How to Recycle your Christmas Cards

Simple Craft Idea for Recycling Christmas Cards

I couldn’t take it anymore and have de-Christmassed my house today! I know it’s a bit early, with the 12 days of Christmas and all that!  Hubby went up for a nap and when he came down he declared ‘that Christmas must be over’ as everything was down and ready to be boxed up and put in the loft. We live in a small house and the boxes everywhere were doing my head in. I can’t stand chaos.

Space is a premium

This afternoon Madame and I spent the afternoon sitting on the sofa watching the Sound of Music, as you do on New Year’s Day, cutting Christmas Gift Tags out of the cards using pinking shears  for next year. She didn’t quite understand why we were doing it now and not next year. I had to explain that I didn’t want to save the cards for a year.

Gift tags using recycled cards

Necessary Evil

Last year we made mosaic placemats with our old Christmas cards using our laminator. I’d come across Helen from Actually Mummy’s idea for Thank You Cards using Recycled Christmas Cards but she wasn’t quite ready. This year was the perfect timing as she had the dexterity to do it. It’s simple really.  All you need is cards, doubles sided sticky pads, pinking shears and a silver pen. Surprisingly I had everything in the house to do it.

Thank you cards using recycled Christmas Cards
I think they’re fabulous we now just need to get her to write them and get them posted sometime before Easter.

There are also a lot of schools, charities and organisations that will re-purpose your old cards. Click here to find local Christmas Card Recycling places.

 


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4 responses to “How to Recycle your Christmas Cards”

  1. Beachhut81 Avatar
    Beachhut81

    My mum used to make labels out of cards with her sewing pinking shears when I was little, why do we forget these useful old tricks?

    Love the cards too, but have to admit that the green card on the right had me puzzled and took me ages to realise it wasn’t an elephant in the snow! Nothing wrong with an elephant in the snow but just couldn’t see the logic. It is a child crouched down isn’t it ?????????

    1. mediocremum Avatar

      Ha ha ha! Yes, it’s a child playing in the snow.

  2. 21st Century Mummy Avatar

    I recycle Christmas and Birthday cards and turn them into gift cards, but I keep the cards until I need them. Your idea of chopping them up straight away is much better!

  3. […] the years we have made Mosaic Placemats with them, Thank you cards and Christmas tags.  I had a quick look on Pinterest and came across an idea from Party Planning […]

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