About the Jolly Santa Christmas Cards!
HO! HO! HO!, laughed Santa, that’s exactly what I want to feature in this post.
Let us bring back laughter, joy and rejoice! It’s Christmas!! And we must still celebrate, no matter what we’ve been through, even if it’s been an unpredicted troublesome year!
It wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t open our hearts and arms to welcome it once again!
ITS ALL ABOUT THE WHITE BEARD!
When I think of Santa, I think of his white beard and white moustache. This is why I will be focusing on just that, which is all I need for this design.
I will be making ‘Jolly Santa Christmas cards’
WHAT’S CHRISTMAS ABOUT?
Christmas is a happy, jolly festive time, full of joy, tinsel, baubles, glitter and sparkle. Twinkling lights and glorious colours and lots of scrumptious foods and mouth-watering yummy desserts, washed down with thirst-quenching beverages.
RECONNECT AGAIN!
A time for giving and receiving, a time to send good wishes and to reach out and make contact with friends and relatives. To re-establish communication and show we remember and care.
Christmas brings this to light. Sending good tidings to everyone and bringing folk together. So, coming back to communication, how do we do this?
HOW DO WE MAKE CONTACT?
There are, of course, the quick and easiest ways to message someone, and that’s to phone, email, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or write a letter, but the most traditional is to send a ‘Christmas card’
WHAT ARE CHRISTMAS CARDS LIKE?
Christmas cards typically come in all shapes and sizes. They would feature either seasonal images, wintery themes, animals, cartoons, Santa, cute, crazy, fun, baby in a manger, even personalised kind, and though I was tempted to purchase some of these cards, I can’t help myself as I always like to make my own.
Some examples of Christmas cards.
CONTINUE WITH MY IDEA OF THE JOLLY SANTA
I think, why not? I get an idea, then go along with it. The trouble is, once you start, there is no going back. I have to keep going until I have completed at least 26 Jolly Santa Christmas cards.
Last year I went with a snowman, check out the previous post.
SANTA IS CHRISTMAS!
There are many interpretations of Santa, known to wear a red suit, composed of a red jacket with white fur trimmings and a red pointed hat with white fur around the edge, a black belt and black boots. Or he could be wearing green, with similar trimmings and gloves, but he would still have white hair, white beard and moustache.
NOT JUST JOLLY SANTA
Santa would be known as ‘Father Christmas’, ‘St Nicholas’, or ‘Santa Claus’. Typically, kids would refer to him as ‘Santa’ or ‘Father Christmas’, and would be carrying a large sack full of toys. His means of transport would be a red golden sleigh with 8 reindeer.
NAMES OF SANTAS DEERS!
Did you know that all of Santas deers have names?
There is Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Where’s Rudoph? You may ask, well, Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer, was only featured in a song and was later added to the list of Santa’s reindeer, so in fact, they became 9 reindeer, although only a few reindeer are featured on Christmas cards, between 4 and 6.
BACK TO OUR SANTA CHRISTMAS CARDS!
I will show you how to put together an easy card by providing you with a Free printable.
This is a template of Santa’s mouth, beard and moustache ready for you to print off some copies. Make sure when printing, the image is at the bottom of an A4 white card, so when you fold in half, the top part becomes the back of the folded card.
You or your kids can colour it in with felt-tip pens, or follow my example and use cotton wool to portray Santa’s white beard and moustache, or embellish it how you want.
The cotton wool makes it a touchy feeling card, giving it texture and some depth. It also brings Santa to life!
Here is a printable. Aim to print out the image at the bottom of the card and fold the card in half, line up the edges together so they’re equal, then press down to crease and make a fold.
FREE PRINTABLE
Previewed on the left is what the printout would look like.
I recommend printing fit to page, depending on your printer’s settings.
Fold in half and either cut out the shape or leave it intact.
Do not cut out where the fold is, as this holds the card together, only the ‘V’ part above the mouth. (See demo pic. 7. Don’t cut the right and left tops of the moustache)
Alternatively, if it’s easier for your child, leave the card as it is and fold it in half; no cutting is necessary.
SO LET’S GET GOING!
RESOURCES
A4 printing card (as many as you need)
1 A4 sheet of tracing paper. (to manually transfer the image on to card)
4B pencil.
Red, pink, and black felt tips.
PVA glue./Scissors.
Cotton wool balls or a pleat.
Glitter. (optional)
SOME TIPS!
I have shown 2 ways to make these cards.
The quickest is to print out the template and simply colour it in and decorate it.
Or use tracing paper, trace off the image with a soft dark pencil, 4B or above, turn over the tracing paper and go over the image again with the pencil. This will become your means of transfer onto the white card.
This method can be used again and again to manually transfer the image if you prefer.
When you achieve the finish you want, then either keep the card as an easy A4 folded in half, or cut around the image as shown in the demonstration, so you are left with Santa’s moustache and beard.
If you are looking for more Santa card ideas, Etsy have a super range of Santa kits.
There are lots of ways to have fun making with Santa! 🎅 Choose from easy-to-download printables, colouring templates, cross-stitch, weaving, stickers, pop-up crafts and more.
Whether children love colouring, cutting, sticking, stitching or creating something that pops up, there’s a festive activity waiting to be made!
All art resources are also available at Etsy. From cardstock to pens, or paints, simply need to update or refresh your supplies you will find all you need, here.
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TO CONCLUDE!
Plan ahead of time when making homemade cards. Gather your resources so you are prepared.
I have shown how to make easy Jolly Santa Christmas cards.
FREE PRINTABLE
I have provided a free Printable that you can run off on card and embellish it how you want, or trace off the template with tracing paper and use this instead as a transfer. Keep using the tracing again and again.
I hope you enjoy making these cards, O’H. And inside, you can write any message you want, or type out a message and print it off a few times, cut it out, and glue it inside.
ENJOY CRAFTING
So, let’s lose ourselves in crafting and create something fun to do and get back that festive feeling!
I would love to see or hear how you got on, so drop us a line!
So here’s wishing you a
‘Merry Christmas’
and a very
Happy New Year 2021.
(Fingers crossed!)