Umbrella Card, Mail Box Card

These cute cards are fun to make with gel-pens or glitter glue. Children can use crayons and stickers. The above is an umbrella, suitable for any occasion.

I really enjoyed inventing this one. It is an old fashioned country mail box. You can use gel-pens to outline things in a contrasting color so that it shows up dramatically, or shiny glitter glue. On the lid of the mail box, write the name of the recipient in the same gel-pen or pen. The scribbles paint that I use is too messy for children and has a drying period. Gel pens work better for this. When cutting along the dotted line (see template papttern) be sure only to cut the top layer. Place the pattern on the fold, as shown.




Cut the template on the folded cardstock, then glue only a thin line inside the card, where you see the arrows, above. It forms a little pocket to put miniature mail in.



When the glue is dry and the pocket is formed, you can pull down the front of the mail box and see this cute mail.


This is a bit blurry but it shows a sample of the sweet little sayings or verses you could write or rubber-stamp inside the little letters.

This is the template pattern. Right click and save to your documents or pictures, then click "print" --or maybe you can click "print" directly from this page. Print it out and then glue the entire thing to cardboard. Cut out the pieces and use them to trace around on your good papers and cardstock. I have even included a little stamp and a rose to use as a sticker. I used it as the pull tab on the mail box cover. There are some little rain drops near the umbrella. If you did not want to cut out such small pieces, you could always use pre-cut raindrop stickers, or you could use your clear glitter glue to make them directly on the card.

I really hope you and your children have a lot of fun with these.