Recycling Christmas cards
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I also like the recipe card idea.....I already threw away all my old cards but will have to save them and remember this idea... Thank you!!!
I found this on another site I am on and thought it might be something to do with all the cards.
Christmas Card Boxes
Most people have probably seen those little boxes made from Christmas
cards. These are the easiest directions I have ever found. Most of
the instructions I've seen involve a lot of folding and drawing of
complicated lines, etc. These are actually easy!
The boxes can obviously be made from any greeting card, not just
Christmas ones. These make great little gift boxes or can be used to
hold office or craft supplies like paper clips, tacks, push pins,
beads, etc. Christmas ones can be hung on the tree or piled beneath a
miniature tree.
Here's what you do:
1. Cut apart a greeting card along the fold, separating the front
from the back.
2. Start with the back part of the card. Using a ruler, draw lines
from corner to corner on the unprinted side of the card to form an X.
The center is where the two lines of the X meet.
3. Fold up each of the four sides of the card to meet the center of
the X. Crease the folds well.
4. Open the card back up to reveal the creases you've made. Now,
holding the card vertically, carefully cut on the two vertical crease
lines at the top and bottom of the card, just to the point where they
intersect with the nearest horizontal crease.
5. Fold in the tabs you just created by following step 4. You can now
see how this is going to form a box. Tape the tabs inside the box.
(You may find that each end of the box -- the part between the tabs --
stands up a bit higher than the rest of the box. If this happens, it
is not a problem. You can simply fold the excess down inside, over
the tabs, and tape it in place. Or, if you prefer, you can simply
trim off the excess card before taping.) You have just made the
bottom of the box!
6. Now, repeat steps 2 through 5 with the front part of the card,
which will make the top of your box.
7. Obviously, this produces a box top and bottom which are exactly
the same size, which sometimes means that the cover doesn't go on too
easily. Usually, if you just squeeze the sides of the box gently, the
cover will go on just fine.
These directions look far more complicated than the process actually
is. I've made loads of these boxes with kids over the years, and it
really is easy enough for even a 5-year-old to do. So have fun with
these cute little boxes!
Christmas Card Boxes
Most people have probably seen those little boxes made from Christmas
cards. These are the easiest directions I have ever found. Most of
the instructions I've seen involve a lot of folding and drawing of
complicated lines, etc. These are actually easy!
The boxes can obviously be made from any greeting card, not just
Christmas ones. These make great little gift boxes or can be used to
hold office or craft supplies like paper clips, tacks, push pins,
beads, etc. Christmas ones can be hung on the tree or piled beneath a
miniature tree.
Here's what you do:
1. Cut apart a greeting card along the fold, separating the front
from the back.
2. Start with the back part of the card. Using a ruler, draw lines
from corner to corner on the unprinted side of the card to form an X.
The center is where the two lines of the X meet.
3. Fold up each of the four sides of the card to meet the center of
the X. Crease the folds well.
4. Open the card back up to reveal the creases you've made. Now,
holding the card vertically, carefully cut on the two vertical crease
lines at the top and bottom of the card, just to the point where they
intersect with the nearest horizontal crease.
5. Fold in the tabs you just created by following step 4. You can now
see how this is going to form a box. Tape the tabs inside the box.
(You may find that each end of the box -- the part between the tabs --
stands up a bit higher than the rest of the box. If this happens, it
is not a problem. You can simply fold the excess down inside, over
the tabs, and tape it in place. Or, if you prefer, you can simply
trim off the excess card before taping.) You have just made the
bottom of the box!
6. Now, repeat steps 2 through 5 with the front part of the card,
which will make the top of your box.
7. Obviously, this produces a box top and bottom which are exactly
the same size, which sometimes means that the cover doesn't go on too
easily. Usually, if you just squeeze the sides of the box gently, the
cover will go on just fine.
These directions look far more complicated than the process actually
is. I've made loads of these boxes with kids over the years, and it
really is easy enough for even a 5-year-old to do. So have fun with
these cute little boxes!
Two years ago I decided to make a Christmas card wreath. I just cut a piece of corrugated cardboard from a box into a circle the size that I wanted. Then I cut a smaller circle in the middle, added a hangar on the back and had my card wreath. I used double stick tape to attach the cards to the cardboard form the first year. The second year I stapled most of the cards since the wreath was getting pretty thick. I wish I knew how to add a picture or I'd show you. I also added a pretty bow at the bottom of the wreath. I think 3 years will be the max for that wreath- it is really getting full now.