Multiple Uses for Old Christmas Cards
Making Use of Old Christmas Cards
If you are wondering what to do with all those Christmas cards you have accumulated, read on. You might have saved a lot of Christmas cards because you couldn’t bear parting with them, but now they’ve probably begun to clutter your home. One good choice that uses your Christmas cards is to make beautiful Christmas placemats that your children will love.
The Original Meaning of Cut And Paste
Cut out your favorite designs from your Christmas cards and arrange them on a large piece of red, green, or white construction paper. You can do this at random or you can pick a theme such as angels or Santa Claus depending on what designs your greeting cards have. Glue your clipped greeting cards in place. You can take your finished Christmas placemat to your local office supply store to have it laminated for durability or you can use clear contact paper and laminate it yourself.
Help Them Clear Out The Clutter
If you would love to try this Christmas craft but don’t have any old Christmas cards lying around because you like a clutter free home, don’t despair. You can always enlist the help of friends or family and ask them if they have any old Christmas cards to donate to your cause.
Bookmarks for Bookworms
You can also use extra Christmas cards to make bookmarks. You can give Christmas placemats and bookmarks as gifts this Christmas season. Homemade gifts are always a big hit.
The Wonders of Lamination
One more use for leftover Christmas cards is to laminate them and glue them around a plain wooden picture frame. A homemade-adorned picture frame that includes a picture of your child can make a great gift for your child’s grandparents or aunts and uncles.
As you can see, there are many uses for your old Christmas cards. So save your Christmas cards each year so that you can eventually turn them into works of art.