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Are you coming? Grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles, friends and neighbors - All those persons that are important to the first grader will receive an invitation for the first day of school!

Invitation card

Are you coming? Grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles, friends and neighbors - All those persons that are important to the first grader will receive an invitation for the first day of school!

Level of difficulty For ambitious hands
Duration 20

We need:

Black cardboard DIN A4 colored cardboard cutter pencil ruler scissors white crayon letter stamps and ink pad piece of chalk tesa Mini Glue Roller ecoLogo® tesa® Masking Tape for CURVES

How we do it:

DIY Invitation Card / Step 1: Overview
01

Collect all items and let's start!

DIY Invitation Card / Step 2: Divide, cut and draw
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Divide the black cardboard in half, in order to create two DIN A5 sheets. Cut out 18.5 x 3 cm strips from the colored cardboard. Use the white crayon to draw a frame on the black cardboard.

DIY Invitation Card / Step 3: Chalk
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With your fingers, spread a bit of chalk on the cardboard in order to create a blackboard effect.

DIY Invitation Card / Step 4: Apply masking tape
04

Apply a piece of tesa® Masking Tape CURVES at a 1-cm distance on the upper side of the colored strips.

DIY Invitation Card / Step 5: Center and cut
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Mark the center on the short side, cut left and right in order to create a colored pencil tip.

DIY Invitation Card / Step 6: Stamp
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Stamp the cardboard pencil with the word "INVITATION".

DIY Invitation Card / Step 7: Apply glue
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Apply the glue on the backside using the tesa Mini Glue Roller ecoLogo® and stick the cardboard pencil sideways to the previously prepared black cardboard.

DIY Invitation Card / Step 8: Last steps
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Apply the glue on the backside using the tesa Mini Glue Roller ecoLogo® and stick the cardboard pencil sideways to the previously prepared black cardboard.