Here's a fun project from my archives to help you recycle
those Valentine's Day cards that will be arriving shortly.
Last year, we recycled some of our favorite
Valentine's Day Cards into a card basket/bowl of our own!
To start, I printed out a template I found here
I traced it onto a piece of manilla file folder (sturdier for multiple tracings).
They also have great directions--
that I should have followed instead of just winging it.
You'll need 14 cards for this project
(or kid drawings on cardstock!)
You'll trace 12 "side" pieces
and 2 "bottom" pieces.
They used white glue and I didn't --
my life would have been easier if I had tacked mine
together with a dab of glue.
My pieces kept slipping around and that wasn't
fun during the sewing part.
You'll use a hole punch to punch holes evenly
around the edges of each piece and yarn
(or embroidery thread) with a fat embroidery needle
to sew the basket together.
Here's the bottom.
Like I said, should have followed the directions --
this is not the best sewing job!
Side View.... (I'll just say the kid's sewed it, not their incompetent mother)
It does make a handy little bowl to hold your treasures!
Happy Re-Cycled Crafting!
Fondly,
Pink and Green Mama
5 comments:
Very Cute! You could do this with Christmas Cards too for a seasonal basket or gift basket!
You are amazing! What a great idea. :) And cute too!
Blessings,
Val
This is a fascinating idea. We'll see how many suitable valentine cards we will get. Thanks for sharing the original instructions too!
Really love this, just pinned :) I saw something like this at an art festival made with vintage cards and crocheted - I think together. It's something I could never made but this version is totally doable.
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