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RECYCLED CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS - Page 4

Using holiday shape cookie cutters, trace on to holiday cards and cut out with decorative scissors or pinking shears. Glue glitter to the "edges" , punch hole in top, add a loop of ribbon or yarn to top to hang on trees, walls, doorways, etc.Cut out the scenes or figures and back with red or [...]

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RECYCLED CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS - Page 3

Valentine GarlandsCut hearts out of pink and red lightweight cardstock, as well as pictures/sentiments from greeting cards. Using scalloped scissors, edge the paper hearts. Punch heart-shaped holes in all the cut-outs and weave a white ribbon through all of them. For a more deluxe garland, insert red glossy buttons between the cut-outs.Holiday PicturesFor the extra [...]

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RECYCLED CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS - Page 2

Church & BlessingsMany Ladies Groups collect greeting cards and ask Children's Bible Study or other groups to create cards, ornaments, etc. to be sent to children all over the world.A Birthday Party for Jesus - let the children use greeting cards to make placemats to take home as a party favor. Give them color construction [...]

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RECYCLED CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS

  Page 1TIP:For most ideas, keep the front of the cards or cut out the figures and/or sentiments, discarding the rest.Birthdays and Anniversaries To "Remember"Cut out mini or small figures from greeting cards, such as little boys, little girls, gifts, etc. and glue to special dates in your calendar to remind you of Uncle George's birthday [...]

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Victorian House

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Gingerbread People & Animals

  People and Animal Pattern:  Use cookie cutters, cut figures out of coloring books, etc.  Trace pattern onto a sturdy piece of cardboard or poster board and voila, you have patterns! Place your pattern on Gingerbread dough with a sharp pointy paring knife, bake, cool, decorate.  To stand the figure around the gingerbread house, place it [...]

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One Room House

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Country Store

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Log Cabin

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Landscaping

  Trees and Bushes Large green gum drops are well trimmed bushes, a row of them becomes a hedge.  Cut them into smaller pieces to make shrubs, or stack them on top of each other for a topiary tree.  Create larger fur trees by attaching small green gum drops to ice cream cones, or pipe green icing [...]

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