Christmas cards can be used for crafts, bookmarks, gift tags, and wrapping paper. Envelopes with return addresses can be saved for next year’s mailing list. A computer labeling program can make sending cards easier.
Christmas cards are wonderful to receive during the Christmas season, but the joy doesn’t have to stop there. Many Christmas cards are well suited for use in crafts, and some cards can be so pretty they can be framed for use during the coming year.
If you have kids on their hands, you can let them cut out the Christmas cards you don’t want to keep. Alternatively, they can use the designs to decorate their own books or throughout the year for various cut and paste projects. If you don’t have children, you could ask teachers at a nearby school if they would like Christmas cards for classroom crafts.
One season’s Christmas cards can be used to make thoughtful gifts for next year. For example, a beautifully drawn angel or snowman can be carefully cut out and laminated. Put a little string through it and you have an ornament for next year’s tree.
Kids can also enjoy cutting out scenes and making bookmarks. Alternatively, the images can be cut out and used to decorate next year’s wrapping tissue or plain wrapping paper. Christmas cards that depict little scenes also make great gift tags for the coming year.
People who like to make sure they send Christmas cards to everyone who has sent them a card this year should keep the envelopes. Envelopes with return addresses can be used as a reference when mailing next year’s postcards. You can also use the envelopes throughout the year to write a recipient list for next year’s Christmas cards.
With a computer labeling program, the workload of sending Christmas cards is reduced. Instead of handwriting each address, you can simply print a set of labels for next year’s cards. Computer tagging, free of typos, is often much easier for the Post Office to handle, ensuring that cards reach their intended destination.
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