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Recycle Christmas Cards

Used Christmas Card Ornaments

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Used Christmas Card Ornaments

You can recycle your old holiday greeting cards into used Christmas card ornaments. With a few cuts and folds, a little tape or glue, and some glitter you can make old greeting cards into ornaments perfect to hang on your Christmas tree. This is a craft that is fun for kids, too, so plan an evening for the family to create ornaments together. Have a few snacks and make it … [Read more...] about Used Christmas Card Ornaments

Greeting Card Houses

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Greeting Card Houses

by Noreen Doll. Small greeting card houses can be made from any kind of Christmas card or greeting card. These small houses are perfect for holding a tiny gift. You could also fold paper money small enough to fit inside one. Greeting card houses can also be used as Christmas tree ornaments or gift package tie ons. Once you have learned to make a few of them, you can … [Read more...] about Greeting Card Houses

Greeting Card Gift Boxes

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Greeting Card Gift Boxes

By Noreen Doll. Recycle used cards into greeting card gift boxes. This is a great way to reuse your cards and make clever gift boxes at the same time. You can't make really large boxes because the cards aren't large enough, but these boxes would be a perfect place for many small gifts. Because the cards are colorful, you won't need wrapping paper - just tie with a … [Read more...] about Greeting Card Gift Boxes

Free Gift Box Templates

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Free Gift Box Templates

© by Noreen Doll. Use these free gift box templates to make many different kinds of small boxes. This is an excellent way to recycle all those Christmas or birthday cards that are taking so much space in your home. If you don't have many used greeting cards, or you need to make a lot of small gift boxes and bags, consider buying greeting cards specifically for this … [Read more...] about Free Gift Box Templates

Greeting Card Sour Cream Box

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Greeting Card Sour Cream Box

By Noreen Doll. A greeting card sour cream box is another gift box that can be made from a recycled card. Basically you glue or tape the two open edges together to make a tube, and then close both ends. Turning the tube halfway before closing the top edge gives the gift box an interesting look. To close the bottom edge of the greeting card sour cream box, you can … [Read more...] about Greeting Card Sour Cream Box

Gift Box Patterns

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Gift Box Patterns

By Noreen Doll. If you're looking for great gift box patterns, try this unique triangle shaped box made with a greeting card. You can either recycle an old card or use a new one. The triangle box is so quick and easy you can make several in half an hour. Even better, you can teach your kids to make them, too. One thing I discovered when making a triangle box is that it … [Read more...] about Gift Box Patterns

Greeting Card Pizza Box

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Greeting Card Pizza Box

By Noreen Doll. A greeting card pizza box is very easy to make. Just a few cuts and folds, a bit of glue, and it's ready to use. This gift box is hinged on one edge just like a pizza box. A greeting card pizza box may be used for any small gift, such as money, jewelry, or a gift card. What You Need Greeting Card Small Strip of Card … [Read more...] about Greeting Card Pizza Box

Pillow Box Template

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Pillow Box Template

By Noreen Doll. A greeting card pillow box template is quick and easy to make using a greeting card. And after you make one, you can use it to easily make dozens more gift boxes from the same size card. Here are some boxes made with different sizes of cards and pillow box templates. After you put your gift inside the pillow box and close the ends, you can tie a … [Read more...] about Pillow Box Template

Gift Box Packaging

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Gift Box Packaging

By Noreen Doll. Gift box packaging is easy when it requires only one greeting card to create it! The front of the card becomes the lid, and the back of the card becomes the box bottom. This small handy gift box can be used to hold small gifts, a gift card, or money that is rolled or folded to fit. Using a large card to make a lidded box works best unless you … [Read more...] about Gift Box Packaging

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