20 Brilliant Ideas To Recycle Old Christmas Cards

brilliant ideas to recycle old christmas cards

Christmas has already passed and I’m sure that everyone has received a lot of gifts and cards. They are beautiful but if you don’t want to store them all year round but now ready to throw them away, you need to recycle them. Old Christmas cards can be easily turned into various Christmas-inspired things, let’s have a look what to do.

Ornaments

The first thing that comes to mind when we think of recycling cards is making ornaments of them. They can be dimensional or not and of various shapes and sizes, and everything depends on what you like and what cards you have at hand. Angels, baubles, houses, snowflakes and all the shapes that come to your mind – just try different ideas!

cards were used to make Christmas ornaments

cards were used to make Christmas ornaments

old Christmas cards turned into nice cardboard ornaments

old Christmas cards turned into nice cardboard ornaments

tinsel and old Christmas card ornaments

tinsel and old Christmas card ornaments

Christmas card glitter house can be used as an ornament or just decor

Christmas card glitter house can be used as an ornament or just decor

angel ornaments made of old Christmas cards

angel ornaments made of old Christmas cards

Gift Toppers And Cards

You can make some pieces to give them again to your friends and family: gift toppers or new cards. The idea is easy: cut out some trees of cards and place them on the gifts, or you can give your gift toppers any other shape. You can also make new Christmas cards of old ones – take some cardboard as a base and decorate the cards with various parts and cutouts of other cards. Add sparkles, rhinestones and other details to make your cards super special.

dress up plain wrapping paper with colorful trees of Christmas cards

dress up plain wrapping paper with colorful trees of Christmas cards

don't buy gift tags, just make them of cards and attach strings

don't buy gift tags, just make them of cards and attach strings

gift tags can be made of old Christmas cards

gift tags can be made of old Christmas cards

make new cards using parts of old ones

make new cards using parts of old ones

Other Ideas

There are many more ideas to try: tabletop trees, coasters, snow globes, wreaths, banners and garlands – turn on your imagination and create something really special!

a garland made of yarn rope and old cards

a garland made of yarn rope and old cards

Christmas card banner with red banner

Christmas card banner with red banner

Christmas card shadow box

Christmas card shadow box

Christmas tree of cones made of Christmas cards

Christmas tree of cones made of Christmas cards

coasters made of old Christmas cards

coasters made of old Christmas cards

recyclable banners and garlands for Christmas

recyclable banners and garlands for Christmas

snow globe made of a plastic cup and an old card

snow globe made of a plastic cup and an old card

tabletop Christmas tree made of cards

tabletop Christmas tree made of cards

upcycled Christmas card wreath with red ribbon

upcycled Christmas card wreath with red ribbon