Make Placemats With Last Year's Christmas Cards
Approximate Time: 20 minutes or less
Supplies:
- used Christmas cards
- glue
- scissors
- large can, such as a coffee can
- laminate sheets or trip to office store
Instructions:
Select desired Christmas cards and place coffee can around area of picture and trace around can, cut out circle picture. Place the circles of cut out cards flat on table and overlap them as if they are linked together like a chain, or in pattern desired, and glue to hold in place. I usually overlap/link 4 or 5 across and 4 down, depending on the size desired.After glue has dried, you can flip it over and glue them to the other side to match or you can leave as is if you don't have enough used cards but then your flip side will not be decorative.
Laminate them with laminate sheets or take them to an office supply store and have them run though laminate machine. This way placemats can be wiped clean and reused again and again.
They make very festive placemats, you can also make coasters to match. With the remaining scraps/cards left from cutting circles, I cut those into small pieces and use as decorative gift box name tags - nothing is wasted!
By Tracey from Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Editor's Note: I'm sorry but Tracey doesn't have a photo of this project. Feel free to post your own creations in the feedback.
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RE: Make Placemats With Last Year's Christmas Cards
Great idea! You can also use clear contac paper instead of laminate. I'm going to make some now! Thanks!
Post by jenntaker
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