Recycling Old Christmas Cards

I pinned these ideas to my  Crafts - Paper  board, but it's certainly not a new idea to reuse old Christmas cards.  You can make gift tags and mason jar toppers.

Save your old Christmas cards.

You'll need a pencil, scissors and templates.  I used these plastic templates.   

Use a pencil to trace the shape on the card and cut it out.

 It doesn't take long and soon you'll have lots of gift tags. 

You can use them on packages and gift bags.

You can also use old cards to make decorative mason jar toppers.

Mixes in a jar make a great gift and there are many ideas out there.  Do a quick search for "gifts in a jar" or "mixes in a jar" and you'll see what I mean.  Any dry ingredients for baked goods like cookies or brownies would work. 

I used hot cocoa mix.  Here's the recipe:

2 cups nonfat dry milk powder

3/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup powdered non-dairy creamer

dash of salt

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.  Use a funnel to pour mix into mason jars.  Ta-da!  You have gifts for everyone on your list.