Gift Box Craft Made With Recycled Christmas Cards

©2010, Sonia C. Jensen

Free Christmas Gift Boxes craft

Supplies

  • Used Christmas cards
  • Scissors
  • Pen or pencil
  • glue stick or white school glue
  • Box Template

Gift Box craft supplies

Step 1
- Print out the gift box template -->
Cut out the templates on solid lines.

template for recycled Christmas card gift box

Step 2
- On the back of the card front, trace around template Box Top
- Mark in the fold lines

tracing the gift box template top onto cards

Step 3
- On the front of the card back, trace around template Box Bottom
- Mark in the fold lines

tracing the gift box template bottom onto cards

Step 4
- Cut out patterns on the SOLID lines

Christmas gift box craft cutouts

Step 5 - Gift Box Top
- Fold inward along the dotted lines

Christmas gift box craft folding top instructions

Step 6 - Gift Box Top
- Spread glue to the "front" of the angled tab
- Glue "angled" tab to the back of the rectangle tab

Christmas gift box craft gluing top instructions

Step 7 - Gift Box Bottom
- Fold along dotted lines as shown in the photo

Christmas gift box craft folding bottom instructions

Step 8 - Gift Box Bottom
- At one end of the box bottom, glue the two small tabs to the big tab (See photo)
- Repeat at the other end of the box bottom

Christmas gift box craft gluing bottom instructions

Step 9 - Gift Box Bottom
- Fold the end tab over the glued tabs and glue in place.
- Repeat at the other end of the box bottom

Christmas gift box craft gluing bottom instructions

Step 10
- Slide the box cover over the box bottom

Christmas gift box craft instructions

And that's it! You now have a beautiful Christmas Gift Box to give as a Christmas gift, or hang on your tree!

Free Christmas Gift Boxes craft

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