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Free Recycled Christmas Card Craft for Children

©2009, Sonia C. Jensen

Free recycle Christmas cards into ornaments craft

Supplies

  • Fronts of old Christmas cards
  • Scrap of ribbon about 1 foot long
  • Scissors
  • Pen or pencil
  • Glue stick or white school glue
  • Circular object to make the circles. I used a glass here.

Recycled Christmas Cards Ornament craft supplies

Step 1
- On the back of the card fronts, trace around the circular object to create a circle.
- Draw eight (8) circles in total.

Draw circles for Christmas card ornament

Step 2
- Cut out the 8 circles

Christmas card craft ornament 8 circles

Step 3
- fold each circle in half
- make sure to crease the fold well

Christmas craft ornament folding instructions

Step 4
- fold each half circle in half
- make sure to crease the fold well

Christmas craft ornament folding instructions

Step 5
- Open each folded circle
- Cut along one fold only to the middle of the circle

Christmas card ornament cut
Christmas card craft ornament cut

Step 6
- With the circle facing you, put glue on the bottom right section of the circle
- Bring the bottom left over, on top of the bottom right and stick it down
- You have now formed a triangle shape
- Glue all the circles the same.

Christmas card ornament triangle gluing

Step 7
- Take 2 of the triangle shapes and glue them together.
- Do that 4 times until you have 4 parts.

Christmas card ornament gluing 2 together
Christmas card ornament gluing 2 together

Step 8
- Glue 2 parts together to form a half

Christmas ornament half
Christmas card ornament half

Step 9
- Glue the ribbon to the back of one circle

Christmas card ornament ribbon

Step 10
- Glue the back of the ornament to the front

Christmas card ornament glue back to front

And that's it! You now have a beautiful recycled Christmas card ornament to hang on your tree or give as a Christmas gift.

Christmas ornament paper craft

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