I know Charities make money by collecting used postage stamps and picture postcards. I know you can recycle used christmas cards either giving them to schools for scrap paper etc or by putting them in the paper recycling bins. Some of the cards are really lovely and it seems a dreadful waste to discard them. I know some people make gift tags out of them. Does anyone have any other ideas?
2006-12-10 06:14:43 · 6 answers · asked by dolly 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
A large number of Charity Shops offer gift tags made from cutting up nice Christmas Cards using patterned scissors - these scissors cost less than a pound these days from many of the cheaper shops in the UK. If you make nice gift tags you could use them yourself and give a donation to charity - or give them to other people to use in return for a donation to charity. I don't think that they are officially sold due to copyright laws but are offerred in return for donations! Alternatively it is possible to get patterns to cut the cards and stick or slot them together to make decorations. One example of the glued method is on the attached site. I have cut the circles with patterned craft scissors, then marked a triangle that fits the cirlce and cut small slots at the outer edges of the triangle and slot these together to make a hanging ball! Again these can be exchanged with friends for charitable donations. Have fun!
2006-12-10 06:24:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scan the front of the card, and save to your computer. Then next year you can make decorative desktop wallpaper out of them. It's not a money maker, but it is a way to preserve those precious photos on the card fronts.
I wish I had saved some from my childhood, some of them were so beautiful and adorable. I am now seeing them on web sites for sale.
2006-12-10 06:21:28 · answer #2 · answered by soulful thinker 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-12-11 18:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
try finding a pattern to make Christmas ornaments from them. before She died my wife cut old Christmas Cards into a diamond shape then glued them together into a star then once these stars were made she glued the five stars together to make an ornament that hung from a door or a hallway entrance.
2006-12-10 06:35:33 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
easy don't bother with them they are like the rest of this so called Christmas thing a load of rubbish and one big con
2006-12-10 06:23:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
idkk good luck with that hehehehe
2006-12-10 06:21:44 · answer #6 · answered by KaThErInE XoX KiTt XoX KaTt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋