How it Works

Upon registration a member of our team will be in touch and discuss your school Christmas Card project in full detail. We will set your school up onto our online portal and talk through the simple processes you will need to follow in order to generate your school classes and artwork labels ready to attach to children’s artwork.

Once your school has finished artwork you may either scan the artwork yourself and upload the scans directly to our portal or you can send your artwork into us and we can undertake the scanning on your behalf and return the artwork to your school with your completed order.

Once we have received your artwork and our team have checked everything through you can direct parents to our online ordering site: https://mychristmascard.co.uk/ for them to order and pay.

We handle all payment transactions, printing, and dispatch back to the school.
You can keep track of fund raised and orders placed via your dashboard and once the project is completed Kids Card Factory will make a single payment of all the funds you have raised back to the school or PTA.

To create that masterpiece……

  • Use white or coloured A4 paper or card (297mm x 210mm). Produce Artwork using various techniques, in either landscape or portrait layout. Please ensure additional materials used are secure.
  • Once the artwork is complete you need to stick or write a unique code onto the back of the artwork (these are generated automatically for you in your dashboard).
  • If you are scanning your own artwork, place scan and name each artwork as per it’s unique code and then upload to our system. The completed Artwork is sent home with an accompanying letter (example will be supplied) explaining the project.
  • If you would like us to scan your artwork please ensure unique codes are attached to all artworks and send them through to us for scanning. N.B If you choose this option you will need to produce 2 sets of unique code labels and stick one on the back of the artwork and another on the letter you send home to parents. Please ensure the correct artwork code goes home to each parent so they can order their child’s artwork!
  • To place an order, parents simply log on to https://mychristmascard.co.uk, enter the school code and their unique artwork code.
  • The Artwork is then converted into Christmas cards by the Kids’ Card Factory. The cards will be returned by the agreed date, in individually named sealed packs, for easy distribution.

Project Set Up Guide

Get a look at our simple to use school dashboard for administering your school Christmas Card Project, check out our instructional video below:

Parent Order Guide

We have made the ordering process for parents so simple and given them complete control over their artwork.

The Do's and Dont's

Do

Always use A4 size paper, white or coloured. Bright, bold, vibrant, colours work best. Paints, felt tips and collages can be very effective. Computer clip art can be used. If pastels are used please ensure they are secured. Hand and fingerprints work well for younger artists.

Don't

Please do not use glitter or metallic colours as this can damage the machinery. Don't draw too close to the edge of your paper as this can result in parts of your drawing being cut off when the card is printed.
Do not use Staples.

Remember

6mm is lost around the edge of the image once reproduced. Take care of Artwork - all that you see will be reproduced on the final product.