50+ Best DIY Christmas Cards for Handmade Holiday Greetings

Move over, reindeer. This holly, jolly unicorn is the new animal emblem for the holidays.

Use quilling paper strips to achieve the beautiful scrolls that make up this Christmas tree. If this seems too advanced, this crafter has also developed a quilling paper tree ornament that's easier for little ones.

Another fun idea for little ones: These silly reindeer are made with a thumbprint. They might need your help for the illustrated details, but we think kid-made drawings are even more charming.

If you have spare or leftover buttons lying around, repurpose them into a holiday card! With a few pen strokes, they can become vintage-looking ornaments.

Take all your leftover scrapbook paper in the any green pattern you have, and easily upcycle it all into pretty evergreens. You can use these on a card, and then, if you have any extras, stand them up for a 3D decoration in your house. (This blogger glued toothpicks into the back and stuck them in red Hershey's Kisses ...

... to stand them up.)

All you need is one shiny red sequin and you immediately know, even in a sea of googly eyes, which pair of eyes belong to Rudolph. This is for anyone who likes a big dose of humor in their Christmas cards.

Add an elegant touch to your Christmas cards with some gold leaf.

Do you want to build a pop-up snowman card? It's always fun when handmade cards have a 3D element. The tutorial also shows how to make cards with pop-up trees.

No fancy stamp set required — add some DIY fun with festive ink and a few pencils. Use the eraser to stamp on ornaments, buttons and holly berries.

This craft is intended to be an ornament, but it also works as a 3D card (that you can hang up on the tree afterward). The tealight adds to the overall effect.

Tie-dye was the DIY project of the summer. Bring a little of that warm weather fun into winter with this happy snowman, who sports a tie-dye-style scarf and buttons. You can also use the technique to do a tie-dye garland on a Christmas tree — it's great project for little kids and toddlers.

Gnomes are getting more and more popular in holiday decor every year, so this card is right on-trend. Plus, it has fun pop-up elements that give it a feeling of depth.

If you can score a straight line with a craft knife (hey, there are rulers for a reason), you can create this modern tree.

Not only do these look fun and festive, they also have a pocket that holds a gift card — way better than the plain envelope you get in the store, right? You can choose from a Santa belt, an elf or a snowman button design.

For a real personal touch, you can use a fingerprint stamp to add berries to a wreath or holly sprig. You can even get a free, printable template for the wreath and leaves.

Shake this card and watch this magical winter wonderland come to life (thanks to a handful of sequins).

A few careful folds, and you've got yourself a tree that looks gorgeous in its winter whites. Then, stick on "ornaments" to your heart's content.

If you want your holiday card to be colorful and vibrant, these trees made out of paint chips are a super simple way to achieve it.

If you're nimble with a needle, you can craft these cards. They're also a great way to use up little scraps from your fabric collection.

Not only does this card have a yarn pattern for a Christmas tree, a silver ribbon weaves through it like tinsel. It's so wintry, you can almost smell the pine needles.

This is an easy one for kids to do — their finger-paint fingerprints can easily be transformed into a string of holiday lights. If you don't have finger paint, you might be able to achieve something similar with stamp pads.

Use a white gel pen, white wax crayon or masking fluid to draw a design on your cards before painting over them with watercolors, and you'll get this cool effect. Each card is totally unique!

Now you see him in color, now you don't! This fun illusion, made possible through a "magic" frame, will delight little ones.

With a little yarn, you can create a card that's reminiscent of those warm, woolen mittens we all love so much. If you have a crafty kid at home, they could take this one, too.

Punch out circles in a few festive patterns, and you've got yourself the beginnings of a festive holiday wreath! The wreaths are so simple to make, you can use them as gift toppers, ornaments or decorations in addition to cards.

Crafting these Christmas trees is as easy as ripping lengths of Washi tape, then affixing to the front of a plain card.

Get a frosty feeling with these cut-out Christmas villages. You can use any backing color you like, from the traditional red or green to a bolder color like hot pink.

A charming winter scene unfolds in this card, which was practically made to be the centerpiece of a mantel display.

This card has all of the sentiment of a holiday card with all of the fun of a pull-the-flap book — when you slide the yellow card, the lights on the tree and the star "light up" (turn from green to yellow).

Send a taste of home with this cute card, complete with a snowman made of buttons. You can even switch it up and use buttons to make ornaments or a Christmas wreath.