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How to Upcycle your Christmas Cards

January 7, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner 9 Comments

How to Upcycle Christmas Cards

Christmas 2015 is a wrap. I put all my decorations away yesterday, and now my house looks bare. I seriously can’t remember what I had on my dining room table before Christmas. After hauling all the containers back into the garage, I’m left with a stack of pretty Christmas cards from friends and family. I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand to toss out Christmas cards. I mean, some have glitter on them. And cute animals.

So today I have a fun, simple craft project for you (good for kids, too). This is my favorite way to upcycle Christmas cards—I repurpose them into gift tags for next year. When Christmas comes around again, you’ll be happy you did this.

It’s no secret, I’m all about the gift-wrapping (although I didn’t do such a hot job this past year, as I’m sure my family will attest). Gift tags are part of the whole presentation. And not only is this project fun, it’s a thrifty thing. You can often get two or more tags from one card.

What a great way to use up all those scraps of ribbon you’ve been saving.

How cute is this?

Upcycle your Christmas cards into tags!

All you need is a pair of scissors, a hole punch, and a piece of ribbon. If you want to get more creative, you can add other decorations like glitter or buttons. I added “To” and “From” on the backs of a few of them and snowflake stickers to others.

homemade gift tags

This is one of my favorites. I made three tags from this one card.

gift tag from Christmas card

Some can be used for birthday gifts because they don’t appear holiday specific once you repurpose them.

homemade gift tag

lots of cute tags!

What do you do with your Christmas cards?

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Comments

  1. Dorothy says

    January 7, 2016 at 7:52 pm

    I have lots from several Christmases. I must try this after I get my decorations put away.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 8, 2016 at 7:02 am

      It’s fun and therapeutic for me:)

      Reply
  2. Colene says

    January 7, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    I think I will….thank you!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 8, 2016 at 7:02 am

      Post pics on Instagram:))

      Reply
  3. Martha Orlando says

    January 8, 2016 at 7:52 am

    Fantastic idea! I will certainly do this next year as I’ve already tossed the few cards we received. 🙁
    Blessings!

    Reply
  4. Nikki G says

    January 9, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    How pretty! What a wonderful way to recycle pretty cards that I just hate to throw away! So clever!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 9, 2016 at 7:07 pm

      Thank you, Nikki! It’s a fun craft. I hope you’ll try it.

      Reply
  5. diabetes type 2 says

    March 20, 2016 at 7:11 pm

    What a information of un-ambiguity and preserveness of valuable experience on the topic of unpredicted emotions.

    Reply
  6. AngiB says

    December 5, 2017 at 9:07 am

    Great idea.
    I hang my old cards along the stairs and new cards go on the mantel. Now I have a new way to use some of them. Thanks

    Reply

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