Exchanging cards on rakhi is a new tradition, something that never existed before. But with the change of times this concept is catching up greatly with the young crowd.

Galleries are coming up with variety of Rakhi cards but creating one on your own would really impress your brother.

If you want to make one have a look at the following steps. With just some stuff from home you can come up with lovely cards.

Materials Required.

Rakhi
Kumkum Powder
Scissors
Thread (Kalawa )
Rice Grains
Ganesh Picture
Two sheets of calendar cover.
Sequins, sparkles and other accessories.

Steps

1)Tear out two sheets of calendar cover( look out for ones that are good in quality and have a white back end). Face the front colored sides towards each other and stick them up. It will give you an appearance of a white chart.

2)Cut the size required and fold up the chart. It will look like a book now.

3)Now on the inside of the cover paste the kalawa, like how you would place a bookmark. Place the kalawa in between, where the card is folded.

4)Paste the ganesh picture to the right hand side of the card; Make sure the picture is placed on top.

5)Now below the ganesh picture make a tika with kumkum powder and stick some rice powder on it.

6)Below the tika, stick the rakhi ,You can place these three i.e. the picture, tikka and rakhi either horizontally or vertically to the right side of the card like a border. You can place them both horizontally and vertically too. It would look nice.

7)Now its time to decorate the front piece of the card. You can make a border by sticking in sequins or ribbons to the corners of the card. And inside you can write a loving quote dedicated to your brother.

You can also paint and color it up.

There are several creative things you can do to make the card look nice, you can stick on shells, or stick pretty pictures of your brother and you on the front cover of the card or make a collage of all your childhood pictures.

Try them out and see how pleased your brother would be.