Poke holes in a blank card and use embroidery floss to create colourful designs across the front. It’s such a pretty way to send a personalized holiday greeting!
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Free printable templates for string art Christmas cards:
Click the links below to find the shapes we used to make our string art cards! The templates are free to download and print. For the star string art card that we made in the tutorial above, we used the bottom right star on the “many sizes” option of Star Template #1:
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For our Christmas tree string art card we used the medium size of Christmas Tree #2:
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We found the ornament template on Crazy Laura. We used the medium solid bulb ornament to make our Christmas ornament string art card. You can find a lot of other great free Christmas templates online, simply by doing a Google search. Search for a Christmas shape like “gingerbread man” and then add “outline”, “template”, or “printable” to the end of your search term.
What type of paper is used to make these string art Christmas cards?
We used 65 lb cardstock to make our own blank card. It works well, but it does bend easily. Try buying 80 lb cardstock if you want a card that’s a bit more sturdy. Or if you don’t want to cut the paper to size, you can also buy blank cards!
How do I make a Christmas string art card with 2 colours?
Follow the exact same technique to make a string art card with 2 colours of embroidery floss, like we did on our Christmas ornament and tree cards. Cut a shorter string to cover a small area, and be sure to stay within that area as you create the outline. When you work in smaller sections, you can use one continuous thread to do both the outline and the crisscross design across the front. Then tape off the end of the thread and start a new colour like usual for the next area. You can read our Halloween string art post to see how we made our two colour pumpkin string art card.
These string art Christmas cards are so pretty! We love how each card is unique, coming together differently every time, even if you use the same shape.
Here’s even more DIY greeting card ideas:
3D Christmas Tree Card
Paint Chip Christmas Cards
Halloween String Art Cards
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
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