Christmas Card Box Tutorial

Helloooooooooo there! Did you have a good weekend? Are you ready for Christmas and all the fun festivities? I sure am!

For years I have been recycling some of the Christmas cards I've received into little gift boxes. When I worked in offices and the business received cards, I would make them into boxes for all my coworkers. I thought you might enjoy making some too so here we go!

First you need these supplies:  Christmas cards (you can use other cards also), a ruler, a pencil, scissors, double stick tape and Starbucks.

Ok, so you really don't need a Starbucks Grande Breve Latte, but I'm totally addicted to them and they make me Merry! hee,hee,hee.

So back to the program.  First you're going to cut your cards in half on the fold line.

Now, take your ruler and measure 1/2" in from the long edge of the card and draw a line. Repeat on the other edge.

Then on the short edge of the card, measure in 1 1/4" and draw a line. Repeat for the other side.

It will look like this.

Now take your scissors and cut this line just to the intersection.

Repeat for all four corners.

Next, apply a little piece of the double sided tape to the back of the flaps.

Fold the sides up using the pencil line as your fold line and tape the flaps to the inside of the short edge flap.

Then apply a little piece of tape between the two flaps.

Now fold the edge of the card down to cover the flaps. Repeat for the other side.

You'll repeat these steps for the other half of your card to make the top of the box.

Inserte the bottom of the box into the top and viola', you now have a Christmas card box! You can use them as decorations under little trees or add some ribbon or string and make them into a fun garland.

You can also use them as a pretty box for gift cards. When the recipient opens the box they can read the message inside. Fun!

Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial. This is a great craft project to do with the kiddo's too! They could add candy and give them as gifts to their friends.  :)