Tips for Painting Your Own Christmas Cards

Christmas is coming up soon so it is time to start thinking about what to do for Christmas cards. While there are beautiful cards available everywhere around Christmas, a fun and creative alternate to buying cards would be to send out personalized Christmas cards by painting your own. This is a great activity that is cheap and easy that you can work on as a family. I want to present to you some ideas about painting your own Christmas cards.

Types of Paint and What Paper to Use

Watercolor
I have seen some amazing paintings that were done in watercolor. Maybe you are a very skilled artist or maybe your child just happens to have a set of watercolors already that they love. If you want to create your Christmas cards and paint them with watercolor, you will need to use watercolor paper to create your card. This paper soaks up a lot of water that other papers would not be able to handle. Watercolor sets sometimes come with their own paint brushes. If not, there are paintbrushes available at any art supply store that are created specifically for watercolor. If you are having your child do the painting, buy a children's watercolor set, but if you will be doing a lot of the painting, you should splurge on the real set because the colors will be bolder.