Summer Shaker Card

A delightful little card full of sequins and beads that move around as you shake it. If you choose a summer theme, you can use it as a summer greeting card.

You will need...

- Materials: -

  • Postcard size design paper
  • Postcard size white paper
  • A piece of plastic bag such as OPP
  • Sequins and beads
  • Masking tape

- Tools -

  • Cutter
  • Cutting mat
  • Scissors or any other cutting instrument
  • Glue
  • Pencil
  • Scotch tape
  • Double-sided tape

- Before you start -

  • Speak to your local post office about postage and how to send your sparkly summer treat.
  • You need a cutter for this. Always make sure small children are properly supervised when using a cutter.
  • Make sure you have your design paper ready.
  • Don’t forget, you can print design paper using the smartphone app "Epson Creative Print".

Patterns used in this article

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How to

1Draw a cup on a white postcard with a pen, cut the inside of the cup leaving the line.
2Flip it over, align the bottom of the cup and the piece of plastic bag, and then cut the plastic bag a little larger than the cup.
3Fill the plastic bag with sparkly delights such as sequins, and then tape the open end shut with scotch tape.
Make sure that there is a little bit of air inside so that the sequins can move around.
4Apply scotch tape to the top edge of the plastic bag and attach it to the paper so that it covers the cup.
5Apply double-sided tape to the diagonal marked area around the postcard size design paper as shown in the image.
6Attach two pieces of postcard size paper together so that you can see the design pattern through the window. Attach a little masking tape as a straw and it's complete!

—Style 1—

You can make your own shaker cards by arranging the materials and how you create it in your own unique way!
For example, changing the shape of the window and attaching stickers for decoration.
Or use your favorite photo instead of design paper! Photos from some fun in the summer time would work nicely!

Creator of the samples above

Creator: Maika Kokubo

Craft project planner for “kiru oru haru”.

Graduate of Musashino Art University Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design.

Active since 2013 in sales promotion of stationary and sundry goods, and producing craft recipes for books and websites. Maika has made use of her experience from working at a theme park for children to hold numerous large-scale workshop events at commercial facilities. She continues to provide “How to” content and “experiences” that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

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