Tuesday, August 10, 2010

How to Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards | eHow.com

Seeing as though Christmas is gonna be biting us in the ass soon here (It's my first Etsy Xmas) I thought gift boxes would be cool.... Here is a link for how to make recycled gift boxes!!!

How to Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards | eHow.com
By rearley66, eHow Member
Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards
Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards

If you keep all of your Christmas cards that are sent to you ever year to recycle or repurpose, you have access to a gift box. Making little gift boxes out of Christmas cards is a great way to reuse the cards. It is also a really handy skill to have because it seems like there are a lot of times in our lives that having a little box would have been nice.

What these have been good for is small gifts like earrings or pins and even gift cards. Sometimes, those items do not come packaged attractively out of the store so this is a good way to create your own pretty packaging that will not even need to have wrapping.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Christmas cards
  • Scissors
  • Ink Pen
  • Scotch tape
  • Tape measure
  • Cotton balls
  1. Step 1
    How To Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards
    How To Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards

    Choose a Christmas card that has the same size front as back. Cards with die cut fronts will not work for this project.

  2. Step 2
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards

    Cut the card apart at the crease.

  3. Step 3
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards

    Measure in from the outside about 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Using an ink pen, make a mark. Do this on all 4 sides of the card.

  4. Step 4
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards

    Once the marks are made, fold the card where those lines are both on the long side and the short side. This helps to create a crease where the box can be formed.

  5. Step 5
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards

    Using the scissors, make the cuts on the slash marks you created in step 3. Because you have the folds and the cuts, you can now form the box with the tabs that have been created. Put these on the inside and use tape to secure them. If necessary, you may need to trim a bit if the marks were off. Do this with both top and bottom.

  6. Step 6
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards
    Make Gift Boxes From Recycled Christmas Cards

    Put the box top on the box bottom and make sure it fits snuggly. You can use cotton on the inside of the box to hide the wording from the inside of the box. This can be glued down but it is not necessary to do so.

Tips & Warnings
  • The measurements on the top and bottom are going to be the same. The cardstock is flexible enough that precise measuring is not necessary.
  • Since you are using a pretty card for gift giving, you will not need to use any additional wrapping paper.


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