If you are a fan of Mother Nature, you have to begin recycling Christmas cards , Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day and other greeting cards too. Many greeting cards are purchased and given throughout these holiday seasons. In spite of the popularity of the web and electronic greeting cards:e-cards, most greeting cards are still made of paper, which of course comes from trees. Unfortunately, these paper cards are only enjoyed for a little while, and then they are trashed! I’m not saying that you must stop exchanging paper cards, but I am requesting that if you insist on using paper cards, why not purchase cards made from recycled paper (or recycled greeting cards), AND begin recycling Christmas cards when you’re done with them. This reuse can happen either by taking them to a recycling facility or buy reusing them for your own arts and crafts.
A little research on the web will provide you with numerous local and national paper recycling facilities and charities that will take your used greeting cards. Here, however, I would like to provide to you some of the projects and even gifts that can be made with your used cards. Rather than putting your holiday cards in the trash, they can be recycled to bring entertainment to your family and others.
Here are a few of the many projects you can try:
Bookmarks: you can cut covers of greeting cards with pretty pictures to create your own personalized bookmarks, because buying them can be expensive…
Concentration Game: Many of you have played this card matching game as a kid. Allow your kids to grow and learn with a custom set of cards!
Greeting Cards!: This might sound hard but it’s not. Just cut off the covers of cards, removing the page with the writing on it, and then connect the cover to a blank second page. These blanks can be picked up at most arts and crafts stores.
Post Cards: Create holiday postcards by removing the back half of greeting cards (i.e., the page with no, behind the cover). You can then write your personal message and mailing address on the blank side of the cover, and then just add postage. You even save additional money here, since postcards are less expensive to mail than letters!
These represent just a few of the great ideas I’ve come across. What ideas do you have?
Save money and the environment by recycling Christmas cards and other greeting cards. Here are a lot more craft ideas and giving opportunities for recycling Christmas cards.
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