Christmas Card
Inspiration

Art in the Bag have devised an initiative to help raise
funds for schools, nursery groups and charities with
an art project to inspire students by celebrating their
individual creative achievements. Each child is invited
to have their very own drawing or design printed on a
Christmas card, a wonderful keepsake providing
an everlasting memory of this special time of year.

For every pack sold through school, nursery, playgroup
or charity they will receive £1.
  • Cost to school per pack of 8 Christmas cards
    = £3 incl. envelopes
  • Cost to parent per pack of 8 Christmas cards
    = £4 incl. envelopes

          Individuals purchasing cards will be charged £4 per pack of 8

The finished Christmas cards are A6 or postcard size and
all cards carry the message "Merry Christmas" on the
back they have the child's name, school and year group
on the back of the card.

Art work will be picked up from school's on November 7th
but should be at the school by November 5th to give the
school time to organise them for collection. Cards will be
delivered back to school during the week of December 3rd.

If you come across this information but do not live in Jersey
in the Channel Islands please phone 01534 510955
to speak to Lisa MacDonald for a quote for posting and
packaging costs or email info@paperclone.com
or this site for further information

Inspiration

To inspire you we have found some Christmas
images from far and wide to get you started because there are loads of things you can do for your card!
As well as all the usual Christmas stuff

  • Christmas Trees
  • Snowmen
  • Reindeers
  • Father Christmas
  • Christmas presents
  • A card about the birth of the baby Jesus 
  • How about something to symbolize the story of Jesus, like three fabulous crowns, worn by the three kings.
  • or one of the sheep in the stable
you could even do something more unusual!
  • How about getting some Christmas
    wrapping paper and making a collage
  • Make a print of your baby's hand or foot
  • You could get some black paper and
    then cut a pretty snowflake out of white
    paper and stick that on the card.

If you don't want to do a drawing, maybe you could

  • Write a poem
  • A secret letter to Father Christmas
  • Use a photo of your dog
    and stick on a Christmas hat. 
  • Or dress up and take a photo
    of the whole family

Simple ideas and shapes are the most effective and
the most striking. Don't forget to colour in the background if you don't want it to be white, as all the cards are printed onto white card. Instead of using a pencil to create an outline why not try a light blue crayon which won't look so obvious, if you do use a pencil try to keep it as light as possible. Maybe you would like to paint or create a print or a collage.
Glitter does not print sparkly but you could try splattering a tiny amount of paint to make snow.

Here are some more pictures that might give you
some more ideas!