How to Make Gift Enclosure Cards for Kids


Birthday Cards also related with Birthday Gift Card. Now, see the article below, you will see how the simple and easy way to make birthday gift card using Microsoft Words.

If you attend as many birthday parties as we seem to, you need a supply of cute birthday gift enclosure cards for your kids' gifts. Making kids' birthday gift cards is easy and fun using a word processing program such as Microsoft Word or a Print Project software program.


To get started on your gift enclosure card project, you'll need a package of blank business cards that work in your printer. The next step is to find a cute graphic to put on the card with your child's name. Browse through the Microsoft Clip Art collection to find the right picture for your child's card, or check out these free graphic resources online. When you find an image you like, save it to your computer in the My Pictures directory. Don't worry if the picture is a little too big for the card. You can easily resize it to fit.


You will find several nice fonts for your child's name in your word processing program, or you might want to download a fun kid font from the Web.

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How to Make the Kids' Birthday Gift Enclosure Card Using Microsoft Word

1. Open Word.
2. Click Tools, then Envelopes and Labels (under Letters and Mailings in Word XP).
3. In the Envelopes and Labels box, click the Labels tab.
4. Click the Options button to choose a format for printing your card. Choose the correct size for your blank business cards. I use Avery Standard Business Cards (2 X 3.5). Click OK.
5. Type your child’s name in the text window, then click New Document.
6. The business card template document will open. Save it to your computer, then begin to design your card in the first box.
7. You can center the child’s name in the box and change the font style, size, and color to whatever you like.
8. To insert an image onto the card: Click Insert from the top menu, Picture/From File. Browse to find the image you saved to your computer, select it, then click OK. You can also choose the Clip Art selection to use Clip Art from your Microsoft Word collection. *What if the picture is too big?
9. When you have the first card done to your satisfaction, copy and paste it into the other boxes on the page.
10. Print a test page on plain paper, then compare it to your sheet of cards before you do your final print onto the card sheet.

* To resize the picture you insert on your card: Select the image and Click Format/Picture from the top menu. When the picture formatting box opens, click the Size tab. From the Size tab change the Scale percentage down from 100% until the picture is the right size for your card.

See some sample gift enclosure cards made with Microsoft Word.

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