How to Make a Going Away Card
- 1). Decide on a shape for the card. The options are endless -- from a traditional side- or top-fold card, to an accordion-folded card, a card cut in the shape of a vehicle (a car if your friend is driving, a plane if she is flying), a rolled scroll, and a booklet-style card. Your shape will dictate the size and type of paper you will use.
- 2). Select a theme for the card. Consider lists such as, Top 10 Reasons We Will Miss You, Think of Us When, or We'll Miss You Because (either of the last two can be a list of funny or happy memories). You can also use quotations about travel (consider Dr. Seuss' "Oh the Places You'll Go," or search the Internet) or begin with a map of places to which the person will travel and add picture or written details.
- 3). Lay out your card design. It's traditional to put the title or theme on the front of the card, and include most of the text inside, but you could also include a large picture on the front and put all your text inside, or space the text throughout the pages of an accordion- or booklet-style card.
Don't forget to leave room for friends to sign the card. For a card from a group, especially a class of children, consider a booklet-style card with a page for each child. - 4). Illustrate your card with hand-drawn pictures, images cut from magazines or trimmed pictures of the recipient and friends. Consider making a collage by cutting the recipient out of an original picture and gluing him into a magazine scene representing where he is going, such as a landmark in another city or the window of an airplane. Glue the pictures into the card.
- 5). Glue objects such as beads, ribbons or flowers to the card to make it three-dimensional. Look in the scrapbooking section of a craft store for ideas.
- 6). Allow the card to dry flat so that the pages do not stick together. When it is dry, have the givers sign the card. Present the card in an envelope, made from additional construction paper if the size is irregular, to protect it on the person's journey.
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