- Red Paper
- Gold Pen, or Gold Glitter Glue, or Glue and Gold Glitter
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Glue
- Exacto Knife
1. Measure your bill! I just happen to have a purse full of Chinese Yuan, but you likely do not… so I am not giving you my measurements. Add 1/4″ to your length and width measurements.
3. Fold and glue! Fold along the dotted lines as shown in the template image in Step 2.
4. Make the closure.
Fold the back flap down and use a pencil to draw where the flap ends on the back of the envelope, like in the image below.
Open the flap and draw a semicircle up from the line you drew. This is the line you will use an exacto knife to carefully cut to form a flap to close your envelope.
We tucked the corner of a cutting board into the end of the envelope so we didn’t cut through to the front of our envelope. Carefully cut along the semi-circle.
Here is the finished envelope! Ready to fill with money and pass onto someone special for the Chinese New Year!
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Rachel says
Maggy, thank you so much for having me!!! Thrilled to be sharing at Red Ted Art! xoxo Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas… and Happy New Year!!!
Red Ted Art says
My pleasure Rachel!! A pleasure to have you!!
Kate_Laughing Kids Learn says
What a lovely post. I really enjoyed learning more about the little red envelopes. Thanks to Rachel for this.
Red Ted Art says
It is a lovely post, isn’t it?