Best Christmas card ideas for 2023

Create simple handmade DIY Christmas cards. Draw and design the best card for family and friends.

Evie from CBeebies House has a few simple but fun ideas for making a Christmas card at home. All you will need is some card, paint and a pen, easy! Watch the video to follow these easy steps. 

To make a simple Santa Christmas card, you'll need coloured card or paper, a glue stick and some felt tip pens. Best of all, no scissors are required, making this a perfect festive craft activity for little ones! 

Feeling more creative? Try this impressive tinsel tree Christmas card, follow the steps with Ben and make a card to bring the festive cheer to friends and family. 

Ready for some finger painting? If you have time to get the paints out with the kids then this is the one for you. Create a finger painted robin Christmas card and cute penguin Christmas cards and gift tags

Get inspiration from our pop-up cards and try and make your Christmas cards pop! Take a look at the Sarah and Duck card, Tree Fu Tom's Zigzoo card or a Bluey pop-up card

Looking for something a bit more advanced?

Then check out this brilliant snow-filled Christmas card courtesy of our good friends at Blue Peter. Or try and give your friends and family a chuckle with this charming and cheeky springy bum holiday card.

Christmas card ideas with Bluey, Hey Duggee or Supertato

There's lots of ways to make the perfect Christmas card, but using your little ones favourite CBeebies characters is always going to be the best Christmas card ever! If you can't find a template with their favourite characters here on, why don't you try drawing the character yourself or printing out some colouring sheets and adapting them into a Christmas card. 

Hey Duggee Christmas card template and Hey Duggee Christmas decorations activity print out. 

Learn to draw Bluey and her family or use the Bluey Christmas colouring sheets. We also have Bluey Christmas table name cards so everyone knows where they will be sat for Christmas dinner. 

Supertato snow globe Christmas card or Supertato Christmas card with festive baubles.

Learn how to draw the Numberblocks and find even more CBeebies characters in the print and colour collection

Follow Evie's guides for even more CBeebies characters , , , ,  the disco dancing unicorn and Twirlywoo . 

Use CBeebies Creative Lab to make a digital card and print it out. You can find lots of Christmas designs and stickers featuring Supertato, Hey Duggee, Vegesaurs, JoJo & Gran Gran, Something Special, Swashbuckle and more! 

How to write a Christmas greeting

Head over to CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and learn how to write the perfect Christmas greetings, wishes, and creative ideas for your Christmas cards.  

All you need to know about Christmas cards

When was the first Christmas card sent?

The world's first Christmas card was sent in 1843, by a British man, Sir Henry Cole.

He loved writing letters, but to write to all his friends would've taken him weeks, so he decided to have 1,000 cards printed and posted these instead. Read more and see pictures of the card on Newsround

When is national Christmas Card Day? 

National Christmas Card day is celebrated on the 9th of December, the date that Sir Henry Cole printed the first commercial Christmas card.

How many Christmas cards are sent each year? 

In the UK an estimated 1.8 billion Christmas cards are sent each year! 

Looking for more Christmas craft ideas?

Find more Christmas activities and craft ideas to do with kids and Christmas decorations and ornament ideas to make with kids.

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