Crafting With Old Christmas Cards

Do you love getting and sending Christmas cards in the mail? It is one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season. I love it so much I leave mine up all year.

I love looking at the cards all year long and Ellie and Hanna love to look at the pictures while they eat. It is a fun way to talk about our friends and family and keep them in our thoughts and prayers even after the Christmas season.

Each year as Christmas approaches I get excited for new cards to hang on my display, but it makes me so sad to get rid of the old ones. This is how I came up with the idea for a Christmas Card Book.

Supplies:

One-hole punch

Old Christmas Cards

Reinforcers

3″ multipurpose book ring

Step 1: Collect your cards

Step 2: Arrange your cards by size and shape

Step 3: Punch a hold in the left corner of each card

Step 4: Place a reinforcer on the back side of the card where you punched the hole

Step 5: Stack up all your cards

Step 6: Attach all your cards to the book ring

Step 7: Enjoy your wonderful Christmas card book all year long!

I put mine in our play area near the kitchen so the girls can easily access the book and look at it whenever they want. The reinforcers help keep the pictures on the ring from ripping.

Do you save your old Christmas cards? What do you do with them?