and gold.
Even just painting Mt.
Fuji in gold and the first sunrise in red makes for a very chic New Year’s card.
Simply switching among the three colors creates cards with different impressions, so changing each one as you go is fun and highly recommended.
You can create simple, effortless, and lovely New Year’s designs, so give it a try.
Since it doesn’t depend on the zodiac animal, it’s also fun to come up with different designs every year.