Use for Christmas cards

Wren

Wren

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I usually recycle old Christmas cards but found a better use for them this year, these little gift boxes are so easy to make, I’ve lined mine with cotton wool and tissue paper, ideal for small gifts, pieces of jewellery, nail polish, a chocolate treat etc.


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Oh! Yes.. I've been making them for years...
Put... 'like' Hershey kisses or small mints in
to give to people at the Senior center..
As..just.."for so" 😉.

And, I just did it w/ birthday card..
Gave to S-I-L with a yo-yo as a gag gift.😊
 

Jace said:
Oh! Yes.. I've been making them for years...
Put... 'like' Hershey kisses or small mints in
to give to people at the Senior center..
As..just.."for so" 😉.

And, I just did it w/ birthday card..
Gave to S-I-L with a yo-yo as a gag gift.,
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Yes, I was thinking any card would do, for various occasions, Birthday, Easter, Valentine...
 
Years ago, I was planning a craft project of using Christmas card to make lanterns, which you could then hang around inside your house during the holidays; the finished ones the article showed looked really pretty, but I never got around to doing it; I discovered that most crafts weren't for me since the only thing I can (just barely) stand to do with my hands is turn the pages of a book or use a computer keyboard or mouse. (Plus I betcha anything mine wouldn't've looked anywhere near as good as they were supposed to, lol.)
 
Oh, yes, please!! I have boxes of cards and knew someday my wish for some way to recycle them would come true!
Thank you!
Cinderella hearlady
 
I have gone through my cards a few times but some are so pretty I can't part with them. I've made tags and bookmarks but never thought of little boxes. So, I wasn't being facetious, I really am as excited as Cinderella at the ball. 👸
 
Those are really cute. I actually bought a couple of those at PAWS thrift a few years ago. I found another tutorial on YouTube that doesn't use tape. I've got it liked or saved someplace on my account. But this would work also.
 

Use for Christmas cards​


I don't know what my woman does

but

If it were up to me, I'd save 'em for next Christmas
scratch out the verbiage
write mine
....and send 'em back
(it'd save the trouble of trying to remember who sent a card last year and what their address was)
 
We've sent and received a card every year since 1982 from a man in California that we were stationed with in the A.F.
That has been the only contact all these years but we never miss. I'm going to hate the day that we do.
 
I loved the idea of making boxes out of Christmas cards, @Wren! In the past, I made a collage of Christmas cards for my son's room when he was a baby, and he's kept it in his room ever since (mostly with angels). I've also made tree ornaments with the Christmas cards. It's fun to recycle them. Some of them are so beautiful and it's a shame to throw them out.
 
Wren said:
I usually recycle old Christmas cards but found a better use for them this year, these little gift boxes are so easy to make, I’ve lined mine with cotton wool and tissue paper, ideal for small gifts, pieces of jewellery, nail polish, a chocolate treat etc.


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That is such a beautiful thing to do.

I am useless creatively, I do one simple thing though. I cut up the prettiest Christmas birthday cards, especially glittered ones, to make bookmarks. I know that is terribly basic but at least it's better than throwing them away.
 
debodun said:
My mom's aunt used to make gift tags out of them. She's cut out the main image and stick it onto construction paper. I usually kept the ones depicting cats and used them as tree ornaments. I still have a few someplace.
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I use them for gift tags also as well as decorative ornamental accents at times.
 

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