Have a birthday coming up and want to make a cute, customized invitation? Need a last-minute card to send with some donut treats for the teachers? Those are just two quick, easy, and FREE ways to use the Canva.com website to design customized invitations and cards. You can quickly print notes, flyers, or a small number of invitations from home, or let Canva print and ship your completed project right to your door.
A quick search of "kids birthday invite" yielded dozens of results to choose from. If you're looking for something specific, use search words like "unicorn," "dinosaur," "balloons," or "beach" to narrow your search. Or browse them all and be inspired by something new!
We chose a template and got to work customizing it with our event details and an adorable photo of our three-year-old. Canva allows you to customize existing templates with your own photos, text, elements, and colors.
Check out this quick tutorial to see how easy it is to customize a free Canva template using your own photo.
Another way our family uses Canva is by making Thank You cards. At this time of year, we're saying goodbye to our teachers, so a custom full-page note is a great addition to any gift. To find something to go with our gift - donuts - we searched "donut" and got some great ideas - even a cute pun version! (MacKID Tip: If you're searching for something and see another project idea you like for another time, hover over the image and look for the heart - click it and that template will be saved to your folders under "Likes." We added a heart to that cute "Dad, I donut know what I'd do without you" card!)
Here's how we customized our donut goodbye note. It was simple to change the colors of the donuts and text to match our school colors.
Creating a free account with Canva.com is quick and easy (go sign up NOW!). The free template options will spark your creativity the next time you need an invitation, card, flyer, sign, or it may even help you make something you hadn't thought of yet!
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I have been compensated for my honest review of Canva. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
